Insane Collectors Edition

As the release of Batman: Arkham City approaches, we start seeing details on pre-orders and special editions... Like the special edition that was just announced. If the game by itself isn't awesome enough for you then you can grab it with a cool statue made by Kotobukiya, an art book, early access to a challenge map (Iceberg Lounge) and skin (The Dark Knight Returns skin), digital copy of the Arkham City soundtrack and a dvd copy of the animated movie, Batman: Gotham Knight. If this sounds appealing to you the you can pre-order the special edition now for it's release at the end of October.

I'm Running Out Of Catchy Asylum Titles

First real details are now available about Batman: Arkham Asylum's upcoming sequel, Arkham City. There will be information regarding the story in here, so if you don't want to know, move on to a different post. It looks like the mayoral campaign of Quincy Sharp didn't go so well as he is apparently not mayor or warden of Arkham Asylum. In fact, both Arkham Asylum and Black Gate Prison are no longer in any condition to hold inmates, who now wander an area of the city that Sharp has walled off and turned into... *drumroll*... Arkham City. The city will be under the control of Hugo Strange, but the game will revolve around Two-Face as he attempts to kill Catwoman to swing the population of criminals and villains to his favour. Seems like more than even the Dark Knight could handle... Luckily we'll be well equipped to take on Arkham City's inhabitants, as right from the start you'll be equipped with all of the gadgets gained in Arkham Asylum plus smoke bombs because... Well, who DOESN'T love smoke bombs. Other new features will include the ability to counter two enemies at once, gangs who free-roam the city and are recorded in the criminal database and to add to the whole experience, you'll now be able to take part in side missions (which also includes Riddler Challenges). All this info is thanks to the great people over at the Arkham City Blog who leaked the info from the upcoming issue of Game Informer.

Back To The Asylum

We've known for a while that Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 was being made, thanks to multiple actors tweeting confidential details by accident, etc. but now Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment have been kind enough to officially announce it, and give us the official title... Batman: Arkham City. Yes, this means what you think it means. Arkham City will take place in a version of Gotham City that has been overrun by escaped psychos and, naturally, super villains. Keep an eye out for Batman: Arkham City late 2011.