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We caught our first glimpses of Rocksteady’s version of classic Batman enemy The Penguin earlier this year, and now in a brand new gameplay trailer for Batman: Arkham City, we get to see him in motion and hear him speak with a British accent!
But… who is that waiting for Batman at the bottom of a pit? Could it be the genetically-enhanced Bane?
There’s only one way to find out:
With the confirmation that Batman universe villain The Riddler would play a larger role in Batman: Arkham City than he did in Arkham Asylum, a criminal mastermind of great intelligence was added to Batman’s burgeoning list of powerful adversaries, but instead of using his brainpower for good, The Riddler instead spends his time constructing deadly puzzles, as well as rhymes with mischievous repercussions.
Batman: Arkham City is shaping up to be one of the year’s biggest and best singleplayer experiences. Many of us who played Batman: Arkham Asylum recognise it as one of the brightest stars this generation, despite repetitive combat mechanics and some squandered potential here and there.
Rocksteady’s latest project just received some added impetus with the announcement that supervillain The Penguin will be starring in Arkham City, alongside the rest of Gotham’s uber-degenerates.
The British developer’s Dax Ginn had this to say about the nose-chomping fiend:
DC Comics has today announced a six-issue mini-series of comic books based on the world of the upcoming Batman: Arkham City game that aim to provide further background information on this sprawling maximum security prison built within Gotham City.
The Spike Video Game Awards 2010 have rapidly come and gone, but that doesn’t mean we didn’t get all kinds of jaw-dropping new trailers and surprise announcements, while also finding out who were the eventual winners in the ceremony’s annual game of the year awards.
El33tonline has rounded up the most important news and trailers from the Spike Video Game Awards, which you can peruse a little further down below.
Find out about Forza Motorsport 4, Elder Scrolls V and Prototype 2, while watching brand new trailers for Uncharted 3, Batman: Arkham City and Resistance 3:
The latest details for next year’s Batman: Arkham City have emerged from Official PlayStation Magazine UK, all thanks to the book’s cover feature on the sequel to 2009’s brilliant Arkham Asylum.
While you’ll need to (and should) find a copy of the mag at your local newsagent to get a load of the new character art and screenshots, we can still discuss at least a few of the new details that have been recently discovered…
In comments made to Official PlayStation Magazine UK, Rocksteady Studios’ game director Sefton Hill has spoken about how the Batman: Arkham Asylum developer is ramping up studio resources and staff in order to take the game’s sequel to the next level.
To deliver the kind of immersive experience that Rocksteady is happy with in Batman: Arkham City, the studio needs artists. Lots of artists.
Said Hill:
Thanks to the release of videogame magazine Game Informer (the latest issue with the Batman cover story), a few juicy details have emerged regarding story and gameplay included in next year’s Batman: Arkham City from Rocksteady Studios and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.
According to Game Informer, the story behind the creation of Arkham City goes a little something like this:
Following the reveal of Game Informer’s next cover featuring the game, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has officially unveiled Rocksteady Studios’ next title, Batman: Arkham City.
[Update] Batman: Arkham City has since been officially announced by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Get the details over here. [End of Update]
What’s the final name of the next Batman game from Rocksteady Studios, and the follow-up to last year’s Batman: Arkham Asylum?
It’s Batman: Arkham City, and it’s coming next year.
Look out for the September issue of videogame magazine Game Informer to see the first pieces of information from Batman: Arkham City, and to read about how “Arkham moves out of the asylum and into Gotham City itself.”
The magazine will be released with two versions of the cover, which you can see below:
The winners of the annual Develop Awards were announced recently, recognising the top games, developers, technologies and service providers in the European videogame industry.
Quntic Dream received two awards, one of which was for the studio’s Heavy Rain action adventure game, while Joe Danger developer Hello Games also won two awards. Batman: Arkham Asylum, Split/Second and DJ Hero all also picked up awards.
See the full list of winners at this year’s Develop Awards below:
There’s a new Batman videogame on the horizon, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, slated to release in September this year on DS and Wii and based on the animated TV series of the same name, and while it’s not the dark and dank Batman we know and love from Batman: Arkham Asylum, it looks incredibly light and fun, based on the ‘classic’ Batman of yesteryear.
Watch the debut trailer for Batman: The Brave and the Bold – The Videogame below, why don’t you:
Square Enix has released its full fiscal year financial results for the 12 months ending March 31st, and things are looking good for the Japanese publishing giant, as sales rose 42 percent over the year previous, up to $2.07 billion (¥192 billion) as profits climbed 50 percent to $102.8 million (¥9.5 billion)
This record performance for the company was stewarded by excellent market performance by titles released last year, as five Square Enix games sold over one million units apiece, while Final Fantasy XIII sold over five million copies.
Whoa! In what is seriously a contender for ‘Best PlayStation Store Update Ever,’ a host of great new content has hit the US PlayStation Store today, starting with a string of great ‘Spring Fever’ price offers on PopCap and Midway games, as well as price reductions on a variety of awesome miscellaneous other games.
Then there’s downloadable games in the form of World Of Outlaws Sprint Cars for PS3 and Harvest Moon: Hero Of Leaf Valley for PSP, demos of Split/Second for PS3 and ModNation Racers for PSP, as well as an absolute gigaton of downloadable content (DLC) for games like LittleBigPlanet, Bioshock 2, DJ Hero, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Nier, Super Street Fighter IV and Skate 3.
And we haven’t even discussed the wallpapers, videos, themes and Rock Band and Guitar Hero DLC!
Have a look through the full list of new content now available on the US PlayStation Store below:
Quite a bit of exciting stuff is soon to appear on the European PlayStation Store (just a few hours to go until the update), with a whole host of special price offers as well as permanent price reductions, while downloadable content (DLC) for games like Batman: Arkham Asylum, Sonic Unleashed and LittleBigPlanet (and more) will also arrive to inject some new life into those games.
For the full list, you can browse through the rest of the content coming soon to the European PlayStation store below:
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