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The DeanBeat: Batman: Arkham Knight will liven up your slow summer

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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[This post has story spoilers — Ed.]

Every summer, the video game industry hits its doldrums. And each year, I look for the game that will keep me busy. This time, it’s Batman: Arkham Knight from Rocksteady Studios and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. This fourth and (allegedly) final piece in Rocksteady’s series lives up to the image of the Dark Knight as the most brutal, as well as the most flawed and most human, of superheroes.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.