First Details On The New Batman Game

[jesse]

As it stands, nobody has commented officially on the specifics of the next Batman game. Hell, nobody has officially acknowledged that the game even exists. That doesn't mean we can't hear about it unofficially, however. So, courtesy of someone who's already played the game, let's look over the first details on what you can expect from it, and how it's shaping up.

Firstly, our source confirms Pandemic as the developers behind the title, though we pretty much knew that already. Secondly, a good portion of the game is set in a GTA-style rendition of Gotham City, which plays a lot like Spiderman 2 as Batman zips around (he even gets a grappling hook for swingy-swingy when not using the Batmobile) attending to crimes. And thirdly? As was first raised last week, it's not in the best shape, perhaps explaining why the project has been kept in the *ahem* dark for so long.

Seems the combat just doesn't work. Partly due to the game's wonky free-roaming camera system, partly due to the mashy hand-to-hand combat, partly due to the limited range of moves Batman has at his disposal, which makes the whole thing awfully repetitive. Which is a bit of a shame, though realistically, with no official announcement, let alone release date, there's plenty of time to fix that kind of stuff. On a brighter note, another source tells us Pandemic have taken a few creative liberties with the game, and while it's based on The Dark Knight, the game's actually set after the events of the movie, which should at least be interesting from a story-telling perspective.

Source : kotaku

[Informant]

game based of a movie. Odds are it'll suck, but the success of the movie how awesome movie that was i think this will be a good game

[jesse]

Before we get you confused, this is a completely different game than what has been mentioned of The Dark Knight, that has been rumored (the only answer we got was, "We (EA) haven’t announced a superhero game.") between Pandemic and EA.

The new game, Batman: Arkham Asylum will be published by Eidos and developed by Rocksteady Studios. According to Game Informer’s August Edition, "This completely original title explores Gotham City’s darkest location, the infamous Arkham Asylum. But as a routine prison transfer goes wrong, the Joker sets his demented plan into action and Batman comes face to face with an army of his worst enemies. In a dark and gritty setting reminiscent of Bioshock (with a story co-written by Paul Dini), Arkham Asylum is setting the stage for a true-to-character Batman game." The edition will be out August 18th, with two different cover.

Batman: Arkham Asylum will be on the PC, X 360 and PS3 , the release date at this point is 2009. According to the article, the story is written by Paul Dini (Batman: The Animated Series, Detective Comics). The story is not tied into any movie or show, and will be on the darker side of the Dark Knight. The story will start out with Joker surrendering himself and subsequently taking over Arkham because of some secret the facility holds.

We tried to do a bit of further investigating and ran into something interesting. Rocksteady Studios site has the Batman Insignia on it, and some sort of countdown, but we still can’t seem to figure out what its for. If you can figure it out email me wade [at] gamersdailynews.com, and your right, Ill send you something.

Edit: We’ve also learned that it may be on the Unreal Engine 3.0 and the licensing includes all 70 years of comic books, so this story could be wide open, or may have many, many addons