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Earlier today on an investor call, Time Warner CFO John K Martin announced that a new Batman: Arkham game is being planed to be released later this year. Here is what he said about the game on the investor call: "And we also have a strong games release this year, which will include the next release in the Batman Arkham franchise," he says. "So all in all, we expect Warner's to post another very strong year in 2013. And with a little luck, the year should be as…
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The Golden Joystick Awards were handed out earlier this morning across the pond and Rocksteady won one of the most coveted awards. The Golden Joystick Awards are completely decided by fans. Winning the award means that the fans hold the game in a high regard and some surprises can show up when compared to some of the other awards in the video game field. Batman: Arkham City won the Best Action category. Congratulations to Rocksteady and Warner Bros. Interactive! Posted by Dustin Fritschel
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Paul Dini is a name that is synonymous with Batman from his work on Batman: The Animated Series to the comics and most recently the first two Batman: Arkham games. Recently, Dini stated on his Twitter account that he would not be returning to work with Rocksteady for a possible third game. He clarified this recently on his personal blog.
So here's what's what with the Batman games as far as they relate to me:
The…
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Spike TV has announced the nominations for this year's Video Game Awards and Batman: Arkham City is nominated in ten different categories. That is the second most nominations for any game nominated. Here are the nominations.
Best Xbox 360 Game
Best Action/Adventure Game
Best Adapted Video Game
Best Original Score
Best Graphics
Best Performance By A Human Male (Mark Hamill)
Best Performance By…
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Warner Bros. and Rocksteady have announced the new release date for Batman: Arkham City on PC. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today confirmed that the Games for Windows PC version of Batman: Arkham City will be available in North America beginning November 22, in Australia beginning November 23, in France and Benelux beginning November 24, and in other European territories beginning November 25. Published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and developed by Rocksteady Studios, Batman: Arkham City builds upon the intense,…
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Batman: Arkham City is selling units pretty quickly and that is not to say that once the game is complete, that is all there is to it. Warner Bros. and Rocksteady has shared information for the Nightwing DLC pack. The pack will feature Nightwing as a playable character in the challenge maps, two additional challenge maps including Wayne Manor and a skin for Nightwing based off of Batman: The Animated Series. It will be available on November 1 for $6.99 on Playstation 3 and 560 Microsoft points on Xbox 360.
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With the release of Batman: Arkham City only a week ago, the video game charts have been blown away by Batman: Arkham City. This is not surprising based off this announcement from Warner Bros. BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY WEEK ONE SALES TOP 4.6 MILLION UNITS WORLDWIDE Critically Acclaimed Sequel From Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Rocksteady Studios Becomes the Highest Reviewed Videogame of 2011 on Xbox 360 and PlayStation®3 system BURBANK, Calif. – October 25, 2011 –Warner Bros. Interactive…
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So today is the day that Batman: Arkham City hits North America, and although fans around the world will also soon have their copies of the game, there may be some people still on the fence about buying the game (but I haven't heard of one, yet). So I wanted to run through some of the great reasons to but the game and stay up all night playing the game. "You'll get out, eventually. I'm too busy to keep fighting you." -Batman
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Warner Bros. and Rocksteady have released yet one more trailer and although the game is less than two weeks away could we see any more? Posted by Dustin Fritschel
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There have already been a number of villains that have been announced for Batman: Arkham City, Rocksteady insisted not that long ago that they would not be revealing any more characters before the launch of the game. And although it seems that they in fact are not, it isn't stopping the gaming world from revealing some of the secrets that are in store for gamers in a little less than two weeks. Playstation's online news magazine, Qore, revealed in a lengthy video that there are more villains than are expected. We have seen screenshots of Bane in the game,…
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