The game developer Rocksteady is doing their darndest to keep the secrets under wraps for the upcoming game Batman: Arkham City. But leave it to random websites to casually reveal these secrets as if they didn’t think they were secrets at all. First, Best Buy revealed that Robin would be a playable character. Now some website that lists video game achievements has revealed that Nightwing will also be a playable character. We’re less than a month away from the game’s release and Rocksteady was able to keep the secret this long.

Well no more! Check out these two achievements:

Rather skimpy proof, but proof nonetheless!

This definitely explains why Robin will be Tim Drake (my favorite Robin). I also think this more than makes up for the lack of any Robin references at all in Batman: Arkham Asylum. As a Robin fanboy, that really ground my gears at the time. But Rocksteady is making up for that fan faux pas by making Robin and now Nightwing playable! Not in the campaign, only in challenge maps, but I’m more than fine with that! Bring it on!

For those who don’t know, Nightwing is the original Robin, Dick Grayson. He’s the circus acrobat whose parents were killed, and he was adopted by Batman. He was in Batman: The Animated Series and was played by Chris O’Donnell in the mid-90s Batman movies.

Well in the comics, Dick eventually grew up into a young teen and rebelled against Batman. He struck out on his own and created a brand new superhero identity: Nightwing.

Still has that boyish Robin charm

That eventually cleared the way for Tim Drake to become the new Robin. And that’s your comic history lesson for today. Thanks to the website www.PS3Trophies.org for the spoiler.