Who needs a videogame based on a movie? Game Informer has just revealed that its next issue will blow the lid off the previously unannounced Eidos-published title, Batman: Arkham Asylum.
Developed by Rocksteady Studios (whose only known title is the 2006 PlayStation 2 and Xbox game, Urban Chaos: Riot Response), Arkham Asylum is a entirely original title that will explore the halls of Gotham's infamous nut-house for the criminally insane. The story involves a routine prison transfer going awry, and has the Caped Crusader going head-to-head with his nastiest foes.
The game is said to have a dark, gritty feel similar to 2K Boston's BioShock, and is being penned by Paul Dini, whose previous work includes Batman: The Animated Series. No specific platforms have yet to be mentioned. More information can be found in the upcoming issue of Game Informer, which has yet to hit newsstands, but will likely be scanned and posted in its entirety on NeoGAF two weeks before it even goes to print.
Based on the artwork alone, we're excited, but that could just be Dark Knight-fever kicking in. So, who's got high hopes for this one?
[Update: Rocksteady Studios has some sort of Batman-related counter up on their official Web site. It's a big number, and it's counting down relatively fast -- anyone care to do some math? -- Thanks, Action-Bastard!]
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3:24 PM on 08.12.2008
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Dini is a talented fellow, definitely a sign it will be quite promising.
Straitjackets.
Those Other Freaks.
OH MY!!
But I would like it to be more like Dead Space is turning out.
That would be effing amazing.
I don't think the Pandemic game officially exists. :D
OK, here's where I become useful. My cousin works for Rocksteady. It's a PS3 exclusive.
681.423 million+ seconds => 11,357,050 minutes => 189,284.167 hours => 7,886.84 days => 21.6 years
In other words, by the time that countdown hits zero, I will be over twice my current age. Scary.
also, not related, but who freaking won the Devil May Cry contest?
Shouldn't you be playing Madden or something??? You ever play FIFA?
i didn't pass math in college, so someone correct me.
fuck. that's the formula when i write it down.. i should've done that from the start. hahaha but yeah. i guess in 21 years we'll find out. previously i tried doing it by 30 (for months) and some other weird divisions that are whack now that i think about it.
I imagine this game being like Batman Lego + Escape from Bug Island. Both games I have never played mind you.
The exact time and date it gets to zero: March 17th, 2030, at 12:46:40PM.
What the fuck?
Samit, I wanna here that 'long' story on Podtoid. I also wanna come on there and have a FIFA vs Madden showdown to bore the pants off of everybody.
I used a time converter (the counter is in milliseconds)
http://www.csgnetwork.com/timemath.html
That places it coming in end of October/Beginning of December
Seriously, 21 years? What the fuck.
...okay that might be a bit of hyperbole on my part, but still.