Mon, Aug 24, 2009 | 13:25 BST

Batman reviews swing in, EG goes with 9

This is looking pretty much unanimous. Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham Asylum’s sitting pretty with a 92 percent MC average, with even the “tougher” pubs coming out with glowing praise.

It’s out this Friday. We’re sending you subliminal messages to buy it by having our website covered in Batman ads. Actually, fuck it: just buy it.

27 comments

wotta
24/08/09, 12:23 pm

Here is our review too

http://www.wonderwallweb.com/article/770/batman-arkham-asylum/

I agree buy it, its amazing.

Tonka
24/08/09, 12:25 pm

So why did they hold back on it? If they were going to give it a 9 they should have published early.

scuz
24/08/09, 12:34 pm

i thought publishers told mags when they could publish reviews?

Patrick Garratt
24/08/09, 12:51 pm

I’ve added your piece, wotta.

Hunam
24/08/09, 12:53 pm

“So why did they hold back on it? If they were going to give it a 9 they should have published early.”

It’s fairly obvious that the early reviews were just exclusives rather than shenanigans now…

No_PUDding
24/08/09, 1:13 pm

I am just not interested. I want to slma it for getting good marks though

Spiral
24/08/09, 1:18 pm

To avoid the appearance of corruption, or maybe the embargo wasn’t based on the score at all.

wotta
24/08/09, 1:25 pm

Thanks Pat

Patrick Garratt
24/08/09, 1:26 pm

CVG’s got its own score up as well. Added.

#10

Hunam
24/08/09, 1:36 pm

“To avoid the appearance of corruption, or maybe the embargo wasn’t based on the score at all.”

That’s not corruption, that’s just run of the mill business, giving exclusives to certain magazines in exchange for advertising etc.

#11

No_PUDding
24/08/09, 1:38 pm

Hunam is corrupted.

#12

Hunam
24/08/09, 1:40 pm

That’s probably one of the nicer descriptions of me…

#13

No_PUDding
24/08/09, 1:54 pm

Don’t push me.

#14

Mafro
24/08/09, 2:06 pm

So when did the review embargo end?

#15

Hero of Canton
24/08/09, 2:28 pm

Today.

And it was magazines who could publish their reviews early if their scores were 9/10 or above, not websites. I think.

That’s assuming all that stuff was genuine in the first place, of course.

#16

matirishh
24/08/09, 3:21 pm

Must buy. Day one.

#17

Johnny Cullen
24/08/09, 3:39 pm

Embargo perioid ended on Friday, not today, didn’t it?

#18

wotta
24/08/09, 3:44 pm

Yeah i think it was Friday.

#19

Madeira
24/08/09, 5:32 pm

GOTY.

#20

Robo_1
24/08/09, 6:11 pm

Pre-ordered, can’t wait

#21

Dr.Ghettoblaster
24/08/09, 6:19 pm

Mine arrived this afternoon – just received USPS confirmation – good thing tomorrow is my late shift!!

#22

Phoenixblight
24/08/09, 6:34 pm

@Ghetto

You lucky sunvab**ch. Even if I got mine today I couldn’t play it being work tonight and Classes start tomorrow early in the morning so I needs sleep.

Good for you though.

#23

mightyhokie
24/08/09, 8:17 pm

I played the demo and really liked it. very cool.

#24

Joe Anderson (wotta)
24/08/09, 8:23 pm

Just found the Playstation Home Personal Space, you can read about it http://www.wonderwallweb.com/news/2951/batman-outpost-space-live.

I was actually suprised they included this in the EU version.

#25

reask
24/08/09, 8:41 pm

Downloading demo now I will give it a go tomorrow.
All top notch reviews.

#26