Riddle Me This, Batman: Just How Dark is ‘Arkham City’?

So, maybe my preview of the upcoming Batman game didn’t do it for you. Maybe you need to see just how massive and expanded the Dark Knight’s next adventure will be. Well, this new trailer shows off the new locomotion elements, upgraded combat and, of course, thugs and villains galore.

Preview: ‘Batman: Arkham City’ Puts the Dark Knight in a Lawless, Urban Landscape

Gamers and comic fans all agreed: Batman: Arkham Asylum was not only the best Batman game ever made; it was the best superhero game ever made. Many of the classic Bat-elements were there in the game’s detective sequences, hand-to-hand combat and glorious gadgets.

“Batman: Arkham City” Getting Tie-In Comics This May

2009′s acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum game won awards and generally gets regarded as on the best superhero video games ever made. But it was curiously missing a link back to the medium that spawned it. There was an Arkham-centric miniseries that came out during the same year as Rocksteady’s hit game, but it had nothing [...]

“Batman: Arkham City” Screens Show Off New Looks for Villains

Gamers everywhere are eagerly anticipating a return to Gotham City when the new Batman game comes out later this year and new screens have surfaced showing off two of the bad guys who’ll be running wild in Arkham City.

New Art and Screens for Batman: Arkham City

Courtesy of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, we’ve got a look at the hotly-anticipated Bat-sequel due in 2011. The screens below seem to show off some of the new moves and abilities reported elsewhere, including a flying/gliding mechanic and a double takedown.

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Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010

Warner Bros. Acquires Majority Stake In Batman: Arkham Asylum Dev

In a not so surprising move, Warner Bros. announced this morning that they’ve acquired a majority stake in London-based Rocksteady Studios. The same studio that produced last year’s massively popular hit, Batman: Arkham Asylum. While WB did not divulge how much of the studio it acquired, Eidos revealed to Develop that they retain a 25.1% [...]