{"id":137426,"date":"2026-06-03T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-202016"},"modified":"2026-06-03T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:30:00","slug":"lego-batman-legacy-of-the-dark-knight-finally-punches-up-switch-2-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/06\/03\/lego-batman-legacy-of-the-dark-knight-finally-punches-up-switch-2-release-date\/","title":{"rendered":"LEGO Batman: Legacy Of The Dark Knight Finally Punches Up Switch 2 Release Date"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8d83fdcf3b5eb\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8d83fdcf3b5eb\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8d83fdcf3b5eb\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"tl612oZLaOc\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tl612oZLaOc?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>We have been permanently standing in a state of &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/squidward-looking-out-the-window\">Squidward window meme<\/a>&#8216; since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/lego-batman-legacy-of-the-dark-knight\">LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight<\/a> launched on every platform <em>but<\/em> Switch 2 last month, but Warner Bros. Games finally has some release date news for us.<\/p>\n<p>As revealed in a new trailer (above), LEGO Batman will arrive on Switch 2 on <strong>18th September<\/strong>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/legobatmangame.com\/en-GB\/#preorder\">pre-orders<\/a> are now open!<\/p>\n<p>The Switch 2 launch date will also see the arrival of the game&#8217;s &#8216;Mayhem Collection DLC&#8217;, which adds in a playable Joker and Harley Quinn, a new story mission, &#8216;Mayhem Mode&#8217; and more. The expansion is included in the &#8216;Deluxe Edition&#8217; release, which also bundles in the &#8216;Legacy Collection&#8217; extras, three-day early access and the &#8216;Dark Knight Returns&#8217; Batsuit \u2014 that last one is also included with Standard Edition pre-orders.<\/p>\n<p>For those who have missed this one so far, Legacy of the Dark Knight is a new open-world LEGO game set in Gotham City. It&#8217;s absolutely full to the brim with Batman in-jokes and references and features the vocal talents of none other than Matt Berry as Bane. Come on, what&#8217;s not to like?<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: Warner Bros. Games<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>The September release window is a pretty stacked one (it joins Insomniac&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/marvels_wolverine\" class=\"external\">Wolverine<\/a> as <em>another<\/em> superhero launch in that week), but we&#8217;ll be carving out some time, nonetheless. After all, it&#8217;s the game we all need.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:201283 @ 1780507811 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Will you be playing LEGO Batman on Switch 2 in a few months? 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As revealed in a new trailer (above), LEGO Batman will arrive on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137426\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}