'Really Glad to Have Some Space': Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Developer Breathed Sigh of Relief After GTA 6 Delay | IGN Fan Fest 2026

Rockstar's astir caller GTA 6 hold mightiness mean a longer hold for the year's biggest launch, but it besides brought alleviation to different developers antecedently acceptable to merchandise games successful the aforesaid timeframe.

That includes TT Games, the storied British workplace down galore LEGO titles specified arsenic LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Harry Potter, and the promising-looking LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight.

Due to motorboat for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S connected May 29 (with a Nintendo Switch 2 variation to travel connected later), the open-world Gotham enactment escapade is present acceptable to motorboat wrong days of Rockstar's erstwhile GTA 6 day — May 26.

TT Games made its Legacy of the Dark Knight merchandise day announcement past December astatine The Game Awards, a period aft Rockstar's latest GTA 6 hold was made public. (GTA 6 present looks to person a seemingly-final motorboat date, with selling acceptable to ramp up this summertime up of its long-awaited accomplishment connected November 19.)

"We knew we wanted to travel retired successful outpouring of this year," TT Games Head of Production and Strategic Director Jonathan Smith told IGN successful a caller interview, discussing the "space" present opened up by GTA 6's hold to this holiday.

"Look, I privation to play that crippled [GTA 6], but we're besides truly gladsome to person immoderate abstraction for radical to play Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight. We're giving you an unfastened metropolis and a fantastic acquisition for each players. Which I thoroughly recommend."

Going hands-on with the crippled past year, IGN came distant impressed, saying that "LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight was the Arkham Game you've been waiting for."

For overmuch more, beryllium definite to cheque retired IGN's afloat Fan Fest preview describing however Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is balancing aged and caller to observe the champion of the caped crusader's galore exploits — positive caller footage of the crippled — and cheque retired much item connected wherefore the crippled has a smaller roster of conscionable 7 playable characters.

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