STACK #259 May 2026

GAMING FEATURE

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FORMAT: GENRE: Action adventure MULTIPLAYER: Yes BAT’S ENTERTAINMENT!

the best way was via gameplay. We’re all big Batman: Arkham fans, so there’s inspiration from Rocksteady’s series as well as many of our favourite Batman movies and TV shows. Our goal has been to give players an experience that’s different from previous LEGO and LEGO Batman games. We’ve been able to make it work in our own, unique way, incorporating gadgets, combos, and co-op elements, along with accessibility, humour, and fun gameplay at the forefront. We also have stealth mechanics, and players will flow seamlessly from stealth to combat – depending on their preferred style of play. For the first time in a LEGO game there’ll be different difficulty levels – please, tell us more! We added them to offer players a more challenging combat experience, if they preferred. This was only possible because of the additional depth in our combat mechanics. The base difficulty is ‘Classic’ – this is a more traditional TT Games LEGO video game experience, with ample health, fewer enemy encounters, and fewer of the more challenging enemy types. ‘Caped Crusader’ increases the challenge by adding more enemies to encounters, having greater enemy variety, and a higher number of more challenging enemy types. So, combat encounters are different between the settings – it’s not just scaling enemy health. ‘Dark Knight’ is the toughest difficulty – it has the same higher enemy counts and variety as Caped Crusader, but you have less health, enemies are tougher to defeat, enemy speed and attack frequency is slightly increased, and you have a limited number of lives. If you lose all your lives, you'll get reset to the start of the encounter. So,

Brick fans rejoice, for this month brings us LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight , the latest in a long line of LEGO games. Mark Green, game director atTT Games, briefs us on what’s in store… Words Amy Flower

With its open world Gotham City, can you please give us an idea just how big this game is? Gotham City in LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight extends across four islands and over multiple levels, both high into the sky and deep underground. And it’s full of collectibles, puzzles, and challenges to solve, and, of course, crimes to stop! One moment you might be brawling with mimes to save a hapless citizen from having their wallet stolen, the next you’ll be attempting to solve the latest challenge from The Riddler. Additionally, as our story plays out across multiple decades, the city itself subtly changes over time, from shop fronts to vehicles on the road, to civilian fashion, so there's a scale in terms of time as well. With inspiration taken from all things Batman – comics, movies,TV, and beyond - what can you tell us about the story? The story follows the life of Bruce Wayne from the tragedy that befell his parents when he was a child up to his later years as an established crime fighting legend. Along the way, he'll train with the League of Shadows in Nanda Parbat, and he'll return to Gotham City to bring those responsible for the loss of his parents to justice. But “just one loose end” will lead him on an era spanning journey where he'll take on some of Gotham City's infamous supervillains such as The Joker, The Penguin, Poison Ivy, and Mr Freeze, as well as building a family of crime-fighting allies, including Robin, Batgirl, Catwoman, and more.

Can we look forward to reliving classic scenes from Batman’s history on various formats? If so, are there any that you’re particularly excited about? Fans will recognise a lot of famous movie and comic book moments, but remixed and reimagined into a brand-new story that holds plenty of surprises. It's always tough to pick favourites, but I think the section that takes place in Arkham Asylum, with references from both games and movies, will be a fan favourite. I also have a soft spot for the Flugelheim Museum scene that begins with The Joker's famous artwork defacing to the sounds of Prince's Party Man song, which some players will recognise from 1989’s Batman. Combat has also been changed up – how so? We wanted to take inspiration from all Batman media, including video games, and we felt that if we were going to reference video games,

managing your health becomes much more critical. You can change the difficulty at any time, so players can try out the different levels to see which best suits them.

• LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is out May 19

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