Batman Arkham Knight will Arrive on Linux

Yeah Batfans! Batman Arkham Knight is being released for Linux via Steam (SteamOS). OK, so it may be several months behind the PC and console slightly delayed release date (23 June on PC, Autumn on Linux and OS X) but this is certainly still something to look forward to, if some of the previous Arkham games are anything to go by.

Being developed by +Rocksteady Games who developed Arkham Asylum and Arkham City (but not the mediocre Arkham Origins), the game is in good hands.

There will be no multiplayer, the developers preferring instead to concentrate on making the single-player game as good as can be. They made the decision to develop for latest-generation consoles and PCs, but not PS3 and Xbox360, to allow for more technical scenes. For example, riots can have around 50 on-screen characters interacting with the environment.

Pre-purchasing will give an additional character to play, Harley Quinn, the Joker's psychotic side-kick.

It comes as no surprise that there is a season pass with downloadable content, as this seems to be the norm these days for AAA titles. The season pass is priced at £32.99 which has annoyed some. In defence of the price Warner Brothers said:

Earlier this week, we announced the Season Pass for Batman: Arkham Knight. While the story of Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham Trilogy will come to a close on June 23rd, we are excited to continue telling stories and delivering more content to explore and play through in the 6 months following the game’s release. We’ll be building more narrative, more missions, more challenges and more characters and vehicles that we want players to experience, even though they didn’t fit into the storyline of Batman: Arkham Knight.

We’ve heard from our community that you want more information on what we’ll be delivering in the Season Pass. While we aren’t ready to unveil every aspect of the content we’ll be developing, we would like to share more detail now to give you a better sense of the scope of the Season Pass.

Batgirl: A Matter of Family

An all new prequel story expansion in an entirely new location where you play as Batgirl for the very first time in the Arkham series - check out the first render of Batgirl.

The Season of Infamy

Play as Batman in all new story missions featuring legendary super-villains invading Gotham City, with new story arcs, missions and gameplay features.

Gotham City Stories

Play as Batman’s key allies in narrative missions extending their storylines, from both before and after the events in Batman: Arkham Knight

Legendary Batmobiles with Themed Tracks

Drive the most iconic Batmobiles from Batman’s 75-year history, on custom-built race tracks, each themed to that Batmobile’s specific era. Every Batmobile will be drivable across every race track.

Crimefighter Challenge Maps

Engage in a series of new challenge maps utilizing the unique play styles of Batman and his allies.

Character Skins

A variety of skins from across the eras for Batman, Robin, Nightwing and Catwoman. As we fully ramp up development on the Season Pass, we will be sharing even more details on each monthly content drop. We hope you enjoy playing Batman: Arkham Knight as much as we’ve enjoyed making it.

WB Games

Here's to yet another top tier game coming to Linux. +Valve's Gabe Newell's prediction that Linux is the future of gaming looks more accurate with each new release.