With The Dark Knight and Heath Ledger's stellar performance as the Joker still fresh in everyone's mind, who doesn't want to play a new, non-sucky Batman game? Of course, we have LEGO Batman to look forward to, but it's hard to feel like the Gotham bad-ass when you're controlling a plastic and deformed minifigure.
The upcoming issue of Game Informer, due August 18th, has the scoop on publisher Eidos Interactive's forthcoming game, Batman: Arkham Asylum, and though it hasn't yet been revealed which consoles the title will appear on, we have hopes that one of those systems will be the Wii.
Though the game's developer, London-based Rocksteady Studios (Urban Chaos: Riot Response), hasn't yet released anything for the Wii, its founders did have a hand in creating Catwoman: The Game for the GameCube -- that has to count for something, right?
According to Game Informer, Batman: Arkham Asylum is an original title following a botched prison transfer which the Joker uses to his advantage, turning the psychiatric hospital's worst patients and Batman's worst enemies against the caped crusader. The game will feature "a dark and gritty setting reminiscent of Bioshock" and a story co-written by Paul Dini, who you'll recognize from his work on Batman: The Animated Series.
Jump past the post break for an alternate cover of the GI issue with the Joker!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-12-2008 @ 8:14PM
Drahken said...
Man, that developer makes me want to BEBOP around the room.
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8-12-2008 @ 8:52PM
8-bit.artist said...
wishful thinking here guys.
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8-12-2008 @ 8:55PM
Waffala said...
Why aren't they going with Heath's joker look? That cover reminds me of a junkie version of Ceaser Romero.
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8-12-2008 @ 10:26PM
Agentx said...
Probably because Heath's Joker was terrible. His performance as a psychopath was great, but it just wasn't the Joker. I feel that even that image is influenced by Heath's too much.
8-13-2008 @ 12:23AM
psyborg said...
If by terrible you mean best look for Joker ever. I would have preordered this and Mortal Kombat immediately had they used TDK's Joker look.
8-12-2008 @ 9:42PM
Shaq-Fu said...
Why so Serious?
Obligatory
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8-12-2008 @ 9:50PM
igorponweed said...
This will NEVER come out on Wii. Look at the description! a dark and gritty setting reminiscent of Bioshock? I don't think many company are gonna try to sell a game like Bioshock on Wii unless Mad World and The Conduit sell like hotcakes! Remember though, history repeats itself(Cough Manhunt 2 No More Heroes cough cough)
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8-13-2008 @ 12:25AM
psyborg said...
Umbrella Chronicles and RE4 are brooding dark games and both million plus sellers... and don't give me the "but thats Resident Evil" routine because this is THE BATMAN. ;)
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8-13-2008 @ 6:40PM
Ayeegit said...
The article mentions it's coming out for the 360, PS3, and PC. Certainly doesn't mean it would *never* hit the Wii, but the statement that "it hasn't yet been revealed which consoles the title will appear on" isn't true.
And for the look of the characters, Edios has the rights to the Batman characters, but not anything from a Batman movie - so the article talks about how the developers went for a "classic, yet original" take on the look for the characters.
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8-19-2008 @ 7:23PM
Franklin said...
It's a shame it looks like it's not coming out on the Wii then.
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