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Batman: Arkham City Dev Reportedly Working on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Game

Rocksteady Studios, the developer behind the Batman: Arkham games, is reportedly working on a brand new game, this time with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles property, which is scheduled to feature a grittier take on the famous franchise. Rocksteady Studios burst onto the games industry scene with Batman: Arkham Asy...

25 January 2012
12:41 GMT

GDC 2012 Adds Double Fine and Batman Talks

The organizers of the Game Developers Conference 2012 have announced that they have added two sessions to the schedule of the Main Conference, one of them from developers at Double Fine and another from Rocksteady. The Double Fine talk is linked to the Design track of GDC and will be called “Fun for Everyone: ...

29 December 2011
02:28 GMT

Download Batman: Arkham Asylum for Mac OS X

Feral Interactive announced the release of Batman: Arkham Asylum for Macintosh. The action-adventure game is available both as a retail hard-copy and online through digital download partners and the Mac App Store, Feral said.Batman: Arkham Asylum is developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Warner Bros. Intera...

3 November 2011
15:41 GMT

Batman: Arkham Series Will Continue Provided Stories Are Available, Rocksteady Says

Rocksteady Studios will continue developing the Batman: Arkham series, comprised of the earlier Arkham Asylum and the upcoming Arkham City games, if there are still stories left to explore, at least according to the UK-based developer.Batman: Arkham Asylum impressed legions of gamers all over the world with the respe...

3 October 2011
15:51 GMT

Batman: Arkham City Introduces Deadshot, Might Lose Scarecrow

Batman: Arkham City has just introduced a brand new villain ahead of its release next month, with Deadshot, the mercenary assassin from the Batman comic books joining the fray, while an executive with Rocksteady revealed that Scarecrow might not return from the first Arkham Asylum.Batman: Arkham City is set to be a m...

19 September 2011
17:21 GMT

Batman: Arkham City Developer Explains the Use for Challenge Rooms

Rocksteady Studios, the developer of the upcoming Batman: Arkham City game, has talked about the new title, specifically its Challenge Rooms, which offer players unique scenarios to test out either their combat or stealth skills in custom designed scenarios. We've been hearing a lot about Batman: Arkham City ...

22 August 2011
15:51 GMT

Batman: Arkham City Gets Riddler Trailer, May Introduce Other Characters

Rocksteady Studios has just showcased a brand new trailer for its upcoming Batman: Arkham City video game, which depicts a confrontation between the Dark Knight and the infamous Riddler. Batman: Arkham City is set to once again see players control the Dark Knight through a derelict section of Gotham, filled with c...

12 July 2011
05:05 GMT

Batman: Arkham City Sees 80% of Action Take Place on Its Streets

In order to really emphasize the massive open world that will be included in Batman: Arkham City, its developer, Rocksteady Studios has revealed that around 80% of the game's action will take place on the streets of the containment facility. Batman: Arkham City will be the followup to 2009's surprise hit...

5 April 2011
14:21 GMT

Batman: Arkham City Gets First Gameplay Trailer, The Riddler as a Villain

After finding out the release date of Batman: Arkham City at the beginning of the week, Rocksteady Studios, its developer, has just revealed the first actual gameplay video of the new title, and even confirmed that The Riddler will be a direct villain in this game. Batman: Arkham City is set to take the great expe...

17 March 2011
04:55 GMT

Batman: Arkham City Out in October, New Details Revealed

After dropping quite a lot of information about Batman: Arkham City, its developer, Rocksteady Studios, has now revealed the release date of the new title that will feature the famous comic book character. Batman: Arkham City will be the sequel to the surprisingly popular Batman: Arkham Asylum, and see the famous ...

14 March 2011
03:30 GMT

New Batman: Arkham City Details Appear

A batch of new details about Batman: Arkham City has appeared, including how the Caped Crusader will travel around the game world, how he will interact with the Calendar Man or how he'll access side quests and missions throughout the campaign. Batman: Arkham City is one of the most anticipated games of the ye...

28 February 2011
17:21 GMT

Batman: Arkham City Is a Single-Player Only Game

The upcoming Batman: Arkham City title will be a single-player only release, as Rocksteady Studios, the company behind the game, focused all of its efforts on the story and the campaign of the upcoming title. Batman: Arkham Asylum, the predecessor to Arkham City, gathered great reviews all over the industry, and i...

22 February 2011
03:05 GMT

Batman: Arkham City Gets Story Details, New Screenshots

Brand new details about Batman: Arkham City have been revealed, with plenty of them focusing on the main villain, Dr. Hugo Strange, who will be toying with Batman throughout the whole title. Batman: Arkham City is one of the biggest titles to appear this year, largely because it's set to improve on the alread...

17 February 2011
03:10 GMT

Batman: Arkham City Is Five Times Bigger Than Arkham Asylum

Batman: Arkham City will have a map five times bigger than its predecessor, Arkham Asylum, as Rocksteady Studios, the company behind it, revealed just how many new opportunities will be delivered to players. Batman: Arkham Asylum impressed a lot of gamers back in 2009, but while it had a pretty big open environmen...

4 February 2011
03:25 GMT

Batman: Arkham City Gets New Villain: Dr. Strange

Even if we already knew about the existence of Batman: Arkham City before the start of the Spike TV Video Game Awards last weekend, the ceremony did air a special video for fans of the game, which revealed a brand new enemy that the famous comic book hero would have to fight: Doctor Hugo Strange. Batman: Arkham Ci...

15 December 2010
18:01 GMT

Batman: Arkham City Won't Have Vehicle Sections

Batman: Arkham City, the next chapter in Rocksteady's new franchise, won't feature any playable vehicles, meaning that players won't roll around Arkham City in machines like the Batmobile, the Batboat or Batplane.This goes against previous rumors that Arkham City, a title that will have a larger world ...

30 November 2010
03:02 GMT

Batman: Arkham City Will Feature A Different Detective Mode

Batman: Arkham City, the sequel to the popular Arkham Asylum title that was launched last year, will feature a lot of changes in order to make it more immersive but keep the things that helped the first title become so popular with fans of the Dark Knight.We've already heard about the open world and the linear s...

30 September 2010
18:01 GMT

Batman: Arkham City Will Have An Open World And a Linear Story

The sequel to the critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, will develop more of the elements that made the first game so successful with critics and gamers alike, according to Rocksteady's Sefton Hill.Arkham Asylum was definitely one of the most surprising titles of late 2008, demonstrating that ...

29 September 2010
02:58 GMT

Rocksteady Is Capable Of Even Better Games Says Studio Boss

In a recent interview, Sefton Hill, the head of Rocksteady and , said that the studio had not reached its creative peak with Batman: Arkham Asylum and the future projects will be even better. He also commented that his outfit was now very confident and keen to take their next games in bold directions. Speaking with D...

12 August 2010
05:25 GMT

Heavy Rain and Quantic Dream Win Big at the Develop Awards

In a ceremony at the Hilton Metropole Hotel in Brighton Develop hosted its video game oriented awards, which reward the European gaming industry and the products and creators that represent it worldwide. The big winner of the night was the United Kingdom video game industry, which picked up most of the awards handed ...

15 July 2010
03:13 GMT

Square Enix Reports Record-Breaking Profits

Square Enix has recently revealed that the last financial year ended in record profits. The company's net income for the financial 2009 (April 2009 to March 2010) is of 9.51 billion yen, that is 102.7 million United States Dollars. The games that have increased the Japanese publisher's worth are Final Fanta...

20 May 2010
02:50 GMT

Batman: Arkham Asylum and Uncharted 2 Dominate BAFTA Ceremony

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves has managed to pick the most awards at the BAFTA awards ceremony but the big winner of the night is Batman: Arkham Asylum, the action adventure title from Rocksteady and Warner Bros., which won both the Best Game award, awarded to the release that contributed most to the field of videogames...

25 March 2010
12:01 GMT

Batman: Arkham Asylum 75% off until Monday

Microsoft is announcing that beginning with today, Friday, February 26, those who have a Gamertag and have downloaded the Games for Windows Live client can pick up last year's Batman: Arkham Asylum for the low, low price of 12.49 dollars, which is 75% off the 59.99 that players usually have to pay for the videog...

26 February 2010
04:24 GMT

NPD Software: Halo 3 Is Triumphant

The best sold videogame of September was Halo 3: ODST from Bungie and Microsoft. It was the only release that broke through the 1 million sales barrier, to reach a total of 1.52 in just one month.Second spot went to Wii Sport Resort, which is being sold bundled with the Motion Plus add on, that managed to ship more t...

20 October 2009
05:21 GMT

Weekend Reading: Batman and the Lure of the Riddler

I like playing Batman: Arkham Asylum. It manages to blend intense action, some stealth elements and elements of adventure games in a coherent way while also staying true to what Batman, his nemesis and the Arkham location mean in the universe of comics.Rocksteady has delivered a solid game with easy-to-understand con...

3 October 2009
10:41 GMT

MSI Offers the GeForce GTX 260 'Batman: Arkham Asylum' Edition

Although the number of rumors about NVIDIA's next-generation line of desktop graphics cards is increasing every day, graphics card makers continue to release new versions of the chip maker's current line of GT200 cards. On that note, MSI, one of the world's leading vendors of high-end desktop graphics ...

18 September 2009
09:04 GMT

Warner Bros. Interested in More Videogame Development

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. announced yesterday that it had set up a new entity called DC Entertainment, with the stated aim of better using DC Comics intellectual property in videogames, in movies and other media. The parent company stated that “prioritize DC properties as key titles and growth drivers acr...

11 September 2009
03:05 GMT

Batman: Arkham Asylum Holds On to Top Spot

The PlayStation 3 Slim seems to be all the rage, with sales of the Sony console increasing no less than 999% in the United Kingdom in the first week when the new hardware revision was on sales. But does this mean that PlayStation 3 exclusives have a bright future, with increased sales and top chart positions? Apparen...

10 September 2009
05:00 GMT

Time Warner Might Be Interested in Electronic Arts

One of the most interesting developments in videogaming in late summer has been the acquisition of Marvel Entertainment by Disney. The impact on videogaming might not be immediately apparent but consider that super hero games have been doing rather well lately and you might see how Disney can leverage properties like...

4 September 2009
18:01 GMT

Batman: Arkham Asylum PC Gets Delayed but also PhysX Support

The PC as a gaming platform has been in a cone of shadow lately, with only the release of The Sims 3 managing to draw some attention to it. Other developers and publishers seem quite satisfied with not bringing their new titles to it or if they do decide to grace it with a game, it is usually delayed in order for con...

7 August 2009
14:21 GMT

Busy Christmas Schedule Doesn't Allow for Mediocrity

Eidos has put out some poor games in the last few years, especially in the crucial sales period that begins towards the end of summer and goes until December.Kane & Lynch: Dead Men had a good idea but was marred by poor execution, while Tomb Raider: Underworld, which was a re-imagining of Lara Croft, also performed b...

6 July 2009
02:34 GMT

Batman: Arkham Asylum Will Be the Biggest Game This Year, Says Eidos

2008 was one of the biggest years in gaming as a lot of great titles appeared last year. 2009, however, is looking to be even better in terms of new titles, as well as highly anticipated sequels. We've already heard Activision brag about how Modern Warfare 2, the follow-up to one of biggest games of 2007, Call o...

13 April 2009
02:52 GMT

Eidos Announces Batman Game

With The Dark Knight doing great in theaters and gamers asking for a Batman video game, Eidos has decided to surprise everybody and announced that they were working on a project that would bring the beloved super hero to our consoles and PC systems. We also have high hopes in this game, since it will not be a movie t...

14 August 2008
03:05 GMT


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