Gotham Knights update adds co-op ‘Heroic Assault’ mode with Starro

Gotham Knights’ next update is going in a rather unexpected direction, introducing a colossal, one-eyed starfish to the game, apparently to referee the new Heroic Assault game mode.

The extraterrestrial echinoderm in question is Starro, whom fans of 2021’s Suicide Squad You might recognise him as a super-baddie kaiju-like who uses lasers to control lesser beings. He reproduces asexually in many starfishes smaller than himself and attaches them facehugger style to your grill.

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That power apparently explains Starro’s connection to Gotham Knights via “Heroic Assault,” a four-player, cooperative horde mode. It involves players fighting their way through 30 levels, which are presumably controlled by Starro.

We don’t know if Starro will be confronted. Monday’s tweet showed the creature inside a vat, shrunk down to a more manageable size.

Heroic Assault is mentioned during the build-up. Gotham Knights’ Oct. 21 launch, but was always planned as a post-launch addition. Updated at 11:59 EST Nov. 29 Gotham KnightsWB Games Montreal developed ‘The Game of Life,’ which is now available for purchase on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.