LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

📆 Release Date: May 2026
💼 Role: Lead Open World Designer / Lead Accessibility Designer
👥 IP Holder: DC Comics

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight has players embark on a journey that begins with the origins of Batman, training as a young Bruce Wayne with the League of Shadows and becoming the hero that Gotham City needs, forming the a family of allies along the way.

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight features the most-detailed, expansive Gotham City to ever appear in a LEGO game, with four large explorable islands and hundreds of playable events.

The game was released in May 2026, debuting on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam, Epic Games Store, and Switch 2 at a later date.

As Lead Open World Designer on this project, I was responsible for the direction of the Open World and the content found in it. I designed much of the high-level structure and features within the Open World. Additionally, I was responsible for leading, reviewing, and approving most of the gameplay found in the city as well as its layout, while managing the Open World designers and directing the Open World technical designers.

Features I directed and oversaw included: Riddler vs Cluemaster, The Case of Waylon Jones, The Falcone Fortune, Escaped Zoo Animals, Fast Travel, Poison Ivy Plants, Pedestrians and Traffic, and general collectible instances - among others. I also designed the layout of Tricorner Island, as well as providing the guidelines and approvals for the layout design for the rest of Gotham City - including the distribution of landmarks and elements of the visual direction.

Alongside my Open World work, I led the game's Accessibility settings and feature efforts, creating and polishing the various systems and providing support from pre-concept all the way through to post-production.