Robert Pattinson’s The Batman Suit Is Officially Coming to Arkham Knight for Free

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After Robert Pattinson’s suit from The Batman was (seemingly accidentally) revealed for, then quietly removed from, Batman: Arkham Knight on the Epic Games Store last month, WB Games has confirmed that it’s officially coming as a free skin soon enough.

Nintendo Switch’s Batman: Arkham Trilogy will get first dibs on the cowl when the collection releases on Dec. 1. The suit will come to Batman: Arkham Knight on other platforms “at a later date,” it was revealed in a new Arkham Trilogy trailer on Tuesday, with no further specifics given.

You might remember when Pattinson’s cowl spontaneously appeared on Epic Games’ digital storefront late in October, arriving without notice as a silent update for Rocksteady Studios’ eight-year-old Batman: Arkham Knight. The developer had released plenty of costumes and other content well after its original release, but it had been years since players saw any kind of significant addition.

The surprise became even more of a mystery when Rocksteady promptly pulled the Pattinson suit from use, leaving many players to wonder, “why even add it at all?” We now know that players will at least get to don the suit again.

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The #ArkhamTrilogy is coming to Nintendo Switch on Dec. 1st
along with free access to @TheBatman’s Batsuit before any other platforms!

Pre-order today: https://t.co/MAZB4gsGNe pic.twitter.com/kDb2D541xA

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) November 28, 2023

We reviewed Arkham Knight upon its release and gave it a 9.2/10. At the time, we said, “If this is in fact the last Rocksteady-developed Batman game, the series will end on a high note.”

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