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Batman: Arkham City and LA Noire lead the way for the 2012 BAFTA Game Awards with eight nominations each.

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Rocksteady initially looked at introducing multiplayer early in development of Batman: Arkham City, studio game director Sefton Hill has said.

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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.

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The Writers Guild of America has selected a blockbuster lineup of games for its annual awards.

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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.

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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.

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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.

There’s full details on the EU PS Blog.

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.

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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.

Thanks, RPS.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Thanks, Kotaku.

Warner Bros. has heard your desperate cries for assistance and it is not unmoved. It’s lit the patchsignal.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.