Batman: A Telltale Series – a very new take on the Dark Knight

Telltale is back with a story-focused spin on DC's most famous hero. But this time the mask is off

Telltale Games has always been an ambitious studio. It started making episodic adventure games back in 2007 with the Sam & Max titles, but later graduated to big movie tie-ins Jurassic Park and Back to the Future. It's breakthrough though was Walking Dead, a dialogue-based thriller with just as much dramatic punch as the frantic and emotional zombie comic series. Since then it has managed to convert both RPG shooter Borderlands and building sim Minecraft into unlikely adventure hits, appeasing two highly invested fanbases.

But Batman: A Telltale Series may be its most audacious project yet. For a start, it follows countless adaptations of DC's defining hero, from Ocean's 1986 action adventure, to the likes of Lego Batman, Injustice and, of course, the hugely acclaimed Arkham trilogy. It's quite a legacy to live up to.