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We finally got to see a trailer for the much-awaitedJoker 2,akaJoker: Folie à Deux. The movie’s trailer came out on April 9 and will be a sequel to the 2019 film. Joker 2 will feature Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck and is set to hit the theatres on October 4 this year.
The sequel introduces Lady Gaga asHarley Quinn. This marks her debut in the DC universe. The movie’s trailer launch got a stellar start with 167 million views during the first 24 hours. The internet is on fire after the launch of the trailer, and many are hoping that Phoenix will win another Oscar.
TheJokermovie turned into an open-world video game
After the trailer forJoker 2came out, TeaserPlay revealed a game prototype for the movie. For the unknown, TeaserPlay is known for its imaginative take on movies, video games, cartoons, etc.
This time, TeaserPlay showed thegame prototypebased on the 2019 film. The prototype has been developed using the Unreal Engine 5 and shows an open-world setting. In the prototype, we get to see several iconic scenes from the movie. It shows us theJoker’ssignature walk and his appearance on the Murray Franklin show.
The prototype also features the subway and the stairs, and tries to do justice to the hit movie. However, after the game prototype was posted online, many seemed upset. Some people took to social media platform X, to talk about the prototype.
User@mrpyo1took to X to talk about the prototype and posted-
this sounds like one of the worst ideas you can possible have
— Pyo 5️⃣ (@mrpyo1)July 19, 2025
A few other users also seemed to agree with this and posted-
Would be a quite empty game.
— Lurfinator (@theLurfinator)August 22, 2025
Looks incredibly boring
— justsumone57 (@Wheresthesauce8)August 01, 2025
— Scratchin Desperado (@alexndrk97)June 17, 2025
Unlike the movie, fans don’t seem to be too excited about getting an open-world game for Joker. However, there are also a fewwho are happyto see aJokergame and took to X to talk about it.
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While this is just a prototype, we still need to wait and see if Warner Bros. actually thinks of something like this, and releases a game down the line.
Games on DC characters
DC characters coming to video games are not new to fans. The first character to get a game wasSuperman. The game was calledSupermanand was released in 1979. From then, there has been no looking back. To date, several DC games have come to the market.
Getting to play as our favorite DC characters is fun. When we talk about the best DC character games, one cannot forget to mention theBatman Arkhamseries. We also got to seeSupermanin several hit games such asSuperman: Shadow of ApokolipsandJustice League: Heroes.
There are also other hit games such asInjustice: Gods Among Us,Injustice 2, andBatman: The Enemy Withinto name a few. However, not all DC character games have been a success.
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Games such asAquaman: Battle for Atlantiswhich came out in 2003, failed to impress many. Additionally, games such asBatman: Dark Tomorrow,Batman Forever, andCatwoman, to name a few also didn’t go well with the fans.
Binayak Sharma
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Binayak Sharma is a Gaming Content Writer at FandomWire. He has a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Delhi along with a Master’s degree in Applied Sociology from Christ University. He has worked with different media outlets covering gaming news.
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