New Batman Arkham game for 2013

[andrew8798]

Warner Bros. has confirmed a third entry in the Batman Arkham series will launch in 2013. As part of parent company Time Warner's latest earnings report last week, CFO John Martin said the company's "strong" games release for the year includes a new entry in the series.

"And we also have a strong games release this year, which will include the next release in the Batman Arkham franchise," Martin said. "So all in all, we expect Warners to post another very strong year in 2013. And with a little luck, the year should be as good or maybe even a little bit better than 2012."

Separately, VG247 sources claim this new project is not in development at series creator Rocksteady Studios. That development house is rumored to be working on a stylized prequel that will detail the Dark Knight's first encounter with the Joker. It is not expected until 2014 at the earliest.

Warner Bros. last month registered 15 new Batman domain names, including Arkham Universe, Arkham Legend, Arkham Origins, Arkham Rises, and others.

Batman: Arkham City is the latest entry in the series. It was developed by Rocksteady Studios and shipped for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on October 18, with a PC version following on November 22. The game received a strong critical reception and shipped 6 million units.

Credit: gamespot.com

["I'm Batman..."]

I still have to finish Arkham City.

[stevieboy]

I was hoping for them to finally expand into Gotham for a sequel but there's no reason they can't do that in a prequel.

[lildude8218]

at this rate we'll get Arkham Van Halen and Arkham Metallica soon enough

[The Ichi]

Not that I'm not pumped for another Arkham game, but I really wish they would continue where they left off.

[Deleted]

Feb 12, 2013 13:26:22 GMT -5 andrew8798 said:

Warner Bros. has confirmed a third entry in the Batman Arkham series will launch in 2013. As part of parent company Time Warner's latest earnings report last week, CFO John Martin said the company's "strong" games release for the year includes a new entry in the series.

"And we also have a strong games release this year, which will include the next release in the Batman Arkham franchise," Martin said. "So all in all, we expect Warners to post another very strong year in 2013. And with a little luck, the year should be as good or maybe even a little bit better than 2012."

Separately, VG247 sources claim this new project is not in development at series creator Rocksteady Studios. That development house is rumored to be working on a stylized prequel that will detail the Dark Knight's first encounter with the Joker. It is not expected until 2014 at the earliest.

Warner Bros. last month registered 15 new Batman domain names, including Arkham Universe, Arkham Legend, Arkham Origins, Arkham Rises, and others.

Batman: Arkham City is the latest entry in the series. It was developed by Rocksteady Studios and shipped for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on October 18, with a PC version following on November 22. The game received a strong critical reception and shipped 6 million units.

Credit: gamespot.com

So wait a minute, correct me if I'm wrong:

There's a new Arkham coming out this year, but it's NOT being done by Rocksteady. They are working on a separate prequel due in 2014. This correct?

[Beets by Schrute]

Ideas on villain yet?

[andrew8798]

Correct

[Push R Truth]

Arkham: IN SPACE

[Fundertaker]

Well, this could totally be Robin, Nightwing & Bat Girl: Threesome In Arkham

[Blindkarevik]

Well, they didn't specifically say it'll be on the major consoles. It's possible they might be working on something for the Vita or 3DS as a filler game under the Arkham title. It's not unheard of to have a separate company work on a handheld or mobile game.

[Deleted]

I really want an Adam West Batman game (maybe not as a full release but as a dlc game) I'm probably in the minority though.

[Push R Truth]

Feb 12, 2013 14:45:12 GMT -5 @graant said:

I really want an Adam West Batman game (maybe not as a full release but as a dlc game) I'm probably in the minority though.

I'm with you.


Batman in a GTA style. Imagine all the Bat Copters/Bat-a-rangs/Bat-Cycles/Bat-Shark-Repellant/Bat-Ladder and so on shenanigans.



You'd be having a huge fight in the streets and everybody randomly breaks out into a full on dance routine.


The Final Level? Getting rid of the Bomb.

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Feb 12, 2013 14:55:12 GMT -5 Push R Truth said:

Feb 12, 2013 14:45:12 GMT -5 @graant said:

I really want an Adam West Batman game (maybe not as a full release but as a dlc game) I'm probably in the minority though.

I'm with you.


Batman in a GTA style. Imagine all the Bat Copters/Bat-a-rangs/Bat-Cycles/Bat-Shark-Repellant/Bat-Ladder and so on shenanigans.



You'd be having a huge fight in the streets and everybody randomly breaks out into a full on dance routine.


The Final Level? Getting rid of the Bomb.

I'm sold. ;D

[Bub (BLM)]

No Rocksteady? I'm very skeptical about that.

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Feb 12, 2013 14:45:12 GMT -5 @graant said:

I really want an Adam West Batman game (maybe not as a full release but as a dlc game) I'm probably in the minority though.

I'll take it as a full release. This would be my new favorite game of all time. Please make it as absurd as possible.

[Lazy peon]

Get ready for Arkham Warfare and Arkham Black Ops

[Yami Daimao]

Feb 12, 2013 15:30:15 GMT -5 Lazy peon said:

Get ready for Arkham Warfare and Arkham Black Ops

Gotham City Impostors?

[Deleted]

New Arkham game, I'll get. Silver Age prequel with them still refusing to just focus on somebody other than Joker, hell no.

Though admittedly, am not really sure how a different developer would handle it. Curious to see it, but I could see the series being something easy to screw up.

Feb 12, 2013 14:11:26 GMT -5 Beets by Schrute said:

Ideas on villain yet?

Arkham City pretty much beats you over the head with Scarecrow for it, so probably him.

[Free Hat]

While I thought the story in Arkham City was s***, ignoring the 473 different sequel hooks they threw into the game in favour of doing some silver age prequel just seems pointless and stupid. I guarantee this one doesn't sell as well as the others.

Also, changing to a new developer just seems unnecessarily risky. A bad game could potentially damage the brand.