Despite repeated rumours over the years, Rocksteady was never making a Superman game, no matter how bad you think Suicide Squad looks.
]]>The Xbox 360 first launched in 2005, and if you were fortunate enough to not encounter the ‘Red Ring of Death’ that the earlier consoles suffered from, then you were set for a good few years of gaming.
]]>What on earth happened to Suicide Squad? Alex and I discuss in the video above how Rocksteady’s long-awaited return to the Arkhamverse strays disappointingly far from the formula that made them a success story.
]]>So, the long awaited next foray into the Arkhamverse, Suicide Squad, looks like a pretty miserable experience from what we’ve seen so far. A screenshot doing the rounds on Twitter puts the spotlight on a dreary looking set of stat modifiers that reads like a tech manual for transistors. The fact that it’s a live-service looter shooter with no true single-player mode (‘co-op with bots’ doesn’t count), and the horrifying red flag of requiring a constant internet connection to run, shows just how far Rocksteady has strayed from the light. The light being Arkham “it’s a Metroidvania, actually” Asylum, the solitary jewel in the crown of Batman-themed video games, nestled amongst a litany of, frankly, shite.
]]>The worst day of my life was at EGX about 4 years ago.
]]>That's right: six Batman games are free to claim on the Epic Games Store.
]]>This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team.
]]>According to voice actor Kevin Conroy - well known for being the voice of Batman in the animated series, as well as most games - we're not getting any more Arkham games.
]]>This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team.
]]>"Batman, help me! I'm too tired to drag the slider across the screen."
]]>Everything looks sharper and cleaner in the up-resed Return to Arkham.
]]>Warner Bros. has finally announced the HD remaster bundle Batman: Return to Arkham.
]]>The Batman HD Collection is all but confirmed.
]]>Starting on December 8, you can grab a year's worth of PlayStation Now for $99.99, but only for a limited-time only. That's 55% off the regular price. And to sweeten the deal, nine new Warner Bros. games have been added to the library.
]]>PC players angry at the state of the port of Batman: Arkham Knight are leaving frustrated reviews on Steam.
]]>Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City are getting remastered for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, according to industry sources.
]]>October PlayStation Plus offerings for those in Europe and North America have been announced by Sony.
]]>Batman turns 75 this week, and to celebrate Sony's knocking money off many Batman and DC Comics games.
]]>Batman: Arkham Asylum will be turned into an animated movie. It'll be based on the Rocksteady Studios game rather than the comic.
]]>Batman: Arkham Collection Edition has been announced by Warner Bros. for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. It contains Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, and Arkham Origins and will be available on November 22 in the UK. Batman: Arkham Origins is obtainable as a physical disc while the other two will be digital downloads and the PC version of Arkham Asylum and Arkham City will be Game of the Year editions. The PS3 version of Batman: Arkham Origins will be the Knightfall DLC pack. Pack shots are below.
]]>Humble Bundle has gone live with a new offering this week, and it's full of lovely Warner Brothers titles such as Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin and Lord of the Rings: War in the North. If you pay over the $4.06 average at the moment, you can also nab Scribblenauts and Batman: Arkham City GOTY. What are you waiting for? Video is below.
]]>Batman Arkham Bundle has been listed by retailer GameStop. The pack includes both Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, as well as all DLC packs.
]]>MarkMonitor, the company that manages Warner Bros. properties, has registered 15 domain names associated with the Arkham Universe.
]]>Batman: Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, F.E.A.R., Mass Effect 3, Bulletstorm, Skyrim, Dishonored and many, many more lovely games are on sale this weekend through digital PC outlets. Both the Batmans are$10 each, so is F.E.A.R.; ME3 is $12 and Bulletstorm is a whopping $5. Those who are fans of The Sherlock Holmes games, can pick up a collection on Steam for $8.74. It does our head in, really. If you want a comprehensive list of all the sales, head on over to Shack where the lovely Alice O'Connor has the low down on all the savings.
]]>Steam's opening up the floodgates on the Batman games from Rocksteady. The GOTY edition of Arkham Asylum is marked down 66% to £3.40, while its half off for Arkham City and all of its DLC to date. That'll set you back a tenner.
]]>You can't really miss out on this. The Steam sale may have begun last night, but Warner's gone into bargain mode, releasing a bundle that includes both Batman Arkham games - Asylum and City with all of its DLC - plus Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Bastion, all three FEAR games and expansions, LEGO Batman and Harry Potter Years 1-4 and Watchmen: The End is Nigh. If you want to look at it another way, you're paying £40 for Arkham City and getting everything else free. Sound good? Go get it here.
]]>Think acting for a video game means nothing more than standing in a booth reading your lines? Well, Batman himself has some words for you.
]]>Batman: Arkham City is due out in just a couple of days, and Warner Bros. has just released this "unofficial launch trailer" to keep the hype train moving.
]]>After popping up earlier to discuss the 'heat' between Batman and Catwoman in Rocksteady's stunning looking sequel, Paul Dini's back with some more thoughts on narrative.
]]>You would have to be absolutely insane to miss out on the deals Steam's put up for its summer sale tonight. Left 4 Dead 2's gone up for £3.74, Far Cry 2 for £2.49, Prototype for £7.49 and Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY for £3.74. Big deal, though, has to be Grand Theft Auto IV and its two episodes - The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony - for £6.24. There's more deals here.
]]>Rocksteady boss Sefton Hill has told Develop as far as it's concerned, Batman: Arkham Asylum was just the beginning of things for the developer.
]]>That didn't last too long, did it?
]]>Game Informer's posted up a video showing a secret room in Batman: Arkham Asylum, which shows a blueprint of what appears to be Arkham City and some concept art for its namesake game.
]]>Haven't bought Batman: Arkham Asylum yet? Still on the fence on the Rocksteady action epic? The GOTY version is now half-price on Steam.
]]>Square Enix has announced its sold over 5.5 million units worldwide of Final Fantasy XIII in the company's fiscal year ending March 31, 2010.
]]>To coincide with the release of the Game of the Year Edition for Batman: Arkham Asylum in the US today, those that already own the game can now download two more add-ons.
]]>A UK retailer has said that Warner may hold off on releasing Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 this year, and instead aim for 2011.
]]>Batman appears when his enemies least expect him, and apparently, so does his DLC. With Arkham Asylum's new-Batmobile smell long since worn away and a sequel pegged for later this year, Rocksteady's somewhat surprisingly decided to revisit Batman's first trip to the titular loony bin with some new DLC.
]]>Fresh off its BAFTA Game of the Year win for Batman: Arkham Asylum, Rocksteady's studio director Sefton Hill chatted a bit with VideoGamer about sequels.
]]>The Game of the Year Edition for Batman: Arkham Asylum will be heading to the US in May.
]]>Warner just announced it's acquired a majority shareholding in Batman: Arkham Asylum developer Rocksteady.
]]>Uncharted 2: Among Thieves has won big time at the AIAS awards: the Naughty Dog action title walked away with ten gongs.
Get all the results below.
]]>Think Services has announced more speaking engagements for GDC next month, including lectures on Deus Ex 3, music composition from Silent Hill producer Akira Yamaoka, and Batman: Arkham Asylum.
]]>If you found Crackdown's hand-to-hand combat a little weak, fret not: the sequel has melee action inspired by Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham Asylum.
]]>It looks as though a Game of the Year Edition for Batman: Arkham Asylum is heading our way, if a listing over on the BBFC site is any indication.
]]>Mark Hamill has said that after playing The Joker in the Batman animated series from 1992-2004, he never expected to play the insane villain again - until he was asked to do Arkham Asylum.
]]>What happens in Japan evidently doesn't stay in Japan. It just takes more than two decades to leave. Speaking with Edge (via Play.tm), Square Enix president Yoichi Wada gave a thumbs-up to the idea of a non-Japanese developed installment of his company's flagship Final Fantasy series.
]]>Square said today that Batman: Arkham Asylum has so far shipped 2.5 million copies.
The company, understandably, is pleased.
“Batman: Arkham Asylum is one of the stand-out games this year,” said Eidos CEO Phil Rogers.
“I’ve been following the great reviews and consumer blogs and I’m delighted that gamers everywhere love playing this game as much as we do.”
Make another one, please. PR after the break.
]]>The first of Batman's free DLC packs, Insane Night, will contain two Challenge Maps when it releases for PC, 360 and PS3 on September 17.
The levels are called Totally Insane and Nocturnal Hunter. Details after the break.
A second pack, Prey in the Darkness, will land on September 24.
]]>Eidos has sent over some lovely Batman: Arkham Asylum screens for PC showing off how it looks with the Nvidia PhysX real-time, hyper-realistic physical and environmental gaming effects.
Sounds like a commercial, we know, but still they are lovely to behold.
Game's out for PC September 15.
The gallery is posted below the break along with the video.
]]>Batman: Arkham Asylum has been awarded a Guinness World Record for being the 'Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever'.
It has achieved the highest average score of 91.67 from reviews around the world. Cool.
“We are so pleased to be awarding Batman: Arkham Asylum a Guinness World Record," said Gaz Deaves from Guinness. "It is a fantastic new game and due to the reaction of gaming experts we believe it has a well deserved place in the Guinness World Records book.”
Congrats to Eidos and Rocksteady.
Press release follows the break.
]]>The latest video for Batman: Arkham Asylum shows off the cool gadgets the Dark Knight uses to thwart enemies, escape, and do other cool stuff with.
Game's out August 25 and in September for the PC.
The video is after the break courtesy of BigDownload.
]]>New behind-the-sceens video for Batman: Arkham Asylum talks art design and animation.
It's very interesting, and posted after the break courtesy of BigDownload.
Game's consoles later this month and on PC in September.
Demos for all versions are out now.
]]>Squeidosenix just confirmed that the PC version of Batman: Arkham Asylum will not release until September 15 in North America and September 18 in Europe and Australia.
The console SKUs will hit on August 25 as planned.
The publisher also said today that the PC version will support Nvidia's PhysX tech, which has allowed Rocksteady to "add that little bit extra" for PC fans, according to director Sefton Hill.
Shame they'll have to wait longer than everyone else.
PR after the break. There's a couple of PhysX-related screens through there as well.
]]>The Batman: Arkham Asylum demo will release this Friday, August 7, Eidos just confirmed.
Tasters for all formats - PC, 360 and PS3 - will be available.
The full game's out August 28.
PR after the break.
]]>Batman: Arkham Asylum will ship in August, and to get you prepared for it, IGN has pics and background information on some of the villains in the game.
There's also a new trailer featuring these insane folks after the break.
Hit the link for a healthy does of insane.
]]>A developer diary for Batman: Arkham Asylum is posted after the break showing off the insanity present in Gotham's prison for the criminally bent.
It's not a very long video, but Eidos and Rocksteady call the game the "ultimate Batman-fighting scenario".
We sure hope so.
Game’s out for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 August 25
Thanks, Gamespot
]]>It's Monday, and what better way to start than to watch ten minutes of excellent looking footage of Rocksteady's Arkham Asylum... in Polish.
See 'Bats' skulking around Arkham's grounds taking out goons as The Joker's voice mocks him in the background.
Arkham Asylum is out for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in August.
We can't wait.
Thanks, Kotaku.
]]>Shacknews has a video of just how The Joker - voiced by Mark Hamill and looking totally awesome to boot - will play in Rock Steady's romp, Arkham Asylum.
Remember, the playable Joker character is only available to PS3 owners.
]]>Eidos just confirmed its E3 line-up. The publisher's showing three games in LA next week. And they are:
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Mini Ninjas
- Just Cause 2
Press release after the break.
]]>Poison Ivy is the highlight of the new Batman: Arkham Asylum video posted after the break.
Can just imagine the cosplay outfits to come out of this one.
Still, she looks pretty smashing.
See for yourself.
]]>In this new developer diary for Batman: Arkham Asylum, Rocksteady's Sefton Hill provides a walkthrough of the combat system.
The video Hill demonstrates with shows the combative free flow mode, which allows you chain together combat moved.
It's rather cool, and after the break.
Game's out in September.
Thanks, 1UP.
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