I need new pants.

Mmmmmmm. Love the Batman Beyond outfit.

Hope they all come stateside.

Where's that Fat-Man one from?

lol the Animated Series model will look ridiculous in the game. They do all look great though.

Just preordered the collectors edition, cant wait for this!

From what I read, this is for the UK. It is mentioned that some might not be available outside the UK?
I HOPE that they are. Furthermore, I hope if they all end up becoming store exclusives..that we can at least get them all in the near future.

Dark Knight Returns
http://veryaware.com/wp-content/uplo...ns-470x272.jpg

Supposedly Nolan North is voicing the Penguin but Warner Bros hasn't officially confirmed it.

http://kotaku.com/5828250/hold-on-wa...ng-the-penguin

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Excellent.

Yeah, that's cool.






























GET IT?!

Chill out.

I'm pretty sure Schwarzenegger covered every single one of those puns...


Also, seeing that video, and what looks like the style of the boss fight, first thing I thought of was Vulcan Raven from MGS...

Really looking forward to this game.

Ice to see you

I wonder if the Batman Beyond costume will have the jet booster boots like in the show, or if he'll have to grappling hook/glide like the others.

Love the Mr. Freeze trailer.
Sent..chills down my spine. :roll:

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The PS3 version of Arkham City will not be getting any exclusive content in comparision to the Xbox 360 like last time with Arkham Asylum getting the Joker as an extra on the PS3.

Rocksteady announced both console versions will be the same and the focus is making sure both games are worked on equally.

The pre-order bonuses are also being treated equally for both the PS3 and Xbox 360.

http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAt...or-Arkham-City

The PC version of Arkham City will only be using the Games for Windows Live application to play the game although the game itself will be available to buy on other digital services.

http://www.vg247.com/2011/08/30/batm...-windows-live/

A new mode was revealed similar to New Game+ in other games where the next playthrough lets you keep everything earned after beating the game but now automatically increases the difficulty while removing all the assists and help during fights.

http://zillas.screwattack.com/news/p...and-over-again

this was pretty lol


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Don't get what people expected. They should see who voices those pretty cartoon/videogame characters.

that Asian dude has got a nice wiggle

lol

I'd hit that.









........what, I'm desperate.

Deadshot confirmed to be in the game but his story or exact reason wasn't revealed because Rocksteady Studios wants to keep his involvement as sort of a mystery until the game is released.

However, it was revealed that one of his storyline purposes is to "take out a series of high value targets."

http://www.screwattack.com/news/dead...ts-arkham-city

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Huge spoilers concerning the first act of the game involving the Joker and it came straight from the developers themselves.

Just got an e-mail from gamestop that powerup rewards customers get the Batman: The Animated Series skin with their pre-order.

The last time gamestop did this deal involving power-up rewards, no code showed up on my receipt or in my inbox. Gonna go ask about it at the store tomorrow.

Yeah. About that, PS3 gets the edge yet again.


Buy Green Lantern on blu-ray on October 14th and pop it in your PS3, you'll unlock the Sinestro Corps. skin.

http://www.esperino.com/wp-content/u...-Corp-Skin.jpg

Seems like Xbox gets the advantage there, we'll probably end up with the skin and won't have to buy Green Lantern on Blu-Ray. :lol:

wtf

Green Lantern is not worth more than 10 dollars... if even that.

Based on the trophy list for the PS3 version, another character will be playable at some point in the game to go along with Batman, Robin (pre-order exclusive), and Catwoman.



http://www.screwattack.com/news/new-...able-character

Fuck yeah.

Can't wait to see his redesign, given how badass robin's looks.

2 more villains revealed to go along with what they will look like in the game.



http://www.screwattack.com/news/2-mo...-city-revealed

Mad fucking Hatter.

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2plyr co-op challenges please for the love of god. Batman, Catwoman, Robin, and now Nightwing. This is very needed.

Yeah, might just wait till I finally pick up a PS3 before I get this.

1st post-launch DLC pack was revealed along with its release date and price.

The "Robin Bundle" will be $6.99 and the "Skins Pack" will be $4.99 while both are set for a December 6 release date.

Also revealed is the Catwoman DLC is free for those who pre-ordered while everyone else has to pay and it was confirmed to be on the disc.

http://www.myniritori.com/batman-ark...-priced-dated/

Heh heh. Best Buy's pre-order goods go up first.

Wonder how long they're gonna have to wait for Joker's Carnival?

A bunch of news regarding the game was released with some good and some bad depending on your perspective.

Rocksteady has announced there will be no demo of the game before or after (like Call of Duty) the release of the game. The official reason is the team has no time to work on a demo nor has plans for a post-release demo.
http://www.gamezone.com/news/rockste...-before-launch


Warner Bros will lock out Catwoman content regardless if the copy is new or used if there isn't a constant internet connection when playing the game. Also announced was the Online Pass is meant specifically in locking out Catwoman (and unconfirmed Nightwing) for the Single player mode.

http://www.giantbomb.com/news/warner...internet/3742/
http://www.giantbomb.com/batman-arkh...ers/35-519217/


Rocksteady also calmed fears of the game cramming too many villains in the story by saying since its a 40 hour game, they have enough time and storyline content to fill up each villain's role in the game without it feeling rushed.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/holy...verload-batman

That's fine.

I don't like the idea of having to have a constant internet connection to play certain missions. My connection is way to volatile at times to be sure of all that.

Once the code is punched in and you have the license, you should have no problems.

Oh man, the start of this game is even better than Arkham Asylum walking down with Joker. This is going to be some hot shit.

I'm halfway through finishing the first game on my first ever bought X-BOX... Damn, why is it everytime I beat up baddies and the main villians appear and talk and they just fucking run away? Could've been more fun beating on Harley Quinn too. :P

This is out next week!? :eek:

Cool, that's a relief.

Looks like Warner Bros backed off a bit on the Online Pass for Catwoman since now they struck a deal with Gamestop only that allows both new and used copies access to the Catwoman content. The code would be printed on the receipt of the game.

All other places that sell or rent used copies of the games do not get the same deal.

http://kotaku.com/5849828/dont-fret-...ity-purchasers

This might be the first time in almost a decade that I've been itching to buy a video game. And I'm hating myself because I'm in Europe and I left my fucking 360 at home for my fucking brother to use.

I guess it'll be that much better when I finally do get to play it...

I'm with the article: WTF's the logic? The idea of these passes is to combat used game sales, and they're taking the largest threat and striking a deal with them?

Crap, I thought the code for Catwoman was like an add-on similar to Joker as a playable character in Arkham Asylum. Like, you can download her as a playable character and her missions once you enter in the code. Why would they require you to be connected to the web to actually play as Catwoman?

I won't be bothered to hook my PS3 up to my computer just to be her. You don't even need to complete her missions to beat the game anyway. I might would reconsider though, if they'd give us alternate skins, like TAS Catwoman.

EDIT: NEVERMIND!

http://i.imgur.com/b25TJ.jpg

I'll see what I can do!

But if WB are taking a cut or striking a deal that gets them money from the used game market anyway, don't they win regardless?

Assuming that's the case. So far, it looks like it's a non-monetary deal.

I highly doubt it's non monetary. Gamestop had to shill out some cash for that deal.

So, who's gonna grab this at midnight tonight?

I'm heading out to get it in about 30 minutes.

Epilogue: Got it, played it for about 3 hours before I have to go to bed. It is pure bliss. I love this game so much I want to lobby Congress to change the legal definition of marriage so I can make this game my bride.

Probably put my pre-order in today.

For the record, I hate all of you who are getting to play this game right now when I have to wait until fucking FEBRUARY to really sit down and play.

No, I love you all. Enjoy Arkham City. Be good to her.

I enjoyed the Riddler challenges in the first game. But I think they went a wee bit overboard on it this time around.

Loving the game so far.

They really thought of everything.

Ugh really want to get this game now. Trying to finish up LA Noire then probably grab this but got ways to go in LA Noire still.

Supposedly some people are having problems trying to activate the Catwoman code meant to be only for new copies with the solution by Warner Bros being a huge mess.

Even after giving WB all the info they needed, they only guarantee it means your complaint case gets processed a bit faster in the line and no guarantees of a code coming any time soon.

http://www.screwattack.com/news/upda...de-fustercluck

Mine arrived today,couple hours in and loving it so far. Seems alot bigger than AA and i've only done a handful of missions. Really tempted to phone in sick tomorrow.

This game is epic... EPIC...

Just finished the story.

Freakin' loving this so far, cant put it down.

Yeah I'm pretty hooked as well. Love the fact they're cramming in so many villains as well. Noticed one flaw with the game so far though.

Just got it today. Got Arkham Asylum GOTY with it as a double pack from Walmart (came free, guessing it may have been the pre-order bonus). Have AA as it is, but it's scratched and stutters in places, so free game is free.

Probably gonna be sucked in. Can't wait. :cool:

Completed this last night. Absolutely incredible game. I'm just going around finishing up the side missions and riddler stuff. I'll be doing new game + when I finish.


Freeze was easily the best boss. The little cameos were awesome too.

I only have like twenty more riddles to go, then I'm done with that.

Freeze and Riddler are both incredible. Mind you, just about everything in this game is incredible.

Damn, I'm like 6% in the game. Looking for Penguin/Freeze in the museum or whatever. Either I screw around too much or play too little, but yeah it is great game.

Game is amazing. Took me a bit to find my proper groove, but it's amazing. About the same place as drone in the story. I definitely will be screwing around a lot, there's just so much to do.

I think the best thing about this game is that it naturally expands from the original. They haven't changed the winning formula too much, just expanded on it.


On another note, for such a simple thing, I love the smoke bombs. Awesome to just drop one, swoop down, take someone out and disappear again.

Yeah, it definitely works. I am getting a little bit of "been there done that", but it's not a huge deal because the gameplay is pretty much perfect, and the story is awesome. There are very few games that make me want to do everything from collecting trophies to all the side missions, and this just makes me want to keep playing and playing.

If and when they do a third, I think they need to go all-out and do Gotham as a whole. Might need to wait for next gen, but it'd be more than worth it.

Step 3 should be going GTA-style with Batmobile/Batcycle. Would be fucking immense.

I finally have all the Riddler trophies.

Now for the true bane of my existence. Those shitty combat challenges.

I was wondering if there are more interview tapes that were in the first one? They were one of my favorite aspects of Asylum. I did find one, but it seemed to be a main part of the story.

As you complete lines of riddles in the Riddler grid, you unlock things. One of the things you can unlock are interview tapes. There are quite a few of them, and they're all great.

Just beat the campaign mode. Was shorter and easier than I expected, although Asylum was pretty short as well.

Love this game

I too just finished this off. Got less than a dozen Riddler trophies, and save the prisoners and I should be set. Then grind through the miserable challenge maps.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced that Batman: Arkham City has shipped more than 4.6 million units worldwide since its release last week. That's more than double what its predecessor, Batman: Arkham Asylum, sold in the same time period after its release in 2009.

Right now, Warner Bros. says Arkham City is the highest reviewed PS3 and Xbox 360 game of 2011 on Metacritic with average scores of 96 and 95, respectively.

"The true test for any game is what the players think and we have been thrilled by their reaction to Batman: Arkham City ,” said Sefton Hill, game director at Rocksteady Studios. “The team at Rocksteady put every ounce of effort into making the best Batman experience we possibly could, so we are overwhelmed by the incredible feedback from the community.”

The president of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Martin Tremblay, says the success of Arkham City further establishes the Batman brand as a marquee franchise for the growing business, which is looking to build on that success in 2012. Warner Bros. has already made an agreement with CD Projekt to bring The Witcher 2 to the Xbox 360 and an anonymous source recently told the L.A. Times that the company is working on a new Lego Batman game, a Hobbit game to coincide with the feature film's release, and another game featuring an unidentified DC Comics superhero.

The PC version of Arkham City will be available on November 15.

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/8...op-46-million/

On a side note, the pronunciation of Ra's Al Ghul. The only place I'd heard it spoken before was Batman Begins.

Did the movie get it wrong? Or was there a reason for it being different?

That's how they were saying it in the cartoon Batman: The Animated Series.

Same goes with is it League of Assassins or League of Shadows?

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Finished the game last night. The story mode was short and pretty easy, but I wasn't surprised since AA was the same.

Just gonna tie up a few loose ends with the Riddler trophies and give it a rest. Don't want to over play it and end up getting bored of it.

The way they pronounce it in the game is the way they pronounced the name in the animated series. Denny O'Neill, the guy who created the character, confirmed it's pronounced "Raysh."

Geez. Some of the Combat Challenge scores are just flat out insane. I'll probably never get a third medal on any of them.

For real. I was reading through the Batman boards on IGN and saw where one guy was whining about how he almost got 1,000,000 in the Joker's Carnival. How's that possible!?

Easy. Have no social life what so ever. Don't get a job. And spend every moment on it.


Smells like a winning formula.

I felt the same way, thankfully I've completed all of them.

All you have to do is keep spamming the cape, and then do the beat down move. Obviously if someone runs up to you, just reverse their attack. Whenever you get a combo of 5, do the takedown where you disarm one of the bad guys. Also, keep an eye out for the guys that throw boxes or whatever, if you see one, toss a batarang their way.

Once you get into the flow of it, it's easy.