In the trendy tradition of adding multiplayer modes to games that don’t appear to need them, Warner Bros. today announced that the imminent Batman: Arkham Origins could have a competitive multiplayer mode.

The multiplayer part of the sport is being developed by Splash Damage, the developers of 2011′s Brink. The gameplay is being promoted as “traditional” gameplay from the Arkham games crossed with third-person shooter mechanics.

The “Invisible Predator Online” mode puts eight players right into a battle arena. Six of them will assume the role of henchmen, three for Joker and 3 for Bane. While the henchmen teams battle it out, however, two players gets the privilege of playing as Batman and Robin. Those two players could be disposing of the henchmen from the shadows, “intimidating” each team so that it will have the gang’s leaders quit. At a undeniable point within the match, players can ascend to the role of either Joker or Bane, either one of whom are, naturally, more powerful than their henchmen.