History BatmanGambit / VideoGames

** ''VideoGame/Destiny2'': [[spoiler: Fittingly enough, Savathun, the Hive God of Cunning, has pulled off multiple gambits like this in her lifetime. Of particular note was her instigation of the Vex's first war with the Hive. Savathun tricked her nephew Crota into opening a portal to Vex space in his father's throne world. When the Vex first entered it, they couldn't understand the paracausal properties of the throne world. So, the Vex collective mind created a unique new Vex Mind, Quria, to actually study and master those properties for the Vex's purposes. Spearheaded by Quria, the Vex made war on Oryx's brood for over a century, until Oryx forced them out. Later, Oryx would battle Quria again. Before he could destroy it, however, in a final attempt to study the king of the Hive, Quria created a simulation of his original self, Aurash. Oryx, intrigued by Quria's abilities, then decided to, rather than destroy the Vex Mind, Take it instead. He then presented it to Savathun, even leaving behind a trace of its free will so Quria could "surprise" his sister. This was what Savathun wanted all along. Under her command, Quria was taught Hive magic and combined it with Vex computational skills, allowing it to, later on, simulate ''Oryx himself.'' In other words, Savathun now had a copy of her brother, with the power to Take, ''under her total control.'']]

** Sheogorath is the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] of [[MadGod Madness]]. Despite this status and his insistence that it's impossible to tell exactly what any and all beings will do, he's pretty good at the Batman Gambit. The ''16 Accords of Madness'' volumes VI, IX and XII involve the humiliation of his fellow Daedric Princes [[EgomaniacHunter Hircine]], Vaermina, and [[AllTheOtherReindeer Malacath]], respectively. In each of the stories, he basically has the other Princes defeat themselves. It's even brought up in volume IX, when Vaermina accuses him of doing ''nothing''.
** The recurring [[FictionalDocument in-game book]] ''A Game At Dinner'' has Hlaalu Helseth, eventual King of Morrowind, pulling one of these to root out a spy. Combining it with BluffingTheMurderer while Subverting CarryingTheAntidote, Helseth implies to his assembled dinner guests that he put poison on the cutlery of someone spying against him, then invites any spies present to take a dose of the antidote, kept in a tureen at the center of the table. One of the spies loses his nerve and drinks, only for Helseth to reveal that no-one's cutlery was poisoned. The poison was, in fact, the 'antidote' the spy was just bluffed into drinking.

** The entirety of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'' is actually ''two'' giant {{Batman Gambit}}s. The first, planned by TheDragon, Robert de Sable, involves using the Assassins' killing of his lieutenants, all of whom are important members of Saladin and Richard the Lionheart's respective support networks, to unite the Saracen and Crusader armies to crush the Assassins. The second is planned out by [[spoiler:Al-Mualim, who plans to have [[UnwittingPawn Altair]] kill all of the Templars who knew about the Piece of Eden, because he himself is a Templar]] plotting to take over the Holy Land for himself.

* [[AbusivePrecursors The Reapers]] in the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' series incorporate a galactic-scale Batman Gambit ''into their life-cycle''. They leave highly advanced technology around the galaxy [[spoiler:(as well as the Citadel, the largest, most advanced space station in existence]] to ensure that races develop along technological and cultural paths they desire, [[spoiler:especially with regards to the Citadel, which invariably becomes the cultural center of any empire]]. Then, possessing the technology to counter what they left behind, they quickly eliminate all life in the galaxy [[spoiler:and melt down several million members of any species they find to make more Reapers]]. One could say that the Reapers are the living embodiment of the BatmanGambit. It's telling that all of their major defeats come about because somebody [[DidntSeeThatComing didn't follow the script]].

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' sees [[spoiler: Arkham]] play a brilliant one on [[spoiler: Dante, Vergil, and his daughter Lady. Arkham's goal is to break the seal on the evil Temen-ni-gru tower, allowing him to steal the power of Sparda from himself. The seal must be broken using 3 things: the two halves of the Perfect Amulet, the blood of Sparta, and the blood of the priestess sacrificed to seal the tower. Arkham begins his plan by convincing Vergil to join him, knowing how much Vergil clings to Sparda's legacy and his desire to surpass his father. He then lures in Dante by, under the guise of Jester, offering him a chance to challenge his older brother in battle by going to the Temen-ni-gru. As for Lady, she was ''already'' hunting Arkham thanks to Arkham having murdered her mother for power, so she was well on her way too. When Lady comes, Arkham tricks her into believing that Vergil possessed him and made him evil, playing on the lingering familial bond she still had for him despite what he had done. When Dante arrives, Arkham, as Jester, guides Dante up the tower until he reaches the seal, where he finds Vergil, who's already trying to break it. Predictably, the two fight once more. This put 2 of the keys already in place (Vergil stole Dante's half of the Perfect Amulet to use with his own after the first boss fight with him, and the two of them, in fighting, shed a lot of blood). Finally, Lady shows up, intent on killing Vergil, and engages in battle with both Dante and Vergil. Once all 3 of them have weakened one another, Arkham ambushes them, wounding Lady to shed her blood and acquire the final key, as Lady was descended from the priestess sacrificed to seal the tower. With that, Arkham's plan succeeds, and the seal is broken.]]

* The entirety of ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty: VideoGame/ModernWarfare2'' is one giant gambit courtesy of [[spoiler:Shepherd]]. [[spoiler:No, it's sure as hell not for a heroic cause.]]