Despite bearing some similarities to the Arkham series of games, namely the blowing up of the Wayne manor, Gotham Knights is set in its own universe, as evidenced by the different protocol names (Knightfall vs Black), Jim Gordon being dead, the general public making no reference to Bruce being Batman and various other character differences. However, Rocksteady's game Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (2024) will be set within the 'Arkhamverse'.
Originally Gotham Knights was going to be a follow-up game to Batman Arkhamverse, most noticeably Batman: Arkham Knight (2015).
However, it was later decided to set the game in its own universe, so the writers of the game wouldn't be tied down with the continuity of what the previous Batman Arkham games had established.
WB Games Montreal was developing another Batman game by the code name project Sabbath, which would have been a direct sequel to Batman: Arkham Knight (2015) where Damian Wayne, the illegitimate son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul, becomes the new Batman after his dad's supposed death in a run-down, dystopian Gotham City set several decades in the future. Despite concept art being made and after some initial development was started, the game was ultimately cancelled for unknown reasons .
Winner of the 2022 Women in Games Global Awards for Favorite Woman Game Protagonist, Barbara Gordon/Batgirl. The award was announced on September 24th, 2022.
The game plot takes a mix of all three Batman animated movies from the 2010s, Son of Batman (2014), Batman vs. Robin (2015) and Batman: Bad Blood (2016).