| 9 | Video games related to comic book heroes don't have the best of reputations. It's quite strange, because the source material is all there – you've got rich lore and you're going to end up playing a super-charged character. Yet developers always found it hard to transition this into a functional game. Well, that was until Rocksteady got their hands on the Batman franchise. Arkham Asylum did what so many other super hero games had failed to do beforehand; it made being a super hero fun. Now Rocksteady are looking to do it again with Arkham City, a much more expansive tale that they hope can turn this into a successful franchise. » Read the full review |
- Welcome back to another episode of DarkFeed, the weekly show that gives you all the big news in the gaming industry, but in a bite sized portion. You walk away from the ta...
- Batman: Arkham City Game of the Year Edition has been announced and, along with all of the previous downloadable content, there will be additional piece called "Harley Qui...
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, FIFA 12 and Battlefield 3 were the best selling games in the UK throughout 2011 according to UKIE and GfK Chart-Track. These three, alongs...
- 2011 is officially over which means we're in for a whole slew of new games starting February, so why not spend a bit of time remembering some of the stand out characters o...
- Following hot on the heels of the Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii this year was the PlayStation 3, which enjoyed another year full of exclusive titles. As shown by Sony Compu...
- Our next home console following on from the Nintendo Wii is Microsoft's Xbox 360, which has had a fantastic year by its own standards. Despite having a relatively weak fi...
- Everyone always says that PC games are on the way out, but this year's line-up of stellar titles spits in the face of that notion. Some might argue that this year's range...
- Trailers are becoming more and more important in the video games industry, as publishers (and developers) attempt to capture the imaginations of gamers. This year saw som...
- Sony's PS3 has seen quite a number of great games this year, ranging from first and third party titles. We had a difficult time narrowing nominees down to a list of then, ...
- Up next on our list of awards is the Best Xbox 360 title of 2011, and while we're really looking forward to the new Halo trilogy, Alan Wake and Fable: The Journey, this ye...
- Right, we're now onto our platform-specific awards. First up, it's the PC which has seen some great exclusives appear throughout the year. You've got titles such as The W...
- Nothing really gets the excitement going for a game than an epic trailer. Gameplay, CGI or otherwise, this year has seen quite a few jaw-dropping eye candy to go around. ...
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- The official @ArkhamCityNews Twitter account indicates that new Arkham City downloadable content is coming December 20th, however, the DLC will feature new challenge maps ...
- Black Friday sales have hit Electronic Arts' online distributing platform Origin, with Battlefield 3 and Need for Speed: The Run leading the way with a whopping $30 off. ...
- The PC version of Batman: Arkham City has suffered a bit of a shakey start as the title does not seem to cooperate with DirectX 11. Rocksteady has now addressed the issue ...
- Arkham City has finally made its way to the PC and in honor of the occasion, OnLive released a free, exclusive demo which has now broken both US and UK records for the mos...
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has shot straight to the top of the UK video game sales charts, knocking its biggest rival, Battlefield 3, to the wayside at the same time. ...
- Warner Bros. Interactive has announced that the PC version of Batman: Arkham City has suffered another slight delay, but it will still release in November as originally pl...
- Battlefield 3 has held firm at the top of the UK video game sales charts to deny Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. This is the first time in the franchises' history that it ...
