Eidos announces Batman: Arkham Asylum

by Jem Alexander { Aug 13th 2008 at 11:00AM }

Eidos has announced a partnership with Warner Bros to bring Batman back to consoles in 2009. Batman: Arkham Asylum is being developed by RockSteady Studios and begins with the eponymous hero escorting The Joker to the also-quite-eponymous Arkham Asylum where, allegedly, "an immersive combat gaming experience unfolds."

The game will be available at some point in 2009 for the PS3, 360 and PC and, other than a load of superlative-laden PR talk, there are no real details of how the game will play. Just know that Batman, The Joker and "Gotham's worst villains" will all be present and you will have to use Batman's "intuitive detective skills and aggressive melee attacks."

Tags: batman, batman-arkham-asylum, eidos, rocksteady-studios

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

batmanhill6157 @ Aug 13th 2008 11:16AM

........this is the best news since sliced bread

MakaiOokami @ Aug 13th 2008 6:29PM

I hate most of the batman universe. I'd rather get DC Universe Online, team up with the Joker, and take out Batman. Actually I'm not big on most Super Heroes. When is a great Spawn game going to be available?

captkey3s @ Aug 13th 2008 11:25AM

sorry to say i have no faith in EIDOS/RockSteady Studios to make a good game especially a Batman game. To create a good batman game really good development team is needed and RockSteady Studios is not that team.

Jerses @ Aug 13th 2008 11:38AM

Batman...the survivor horror.. you got Puzzles + melee combat + freaks

batman detective skills... i wonder how will the intuition controllers be...

NipGrip @ Aug 13th 2008 11:44AM

I only hope it's as good as the NES version of Batman.

Gaucho @ Aug 13th 2008 11:46AM

I just c@m3 my pants

Gaucho @ Aug 13th 2008 11:46AM

. . . as a result of this news

Popfrogs @ Aug 13th 2008 11:54AM

Incognito or Insomniac should handle something like this, not Eidos/Rocksteady. I guess their plates are already full though.

maxpontiac @ Aug 13th 2008 12:59PM

The perfect Batman game should follow the formula of Crackdown on the 360.

Open world, street thugs, buildings to climb, bosses, etc.

Throw in a much darker atmosphere, and some detective style elements, and you should have a winner.

jgpliskin @ Aug 13th 2008 1:02PM

That'd be so good.

Kevin @ Aug 13th 2008 1:00PM

How about a Tenchu Like Ninja Game + Manhunt.

Batman stealthily makes his way in to whatever building and then must stealthily make his way to his objective.

Logion @ Aug 13th 2008 3:37PM

Just hearing the story there got me a little excited, lets hope they go with a dark look like the latest batman movies.

maxpontiac @ Aug 13th 2008 4:03PM

Kevin -

I like that. Add the stealth element as well..

nate dizzel @ Aug 13th 2008 8:53PM

hey i just wanted to ask somthin, u know how the ps home theme is a chance to get in the beta of home, well i just got a randon theme its different its just white and the xmb is green and the weird thing is, i didnt even download anything, i just went to my theme's to check em out and that one was there, its like someone els put it there. It's from www.jp.playstation.com/ps3/home but i didnt acually download it thats the site that sent it to me. I'am thinkin maybe im in the beta. the update of the theme says 7/28/2008 and i didnt download it, can someone just answer my question plzzzzzz??????