Tag Archives: Batman: Arkham City

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.

Get the lowdown here.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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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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