Batman: Arkham City

[UK_fan_05]

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/111/1111529p1.html

The latest issue of Game Informer magazine has revealed some new details about Batman: Arkham City, the sequel to last year's hit title from UK-based developer Rocksteady. The game is currently set for release next fall for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.

The story for Arkham City takes place one year after the events of Arkham Asylum. The warden from the first game, Quincy Sharp, is now mayor of Gotham City, and he purchased a large portion of the city's slums to build a new criminal facility. "Arkham City," as it is called, houses all the insane prisoners previously found on the asylum before Joker left it in ruins. Psychiatrist Hugo Strange is now heading the new facility, and the only rule the prisoners are given is not to escape, leaving them to fend for themselves inside the guarded walls within the city.

Die-hard fans of the first title will be relieved to know Rocksteady isn't going to mash together a quick sequel with a few new villains while recycling a number of art assets.

"We want to top everything that we did in the last game," director Sefton Hill told the magazine. "We didn't want to do an Arkham Asylum 1.5. We want to make the same jump we made from nothing to Arkham, We want to make that same jump again for Arkham City – the same level of ambition."

Two-Face is confirmed for Arkham City, and is battling Joker and other key villains as they recruit inmates to join their respective gangs. Catwoman, meanwhile, will play Batman's love interest, and will team up with him throughout the game. Is she friend or foe? It's unclear what Catwoman's motives really are.

Most of Batman's weapons and gadgets from the first game will return for the sequel, and he'll actually start the game with them all. Those weapons can receive further upgrades. New gadgets include a Bat Claw that can fetch items too far away and a broadcast analyzer to track transmissions.

The combat will also see several new additions, including simultaneous counters, gadget incorporation (such as spraying explosive gel on enemies), and projectile counters from inmates that throw things at you from afar.

Arkham City will have many side-quests involving key characters, harder, more advanced Riddler trophies that involve puzzle solving, and more varied enemy types. The Batman issue of Game Informer should be hitting newsstands soon. Check it out for more details.

[Darkhawk9587]

Originally Posted by eagle_fan_05

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/111/1111529p1.html

The latest issue of Game Informer magazine has revealed some new details about Batman: Arkham City, the sequel to last year's hit title from UK-based developer Rocksteady. The game is currently set for release next fall for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.

The story for Arkham City takes place one year after the events of Arkham Asylum. The warden from the first game, Quincy Sharp, is now mayor of Gotham City, and he purchased a large portion of the city's slums to build a new criminal facility. "Arkham City," as it is called, houses all the insane prisoners previously found on the asylum before Joker left it in ruins. Psychiatrist Hugo Strange is now heading the new facility, and the only rule the prisoners are given is not to escape, leaving them to fend for themselves inside the guarded walls within the city.

Die-hard fans of the first title will be relieved to know Rocksteady isn't going to mash together a quick sequel with a few new villains while recycling a number of art assets.

"We want to top everything that we did in the last game," director Sefton Hill told the magazine. "We didn't want to do an Arkham Asylum 1.5. We want to make the same jump we made from nothing to Arkham, We want to make that same jump again for Arkham City – the same level of ambition."

Two-Face is confirmed for Arkham City, and is battling Joker and other key villains as they recruit inmates to join their respective gangs. Catwoman, meanwhile, will play Batman's love interest, and will team up with him throughout the game. Is she friend or foe? It's unclear what Catwoman's motives really are.

Most of Batman's weapons and gadgets from the first game will return for the sequel, and he'll actually start the game with them all. Those weapons can receive further upgrades. New gadgets include a Bat Claw that can fetch items too far away and a broadcast analyzer to track transmissions.

The combat will also see several new additions, including simultaneous counters, gadget incorporation (such as spraying explosive gel on enemies), and projectile counters from inmates that throw things at you from afar.

Arkham City will have many side-quests involving key characters, harder, more advanced Riddler trophies that involve puzzle solving, and more varied enemy types. The Batman issue of Game Informer should be hitting newsstands soon. Check it out for more details.

Nice. Everything's sounding great so far. Will definitely give this issue a read through for further explanations. Thanks for the post.

[UK_fan_05]

Originally Posted by Darkhawk9587

Nice. Everything's sounding great so far. Will definitely give this issue a read through for further explanations. Thanks for the post.

Yelp. I especially like the part that says we get to start the game with the same gadgets we ended with in the first game, we just have to upgrade them. And that we get a few new ones as well.

[supercutz]

Batman + Escape From New York = BRING IT ON!

[kefrank]

Originally Posted by supersix4

thanks cool guy .

Just a little good-natured ribbing. Of course, I've never misread something or done any math wrong myself.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com....php?id=259435

Heres some art that came out.

Thanks for the link. This game continues to look awesome.

[Dave_6]

Here's some scans from the GI article: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit.../news/?a=21353

Looks amazing!

[DefTechPioElite]

just blew my nerd load when I saw those scans! Can't wait to get the new issue in the mail!!!!!

[partridge]

I couldnt find the AA thread; just got the game and have installed "play as joker" but there is no option to choose him. how do I do that?

[Snake_XRS]

Originally Posted by partridge

I couldnt find the AA thread; just got the game and have installed "play as joker" but there is no option to choose him. how do I do that?

He's only playable in challenge mode....sucks I know

[homeski]

this game looks awesome

[kefrank]

Originally Posted by Snake_XRS

He's only playable in challenge mode....sucks I know

Hm, what sucks about it? It wouldn't make any sense to play story mode as the Joker. Plus, it's DLC and all the other DLC is challenge mode only, so it shouldn't be much of a surprise.

[partridge]

I know it's challenge mode only, but I'm not getting the option to play as Joker. When I select Challenges it takes me to the selection screen and when I choose a level it starts as Batman, there is no option to be Joker.

How should it happen, is there a choice screen somewhere? I've installed the add on three times now!

[Suntory_Times]

The first game was good, but extremely repetitive. Hopefully they can change it up a bit more this time. I still have yet to finsih it as I just get tired, I will slowly get through it though as it is still very fun if I play it every two weeks or so.

[Toxa]

OPM cover art shows Harley Quinn's new look;

[Darkhawk9587]

Originally Posted by Toxa

OPM cover art shows Harley Quinn's new look;

I'm definitely going to have to read the article on this.

[Batman Begins]

Harley's outfit looks much better, in the first game she looked slutty.

[RocShemp]

Originally Posted by Batman Begins

in the first game she looked slutty.

You say that as if it's a bad thing.

[1blufan]

Originally Posted by Suntory_Times

The first game was good, but extremely repetitive. Hopefully they can change it up a bit more this time. I still have yet to finsih it as I just get tired, I will slowly get through it though as it is still very fun if I play it every two weeks or so.

From the massive article from the Game Informer magazine it sounds like it's going to be a whole lot better. Like a previous poster stated it will be kind of a Escape From New York with Batman as Snake and Catwoman as Maggie

[Batman Begins]

Originally Posted by RocShemp

You say that as if it's a bad thing.

Oh did it? Sorry. Harley looked hot.

[Toxa]

Love it or hate it, multiplayer is coming to Batman: Arkham City. Confirmed in this months issue of the popular UK magazine PSM3, they have proceeded in claiming that "Multiplayer is a certainty, but no details on this yet". This comes after a rush of rumors and discussion that Catwoman will feature as a playable co-op character and with no mention of Robin or Nightwing this is looking even more credible. Keep in mind that no details have been confirmed and we aren't 100% ruling out the possibility of VS multiplayer.

This wont be Rocksteady's first attempt at multiplayer. Their Playstation 2 frantic fps shooter Urban Chaos: Riot Response also featured net play of 8 players. There is no doubt that we will be seeing a lot more info on this feature soon.
Stay tuned for more info and don't forget to check back tomorrow for info on the Batman Arkham City articles featured in OXM and OPM.

PSM3 Is now available to buy from all good news agents and online. Do not ask for scans of the issue.

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