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Batman EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Rocksteady: 'excited' about future Batman possibilities 22 Rocksteady Studios doesn’t seem opposed to the idea of crafting a follow-up to Batman: Arkham Asylum. Go figure, right?Speaking to Official PlayStation Magazine, studio co-owner and co-foun... New No More Heroes 2 vid: Sir Henry and the Bat-a-rangs 24 Recent pre-release footage of No More Heroes 2 has been awesome, and it seems that the Shinobu/8-bit work-games videos from a few weeks ago were just the start of it. This new trailer gives us o... Batman: Arkham Asylum's 'less is more' design explained 20 Having done virtually all there is to be done in Rocksteady's decidedly solid Batman: Arkham Asylum, I still find myself wanting to jump back into those challenge rooms on the weekends. Something... Batman: Arkham Asylum could've been a rhythm game 15 Batman: Arkham Asylum has been praised for its combat system, among many other things. The countering that Batman is required to do when prompted by enemies is very similar to a rhythm game, and ... Microsoft goes Xbox 360 bundle crazy this holiday 30 It's not the holidays unless Microsoft decides to toss some Xbox 360 bundles together, is it?  This year, the $299 Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Bundle comes with an Elite console, as wel... Arkham Asylum 'Prey in the Darkness' DLC out tomorrow 14 Following last week's "Insane Night Map Pack" for Batman: Arkham Asylum is the "Prey in the Darkness Map Pack." Similar to the previous free content, this bundle will contain ... Arkham Asylum ships 2.5 million bat-copies 35 What happens when a licensed game doesn't have to be finished in time for the release of whatever major product its promoting? Good things happen! Including but not limited to Batman: Arkham Asyl... Batman: Arkham Asylum 'Insane Night' DLC is out 15 Around three days ago, Eidos got around to confirming -- and detailing -- that whole “free Batman: Arkham Asylum” thing we kept talking about on Destructoid. Now that downloadable con... Arkham Asylum: When custom skins go oh so right 19 Honestly, Batman: Arkham Asylum is an impressive game as it is. The combat is satisfying, the stealth is remarkably fun, and hey, you can't exactly top the Dark Knight, at least not in my book.So... Free Batman: Arkham Asylum maps arriving on Thursday 20 Remember that free Batman: Arkham Asylum downloadable content we've been hearing about for quite a while now? We finally know what the content actually is! 'Bout time, right?Coming to PlayStation... Batman DLC packs dated, one possibly detailed 18 It appears as though the great mystery behind what the hell the Batman: Arkham Asylum DLC will contain has been solved. In a recent post about the DLC, blog PlayStation Lifestyle mentions that tw... Batman: Arkham Asylum sells 2 million bat-copies 19 What's better than a licensed game that's actually good? A licensed game that's actually good and selling. Hot off the heels of Warner Bros. announcing DC Entertainment, it's been revealed that B... Warner Bros. forms D.C Entertainment 28 Warner Bros. Entertainment has today announced DC Entertainment, a brand new company formed to improve the exposure of DC Comics properties with more movies, videogames and other forms of enterta... Batman: Arkham Asylum DLC hitting all platforms 23 We haven’t the slightest idea what the free Batman: Arkham Asylum DLC is -- other than it’s downloadable and it’s content -- but here’s one confirmation: it’s hittin... Arkham Asylum breaks the Bat for pirates 65 Good anti-piracy measures are hard to find. At best, it can be an inconvenience for legit purchasers of games while other methods like SecuROM are almost universally loathed by gamers. It seems t... Batman: Arkham Asylum getting free mystery DLC very soon 55 Did you know that free Batman: Arkham Asylum DLC is coming in the next nine days? Unless you sat watching the game's menu news ticker, you wouldn't have found out before now. The game itself is p... Batman sequel likely if people enjoy the game 42 Rocksteady’s lead narrative designer Paul Crocker has recently been discussing Batman: Arkham Asylum with VG247. Much like the rest of the world they liked the game and put the question to ... Guinness makes up award, gives it to Batman: Arkham Asylum 26 At one point, I feel like the Guinness World Records meant something, with people vying to grow their nails longer than a record holder. Or shove more ping pong balls in their mouth than the last... Review: Batman: Arkham Asylum 70 Finding a licensed superhero game which stays true to the source material while still managing to be fun is ridiculously hard. Just ask a fan of Superman how they feel about the assorted att... Batman: Arkham Asylum swag makes me go a little crazy 29 After getting back from school today, I saw a big box waiting for me on my bed. I thought to myself “Oh, videogame companies! They’ll never get tired of spoiling me with free stuff!&r... Batman: Arkham Asylum is out this week, evidenced by trailer 13 Oh yes, the wait for Batman: Arkham Asylum is nearly at an end with the game releasing this week. To celebrate the Dark Knight's return to games, Eidos has released this launch trailer. There's a... Nvidia will give you Arkham Asylum for free... with a catch 15 If you're thinking of picking up a new graphics card anytime in the near future and you also have a hankering to get down and dirty in the halls of Arkham Asylum, freeze: it may be you can get on... Learn the dark history of Arkham Asylum 29 Batman: Arkham Asylum is just around the corner. Eidos and WB keep pumping out marketing for what's looking to be a very cool game. This video is different, however, as it focuses less on what's ... Get a peek at the gadgets of Arkham Asylum 12 It's been about a week since I got my hands on the demo of Batman: Arkham Asylum, and it made me more excited to fork over my money for the full game than ever. The addictive mixture of stealth a... The Batcave is coming to PlayStation Home 16 Over on the Eidos forums, a FAQ for Batman: Arkham Asylum has an interesting addition under the section laying out exclusive content for the different platforms the game is releasing on in a a co... Rocksteady talks about the 'Making of' Batman Arkham Asylum 18 A new developer diary for Batman Arkham Asylum is available below the fold. It’s a “making of” video that touches on the game’s narrative and environmental design, as well... The Batman Arkham Asylum demo is available 46 It’s time to play as the Bat again. The Batman Arkham Asylum demo is available for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It’s a big download. The Xbox LIVE version weighs in a little ov... Wait a month for Arkham Asylum PC, get PhysX up in here 15 Simultaneous videogame releases on consoles and PC aren't happening lately, are they? And delays? Don't even get me started. The PC version of Batman: Arkham Asylum falls into both categories, bu... Batman: Arkham Asylum demo slated for this Friday 15 With Batman: Arkham Asylum less than a month away, I'm getting increasingly anxious. There's been a bunch of solid trailers lately, but I can't help but think about the controversy surrounding th... SDCC: Left 4 Dead Tank vs. Batman 18 While the age-old question of "Who would win a fight: Batman or a Left 4 Dead Tank?" may never get answered, at least we can see what that might look like. Thanks to three months o... Pre-order Batman with GameStop, beat up skeletons 10 If you want to be Batman and beat up skeletons, you might want to consider pre-ordering Batman: Arkham Asylum with GameStop. Those who pre-purchase the game with the retail will receive access to... Arkham Asylum will let you 'feel' Batman's power 11 Batman: Arkham Asylum director Sefton Hill says that taking "four, five, six henchman on" at a time won't be trouble for someone as badass as the Caped Crusader. The challenge doesn't c... Eidos, send us Batman: Arkham Asylum immediately 17 Look, Eidos -- whether or not what we've been hearing about the Batman: Arkham Asylum reviews is true, we ain't mad at you. In your defense, you say it's not, so we'll go ahead and give you the b... That's our Eidos: Arkham Asylum review score shenanigans 52 Oh Eidos, your PR department is really, really bad at keeping this crap under wraps, aren't you? The company has become notorious for trying to fix and/or "encourage" high review scores... Arkham Asylum takes a cue from Prince of Persia's Elika 31 Russ over at MTV Multiplayer brings us a report on Batman: Arkham Asylum that shouldn't infuriate anyone, but probably will anyway. Such is the way of the Internet and gaming.Similar to how last ... Game creators talk about Batman: Arkham Asylum 6 I love me some Batman, but my favorite era of Batman lore is the Arkham Asylum time -- an even darker, grittier glimpse of what Gotham City usually looks like. Of course, when the game was delaye... E3 09: Playing as the Joker in Arkham Asylum 14 I preordered Batman: Arkham Asylum for the PlayStation 3 for one reason only: to get my hands on the eight, PS3-exclusive Joker challenge rooms where you can take control of the Clown Prince of C... E3 09: Hands-on with Batman: Arkham Asylum 21 Ever since Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins, Batman has been on a quality comeback. And this comeback doesn't just apply to film! In a weird way, it's kind of like the quality of Batman films an... Pre-E3 09: The Clown Prince of Kicking Ass! 24 So, we all know that The Joker will be playable in his own special levels exclusively on the PS3 version of Batman Arkham Asylum. Tonight on Gametrailers TV's E3 hypefest extravaganza, they showe... Poison Ivy slithers her way into Batman:Arkham Asylum 21 To sum it up in a word: damnnnnnn. That's Poison Ivy, alright. It was announced today that the redheaded villain will be making an apperance in the delicious-looking Batman: Arkham Asylum. The pi... New Arkham Asylum FreeFlow trailer is criminally awesome 21 I think if you aren't excited for Batman: Arkham Asylum, you have to be either completely hateful of all things Batman, in a catatonic state, or dead. The trailer after the jump that shows off th... System requirements for Batman: Arkham Asylum revealed 13 You guys want Batman: Arkham Asylum to be good, we want it to be good, hell, the same could be said for just about anyone. We had previously heard that the hype-inducing title would be coming to ... No joke: Play as the Joker in Batman: Arkham Asylum (Update) 47 It would seem that, far from being a complete waste of time, PlayStation Home can actually be a good source of leaked news. Advertisements for Batman: Arkham Asylum littered Home today promoting ... Batman: Arkham Asylum Collector's Edition revealed 42 Sure, we have heard about the Collector's Edition of Batman: Arkham Asylum before, but now we've got a picture of it! Not only that, but we are happy to report about the new and improved Batarang... Batman's so sneaky in this 'Predator' walkthrough video 26 After getting my hands on Batman: Arkham Asylum at Game Developers Conference a few weeks ago, I can safely say it's on my "must-play list." I was a bit more forgiving than Anthony when... GDC 09: Hands-on with Batman: Arkham Asylum 26 When Nick asked me if I was okay with spending the entirety of my time at GDC visiting and reporting on conferences, I told him in a high-pitched, nasal voice that if anyone was showing the new B... GDC 09: This Batman: Arkham Asylum video may blow you away 54 Hear that? That's the sound of my jaw dropping. Granted, it doesn't take a whole lot to get me worked up over a videogame these days, but I'll be damned if Batman: Arkham Asylum doesn't look to b... Check it: Batman: Arkham Asylum has stealth and fear takedowns 13 Wow. Okay. Batman: Arkham Asylum looks like it won’t be your average Batman licensed title. In a small way, I suppose we have Christopher Nolan to thank. He showed the masses that Batman is... Preview: Batman: Arkham Asylum 24 Gotham has always been a dark, gritty urban metropolis; comics fans often refer to it as “New York at night.” While Chicago may have played the part of Gotham in Batman Begins and its... GFW LIVE not going down without a fight, nabs Batman: Arkham Asylum 19 Earlier this morning, we received a news tip via carrier pigeon. Nothing too out of the ordinary, at least in comparison to some of the insanity that takes place at this fine establishment. But w... You really should look at these Batman: Arkham Asylum screenshots 7 I don't think excitement around any videogame based on a comic book has ever been as high as it is for Batman: Arkham Asylum. Why? Because Batman: Arkham Asylum looks really, really freakin' cool... You really should watch this Batman: Arkham Asylum trailer 37 Before now, I was somewhat interested in Batman: Arkham Asylum, but after watching the above video, I'm pretty excited. This new trailer details the game's story, and also shows off a bit of ga... 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