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.
]]>That's right: six Batman games are free to claim on the Epic Games Store.
]]>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.
]]>The comparison PC gamers have been asking for since the Return to Arkham collection was announced.
]]>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.
]]>Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City are getting remastered for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, according to industry sources.
]]>Batman turns 75 this week, and to celebrate Sony's knocking money off many Batman and DC Comics games.
]]>Sony has confirmed the PlayStation Plus offerings for April.
]]>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.
]]>Warner Bros. has detailed how the PC versions of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City will be migrated to Steam from the soon-to-be-closed Games for Windows Live.
]]>Batman Arkham Bundle has been listed by retailer GameStop. The pack includes both Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, as well as all DLC packs.
]]>Batman: Arkham Origins has added Mad Hatter to its list of villains, as revealed in this months issue of Official Xbox Magazine.
]]>The PlayStation Store has these "Ultimate Edition" bundles that give you a base game and all its DLC for a discounted price. This week, they're putting out ten new Ultimate Editions, and they're making them even cheaper than they normally would. Plus subscribers get a better discount, as usual. Full list inside.
]]>Microsoft has announced a new hardware bundle which features a 250GB Xbox 360, controller, and digital copies of of Darksiders 2 and Batman: Arkham City, plus a month of XBL Gold. The Spring Value Bundle will be available in select US stores for $299 starting today. Via Major Nelson.
]]>Batman: Arkham City is getting a follow up later this year, as confirmed by license holder Time Warner's investor call last week. Seems it went under the radar.
]]>MarkMonitor, the company that manages Warner Bros. properties, has registered 15 domain names associated with the Arkham Universe.
]]>PS Plus subscribers after a month of cracking new content to look forward to in December, including a free download of Batman: Arkham City. None too shabby is it?
]]>After a fairly lengthy delay, Batman: Arkham City's Game of the Year edition is finally out today in the UK. Rocksteady has even gone and released a trailer for the occasion, so check it out and learn how the Caped Crusader's story was created below.
]]>Serious Sam 3 BFE, Zombie Driver, A World of Keflings DLC and the Season Pass for Forza Horizon are just the start of the content heading your way on XBL Marketplace through the end of the month. Head below to get the full details.
]]>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.
]]>Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition is an enhanced version of the original game created by Rocksteady Studios made especially for Wii U by WB Games Montreal. In the video below, some of the gameplay mechanics and features in the game have been shown off using the Wii U's controller. Have a watch. Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition releases on November 18 alongside Wii U in the US.
]]>Batman: Arkham City's Game of the Year Edition's release in the UK came and went with nary a PS3 or Xbox 360 box on retail shelves. Turns out, the game's release was delayed into November in the region.
]]>Batman: Arkham City, Risen 2 and Zombies, Run! have been nominated for the UK Writer's Guild best videogame script award.
]]>Box artwork for Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition, which is playable this week at gamescom, has been released by Warner. The Wii U version of the 2011 title will release this holiday and contains the same story and gameplay as the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions. It also contains all available downloadable content, the Battle Armored Tech Mode and the new Armored Suits for both Batman and Catwoman.
]]>Batman: Arkham City writer Paul Dini has confirmed he isn't currently involved in a new game at Rocksteady, but that's not because there isn't one in the works.
]]>Batman: Arkham City writer Paul Dini has stated that he is not returning for another Arkham game, but don't go ruling out that Silver Age prequel just yet.
]]>Batman: Arkham City story expansion Harley Quinn's Revenge has been pulled from Games for Windows Live Marketplace for unspecified reasons.
]]>Batman: Arkam City, previously announced for Wii U, was shown during Nintendo's E3 press conference.
]]>Warner Bros. has sent some great behind the scenes footage showing the acclaimed voice team behind Batman: Arkham City. Watch Mark Hamill physically transform into the Joker within.
]]>Batman: Arkham City has been out for seven months, but Rocksteady has confirmed some of its secrets are yet to be uncovered. What the heck is wrong with you lot?
]]>Warner has released a trailer for Harley Quinn's Revenge, the upcoming DLC for Batman: Arkham City which will also be included in the Game of the Year Edition. It's below, and shows more of Robin as well.
]]>Warner has released some screenshots of Harley Quinn's Revenge. The DLC contains over two hours of new single-player content and players can choose between playing as both Batman and Robin. The DLC will be released for Batman: Arkham City on PS3 in the US on May 29, and on Xbox 360 and European PSN territories on May 30. A teaser video for the content was released yesterday.
]]>A teaser trailer for the Harley Quinn's Revenge DLC for Batman: Arkham City is posted below courtesy of AGB. Players will be tasked with stopping Harley's plan to shut down the gates of heavily fortified Arkham City super prison. The DLC will land on PS3 in the US on May 29, and on Xbox 360 and European PSN territories on May 30.
]]>Rocksteady's Community Manager Sarah Wellock has revealed via a Twitter that the upcoming Batman: Arkham City DLC pack Harley Quinn's Revenge will be releasing before the end of the month.
]]>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.
]]>A piece of artwork reportedly from the Arkham City DLC Harley Quinn’s Revenge has shown up online via AGB. It's below. The new content has players switching between Batman and Robin as they try and stop Harley's “vengeful plan to shut the gates forever." hell hath no fury and all that, right? The content will be released with the GOTY edition of the title, as well as on May 30 for PSN and XBL.
]]>Sony has provided a content preview for PS Plus members, showing some of the goodies you'll be getting during the month of May. Full game trials include: Battlefield: Bad Company , Saints Row: The Third, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations , Batman: Arkham City, Rayman Origins and much more. Hit up the break for the list.
]]>Warner's confirmed a Game of the Year edition for Batman: Arkham City will release in Europe on September 7, three months after the game comes out in the US.
]]>Rocksteady is teasing a DLC reveal for Batman: Arkham City by tweeting a dark picture of a pair of boots and the end of a massive hammer. Do the boots look familiar? They should, as they are resemble the ones worn by Harley Quinn in the game, and DLC for her has been rumored for ages now. Well, at least since the start of the month. We'll mail Warner. Thanks, NeoGAF.
]]>PS3Trophies has dug up some interesting information on a fourth bit of DLC for Batman Arkahm City. If correct, it looks as though players will be treated to some Harley Quinn content which includes a playable Robin - previously a pre-order incentive.
]]>Rocksteady Studios has released a patch addressing corrupt save files for Batman: Arkham City PC, but unfortunately, the studio has said it cannot "guarantee that all lost saves will return."
]]>Batman: Arkham City and LA Noire lead the way for the 2012 BAFTA Game Awards with eight nominations each.
]]>Rocksteady initially looked at introducing multiplayer early in development of Batman: Arkham City, studio game director Sefton Hill has said.
]]>Warner has released its full-year financials for 2011, and reported a revenue increase of 9% $12.6 billion thanks to sales of to Batman: Arkham City, Mortal Kombat, and "several"Lego titles. Arkham City has now shipped 6 million units worldwide since October, and Q4 results for its Film and Entertainment sector, which includes video game sales, saw a 7% increase in revenue year-over-year to $3.9 billion. Revenue across all sectors for full-year 2011 was $29.0 billion, which is an 8% increase year-over-year.
]]>Microsoft has updated the list of goodies heading to Xbox Live Marketplace, and starting things off today are the releases of the American Le Mans Series Pack for Forza 4, and Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 for Games on Demand.
]]>GDC organizers have announced three more panels for the main conference, with visual arts tracks from Rocksteady and Sony, and a production track session from Double Fine.
]]>The Writers Guild of America has selected a blockbuster lineup of games for its annual awards.
]]>Gamefly has released data from its subscribers queue and the numbers show that Batman: Arkham City was the most-wanted game release across all platforms in 2011.
]]>Eurogamer has posted a Developers' Games of 2011 feature, asking notables such as Ken Levine, Peter Molyneux, and David Jaffe what made the biggest impression on them during the year.
]]>Sony's gone live with details for today's EU PS Store drop, confirming that the full Jurassic Park: The Game will finally drop onto the store in Europe. The Telltale actioner is available for £15.99/€19.99. Also out today is the digital versions of the Team ICO HD remasters, with ICO setting you back £13.99/€17.99 and Shadow of the Colossus the same price, while the two combined will cost £19.99/€29.99. Just Add Water's HD revamp of Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath also launches for £9.99/€12.99, while new Batman: Arkham City content arrives in the form of a free costume skin, a premium costume skin pack, challenge map pack and a combo of all of the above.
]]>Warner Bros. has released two new DLC bundles for Batman: Arkham City, offering a convenient and thrifty alternative for those who gave up on its bewildering array of pre-order incentives.
]]>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.
]]>Play.com's discounted Batman: Arkham City to £17.99 on PS3. Not bought it yet? Go fix that right now.
]]>HOLD. THE. PHONE. Did Joker just tease something called Batman: Arkham World? He may have.
]]>Warner Bros. has announced that the Batman: Arkham City Lockdown is now available on the App Store, bringing the Arkham City franchise to iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Developed by NetherRealm Studios, Lockdown features several of Gotham City criminals, including The Joker, Two-Face and Solomon Grundy, as well as iOS-exclusive character Deathstroke. Lockdown uses AirPlay, allowing players to stream their gameplay on their iPad2 or iPhone 4S to their HDTV using Apple TV. It is available for £3.49 from the App Store on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.
A video below, courtesy of GameTrailers, show it in action. There's some screenshots below as well, for both iPad and iPhone.
]]>In more Nvidia GeForce news today, the firm has announced it's released new drivers which fix a few bugs and improve performance for Batman: Arkham City, Battlefield 3, Crysis 2, Heroes and Generals, Inversion, Modern Warfare 3, Skyrim, Stronghold 3, and Syndicate, specifically.
]]>The official Batman: Arkham City Twitter brings word of three DLC packs to go on sale on December 20. Two feature challenge maps previously exclusive to certain retail offerings - the Iceberg Lounge and Joker's Carnival - while the third is brand new content, the Batcave. No word yet on platforms or pricing.
]]>Warner Bros. has heard your desperate cries for assistance and it is not unmoved. It's lit the patchsignal.
]]>Skyrim, Deus Ex and Batman have proven this year that the market still supports big budget solo games, but only if they tick certain boxes. Johnny Cullen reports.
]]>The OnLive demo for Batman: Arkham City has broken both the US and UK records for most demos being played in a day, the streaming firm said today, but no figures to back up the claim have been provided.
]]>Those who have experienced missing save files on the Xbox 360 version of Batman: Arkham City are requested to reach out to Warner Bros. support.
]]>Warner has confirmed that the PC version of Batman: Arkham City will be available in North America on November 22, in Australia November 23, in France on November 24, and in other European territories November 25. It was announced a while back that the game had been delayed on PC, and a new date of November 15 in the US and November 18 in the UK was provided. Earlier today, Steam had it listed for a November 22 release, basically confirming the new delay. Still, not much longer now. It will also be made available through EA's Origin service.
]]>Batman toppled from his perch at the top of the charts by the blockbuster shooter from DICE.
]]>Halloween weekend is here, and so are more shorts. We won't get to dress up or draw down the moon until Monday, but we're going to try and carve a pumpkin this weekend. It is NOT going to look anything like this though. Promise.
]]>EA has announced third-party PC titles will be offered on platform Origin starting in November.
]]>Warner and DC Entertainment have released a new Batman: Arkham City trailer showcasing content from the upcoming Nightwing Bundle Pack.
]]>Rocksteady game director Sefton Hill has said the studio hasn't been put off from doing future open-world titles after the launch of Batman: Arkham City last week.
]]>Warner's announced this lunchtime that shipment numbers of Batman: Arkham City have hit 4.6 million units.
]]>Batman: Arkham City is the new number one in the UK charts, giving it the 4th biggest launch this year.
]]>Oh what a day. And it isn't even over yet, even though it should have been a while ago. Let's get these shorts out of the way so we can get back to BlizzCon stuff, shall we? We can always have our soup later.
]]>Batman: Arkham City is a true Game of the Year contender, says Johnny Cullen. He explains why you should have a copy of the Rocksteady-made opus as it launches in the UK today.
]]>Warner Bros. has promised to "promptly" resolve missing Catwoman content codes in Batman: Arkham City for what it claims is a very small number of affected customers.
]]>Yahoo Games has reviewed Batman: Arkham City at a 6 out of possible 5, saying it "improves on the original so much that it feels like gluttony." This isn't the first time such hilarity has graced games reviews; PSM3 France gave Uncharted 2 a 21/20. For what it's worth, it's definitely worth a high score - typo or not - from the amount I've played so far. Expect a piece on that tomorrow alongside the UK launch.
]]>Purchasers are reporting multiple issues pertaining to downloadable content bundled with Batman: Arkham City.
]]>According to several posts on Hot UK Deals, HMV is offering Batman: Arkham City for 99p with trade-ins of Forza Motorsport 4 or RAGE.
]]>Rocksteady and Warner announced today the PC version of Batman: Arkham City, which suffered a delay earlier this summer, will be released for Windows on November 18 in the UK.
]]>With Batman's latest launching in the US today, Stace Harman takes a spoiler-free look at the grim majesty of Arkham City in the company of the Dark Knight and Rocksteady's Dax Ginn.
]]>Rocksteady marketing boss Dax Ginn has said that what the studio does next entirely depends on the reception Batman: Arkham City gets at release this week.
]]>EB Games Australia has confirmed rumours of a broken Batman: Arkham City street date via its official Twitter account.
]]>Batman: Arkham City's launch video is chock full of villains.
]]>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.
]]>Seriously, this is the most in-depth press kit I've ever had.
]]>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.
]]>Boom. Ahead of next week's release, Warner's lifted the reviews embargo of Batman: Arkham City. Protip: scores are looking very, very, very good right now.
]]>New purchases of Batman: Arkham City will include a one-use code enabling access to playable Catwoman content.
]]>Early buyers of the Extended Edition Green Lantern Blu-Ray film will get a download code for an in-game Sinestro Corp skin for Batman.
]]>Arkham City is getting quite of bit of downloadable content when it launches worldwide over the coming weeks. Now we've got an idea of when to expect it and how much it will cost.
]]>The shorts post is rather long today, so we're going to go ahead and race to the finish with it.
]]>Rocksteady wasn't going to let technical limitations get in the way of its vision for Batman: Arkham City.
]]>A Gamestop ad showing off the retailer's pre-order bonus DLC gives us a glimpse of Robin in action in Batman: Arkham City.
]]>More shorts for your Wednesday are below, and there are quite a few good ones, so be sure to have a sniff in case you miss something.
]]>Right. Let's get you shorted real fast like.
]]>The full achievement and trophy lists for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Batman: Arkham City have hit the Net, revealing potential spoilers for impatient gamers.
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