While the world eagerly awaits WB Montréal’s releases Gotham Knights and Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, fans can access the large library of existing games based on DC Comics properties. The Arkham franchise remains one of the greatest video game series of all time, surpassing games like Superman for the Nintendo 64.
Previous video games have adapted comic book stories such as “The Death of Superman” and even movies such as Batman Begins and Superman is coming back. The library of customizable DC Comics storylines is vast, including adventures spanning DC’s past, future, and multiverse, and game developers have barely scratched the surface.
10 Superman’s Death & Return Needs New Adjustments
In 1994 Blizzard Entertainment and Sunsoft released The Death and Return of Superman for the SNES and Genesis, based on the comic book event of the same name. The original Death and Return of Superman was a side-scrolling action game that was fun at release, but it’s kinda dated by today’s standards.
The “Death of Superman” was a memorable DC comic from the 1990s, and the “Return of Superman” featured a plethora of new, interesting characters such as Steel, Superboy, and Cyborg Superman. These stories have already received a game adaptation, but they are certainly worthy of a modern reinvention.
9 Blackest Night would be a large-scale video game
Elements of the Blackest Night saga appear in other DC Comics video games. The injustice and Batman: Arkham games have unlockable skins for characters, while DC Universe Online contains several missions where players can fight Neckron and Black Hand, but Blackest Night deserves its own elaborate game.
During the Blackest Night event, dead heroes and villains across the DC universe, forcing alliances between the various Lantern Corps. Unreal Engine 5 and modern game systems allow developers to capture the open-world feel of the story, allowing players to immerse themselves and explore the galaxies.
8 “Arkham Beyond” Could Adapt Batman Beyond 2.0
In 2013, DC Comics published a successful digital-first series called Batman beyond 2.0, written primarily by Kyle Higgins and illustrated by Thony Silas. The 40-issue series followed the ongoing adventures of Terry McGinnis and Bruce Wayne after the events of the animated series.
2.0 including the best villains from the Batman Beyond series such as Inque and Spellbinder, and it even featured appearances from the Justice Lords. Fans are called for a Arkham-style Past game for years, and Batman beyond 2.0 would be the perfect source material for such a project.
7 Flashpoint can take players to a dark alternate world
The New 52 was an extremely divided era for DC Comics. It introduced new iterations of characters and teams, such as a new Wally West and a new Teen Titans team, while erasing old characters and romances from the timeline. flash point launched the New 52 with an explosive miniseries.
After Barry Allen traveled back in time to save his mother, he accidentally changed history. Fans fell in love flash pointnew characters, most notably Thomas Wayne’s brutal Batman. Game developers would attract a lot of fans by giving them the chance to control these dark versions of their favorite characters in an alternate world.
6 “The Return Of Bruce Wayne” Sends Batman Through DC’s History
The Arkham games are not only some of the best superhero games of all time, but also some of the best video games in general. Rocksteady and WB Montréal delivered on their promise, helping players to be “Be the Batman”. While those games proved revolutionary and iconic, they limited players to specific settings.
From the asylum, to the city, to all of Gotham, Arkham‘s settings were iconic, but the next Batmangame should take players to new locations. “The Return of Bruce Wayne” would be the perfect model for a daring new game series, allowing players to traverse the past, present and future of the DC universe.
5 “Titans Tomorrow” Combines The Justice League And Teen Titans Together
Geoff Johns has created some incredible DC Comics over the past two decades. His work on Teen Titans and Justice Society of America revitalized those teams and turned lesser-known characters into household names. “Titans Tomorrow,” ran from… Teen Titans #17-19; featured art from Mike McKone, Marlo Alquiza, Jeromy Cox, and Comicraft; and became one of the best Teen Titans stories Johns ever wrote.
The Titans haven’t headlined a video game since the Teen Titans game based on the popular animated series released in 2006. “Titans Tomorrow” features future versions of the team that grew up to be dark members of the Justice League. Like injusticedevelopers can create “Titans Tomorrow” as a fighting game that pits the League against the older counterparts of the Titans.
4 A Batman & Robin video game could star in Dick & Damian
Fans are waiting for WB Montreal’s release Gotham Knights, featuring an array of playable characters including Nightwing, Red Hood, Barbara Gordon’s Batgirl, and Tim Drake’s Robin. A notable missing hero is Damian Wayne, the current Robin in the comics and the son of Bruce Wayne.
The era that featured Dick as Batman with Damian as his Robin was loved by fans. Grant Morrison’s Batman and Robin run turned out to be action packed with a lot of heart. A Batman and Robin video game can bring all the spectacle and attention to detail Arkham series was praised.
3 “Gods And Mortals” Would Be A Great Wonder Woman Game
Monolith Games is currently developing an untitled Wonder Woman game with an unknown release date. DC Comics has published plenty of fantastic Wonder Woman storylines for developers to choose from, but “Gods and Mortals” by George Pérez, Greg Potter, Len Wein and Bruce D. Patterson stands out above the rest.
“Gods and Mortals” is a large-scale arc featuring all the major players from the world of Wonder Woman, including Athena, Hera, Steve Trevor, and Ares. Wonder Woman has stolen the show in games like injusticebut it’s time she got her own video game.
2 The legion of superheroes deserve their own game
The Legion of Superheroes includes the heroes of the 31st century. Compared to the Justice League or Teen Titans, the Legion is a more obscure DC superhero team that some comic book fans may not be too familiar with. Either way, the Legion of Superheroes has the setting, roster, and scale worthy of an epic video game adaptation.
Created by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Jonathan Sibal, Rob Leigh and Dave McCaig, “Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes” is the perfect model for an edit. The Action Strips issues include Superman, an iconic character who can help sell the game, who travels to the future to aid the Legion. This allows the game to explore the future of DC, with characters and settings that games never emphasized.
1 Play as The Green Lantern Corps during the “Sinestro Corps War”
The “Sinestro Corps War” was a crossover comic event that spanned 11 issues of Geoff Johns’s Green LanternsPeter Tomasi’s Green Lantern Corps, and several one-shots. Ultimately, Sinestro possessed a power large enough to challenge the Guardians of the Universe. With the combined might of Superboy-Prime, the Anti-Monitor, and a Lantern Corps of his own, Sinestro invaded Oa and Earth.
Several DC characters appeared in this event, from Lanterns to Justice Leaguers. Developers can take additional inspiration from existing games such as X-Men: Legends or Marvel’s Ultimate Alliance series to create an epic game with a vast selection of playable heroes and villains.
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