Some years ago the Brisbane wing of software developer Pandemic began working on a Batman videogame to be published by EA. It was some months into development that they were instructed it had to be revised and that it now had to be based upon the then-upcoming The Dark Knight movie. There were minor restrictions attached to this – adherence to the style and, to some extent at least, the narrative of the feature film; and also a major limitation – they would have to have it ready for the film’s launch
You probably noticed you don’t have a Dark Knight game in your collection. After the break, I’ll tell you some of the reasons why.
