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The second season of Amazon’s noir-inspired Batman animated series Batman: The Caped Crusaderis coming to Prime Video next week and will launch with a brand new game. Amazon exclusive Luna Batman: Caped Crusader – Chronicles is a good old tie-in, focusing on bat detective skills rather than fisticuffs.
The co-op adventure features voice-acted performances from the series and takes you and up to three other players into the seedy underworld of Gotham, where you’ll play a series of mini-games that will test the Dark Knight’s detective skills. In a press release, Amazon announced that players will “decode evidence, pursue leads, and take on DC’s iconic supervillains across 11 gripping episodes.”
Confirmed members of Batman’s extensive rogues gallery that will feature in the game include Scarecrow, Dollmaker, Babyface and, most notably, the Joker, who will also make his first appearance in Batman: The Caped Crusader in the second season. Amazon has confirmed that Dragon HouseMatthew Needham, who plays the Clown Prince of Crime in the series, will also bring him to life in the accompanying game. Hamish Linklater and Michelle C. Bonilla, who play Batman and Detective Montoya in the animated series, are also among the actors reprising their respective roles in Batman: Caped Crusader – Chronicles.
Batman: Caped Crusader – Chronicles launches as Amazon brings Luna game streaming to the Prime Video app on Fire TV devices in the UK and US. This means that you will be able to watch an episode of Masked Crusader and jump straight into the game without switching apps. You can also use your smartphone as a controller. Luna is free for anyone with a Prime membership. If you don’t have a Fire TV device, you can also access the Luna app on select LG and Samsung TVs, or through a web browser.
The game will be available on July 31, the same day as the 10 episodes of season two of Batman: The Caped Crusader land on Prime Video. The series follows a young Bruce Wayne during his early years as Batman, reimagining some of the most iconic villains’ origin stories. It was developed by Bruce Timm, best known for his work on the beloved Batman: The Animated Series of the 90s, to which Batman: The Caped Crusader aspires to be a sort of spiritual successor.
Batfans are eating pretty well on the gaming side this year too. In addition to Amazon’s upcoming detective game, we also have Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight a few months ago, which is a charming Lego riff on Rocksteady’s Arkham series.
