The world gets its first look at Jared Leto's Joker
Our first newsy nugget centres not on the Batman, but his arch nemesis, The Joker. To commemorate the Clown Prince of Crime's 75th anniversary, David Ayer took to twitter to give the world its first official glimpse of Leto's take on the iconic character.
Sporting an expression that makes him look like he's just been told all the tickets for the latest Vampires Everywhere tour have sold out, this version of Joker looks as though he would be more at home haunting the aisles of Hot Topic than robbing banks.
The biggest talking point will undoubtedly be the tattoos scrawled all over his body. While we think this is a nice idea, the tattoos used are way too on the nose, and look more like the type of ink a Joker-obsessed fan would choose to decorate their body with than something the Joker would pick for himself.
Of course, unless this version of the Joker, commits his acts of heinousness in the buff, we won't see much of these tats in the finished film. As a result, it is hard to get too upset. Aside from the body art, though, this Joker does seem more in keeping with his comic book counterpart than previous on-screen incarnations of the character.
Frank Miller strikes again
The most interesting piece of Bat-themed news to surface this weekend was that comic book auteur Frank Miller would be teaming up with DC to deliver a sequel to Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again, titled Dark Knight III: The Master Race.
Although the superstar comic book writer doesn't command the same respect he used to (the less said about All-Star Batman and The Holy Terror, the better), Miller's hard line, revisionist take on the character in the eighties redefined Batman for a whole new generation.
Sure, his post Strikes Again output has been shaky, but this is still the man who gave the world Sin City, three indispensable Daredevil runs, Year One and The Dark Knight Returns, so we think he has earned the benefit of the doubt.
Anyone still convinced Miller is a lost cause, will be happy to hear that he won't be alone in bringing Master Race to the page. Fellow DC writer Brian Azzarello, who has penned stories for everyone from Wonder Woman to Constantine, will be Miller's writing partner on the series.
How involved he will be in the writing process remains to be seen, but hopefully he will be on hand to curb some of Miller's more, shall we say, eccentric (read: offensive) ideas.
Still, regardless of how it turns out, we can't wait to wrap our peepers around Master Race. If anything, it's sure to be an interesting read.
The Bat Family comes to Arkham
Update: As we suspected, the new feature being shown off in the trailer isn't a full blown co-op mode, but a 'dual play' mechanic that allows players to tag in another member of the Bat Family to deliver a brutal beatdown during combat. It is a shame that Rocksteady are leaving co-op on the table, but, hey, at least it looks cool.
For about a week now, the producer behind the Arkham videogames, Sefton Hill, has been teasing a new gameplay mechanic for the long-running series. Today, we got our grubby mitts on a fresh trailer that seems to showcase this new addition to the formula, one that could open up whole new possibilities for the franchise.
In the trailer we see Bats taking on bad guys alongside Catwoman, Robin and Nightwing, in what appears to be some kind of coop mode. Of course, there's no official confirmation that coop is in, and what we are seeing could just be Bats fighting alongside an AI-controller partner, so don't start making plans for a LAN-party just yet.
Still, the thought of tearing through a pack of goons with a buddy by your side, is an exciting one, and we hope co-op is coming to Arkham Knight in one form or another. As soon as we get official confirmation either way, we will be sure to give you an update.
Take a look at the trailer for yourselves, and let us know what you think - is coop coming to Arkham?
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