Tag: Rocksteady Games

First Look & Announcement Trailer Released For ‘Batman: Arkham Origins’

by Shawn Madden

Game Informer has revealed the cover to their May issue which features  first look at the now confirmed Batman: Arkham Origins.Warner Bros. Games Montreal has taken over from Rocksteady Studios but has full access to the studio’s custom modified Unreal engine to capture the look and feel of the previous games. The next game in the series will take us back to the beginning of the caped crusader as he faces off against some of his villains for the first time. Check out the announcement trailer below.

“Eight of the best assassins in the world have come to Gotham City for one night, Christmas Eve of all nights, to kill the Bat.”

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Batman: Arkham Origins is set to be released October 25, 2013.

Source: Game Informer

We Totally Recalled It! The Geekscapepod For August 4th, 2012!

by Jonathan

Total Recall… totally recalled! Does Len Wiseman’s remake of the Paul Verhoeven movie and adaptation of the Phillip K. Dick short story live up to either? And just when will the Batman films get their next reboot? Maybe the answer lies in the upcoming JLA movie! Want a Batcave to watch movies in? It’s only 2 million dollars! Marvel Now gives us hints on some of their upcoming books, unleashing my love for all things Mike Allred! Paul Dini has not been asked back to write the next Batman game for Rocksteady Studios! Doctor Who’s Chris Eccleston has been cast as Malekith in Thor 2! And that’s about it!

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Paul Dini Is Not Scripting The Rocksteady Follow Up To ‘Arkham City’

by Jonathan

In news that will surely bum out fans of Rocksteady’s ‘Arkham Asylum’ and ‘Arkham City’ games, longtime Batman writer Paul Dini (Batman: The Animated Series), is not returning to script Rocksteady Studios’ follow up. On Dini’s twitter, he expresses ‘Kinda hoped I’d be doing another Arkham game in London during the Olympics. Esp, as I had a good source for tx. Ah, well’. Although I wasn’t able to find the tweet myself, The Sixth Axis has the story for you.

I did see this follow up tweet that further implies that Dini would love to return.

Meanwhile, Rocksteady is rumored to be developing a Justice League game set in the 1950’s Silver Age of comics.

Thoughts? Personally, I thought the story and dialogue for the first two Arkham games were fantastic and really raised the bar for comic book video game writing. Can Rocksteady make a solid game without Dini’s involvement?

Rocksteady To Develop A ‘Justice League’ Game

by Shawn Madden

Not too long ago it was rumored that Rocksteady Games would be developing a ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ game but it appears that may not be happening. The developers behind the critically acclaimed ‘Arkham Asylum’ and ‘Arkham City’ may have another DC project in the works. According to Variety:

But Variety has learned that WBIE is expected to reteam some of the characters in some form for the next installment in Rocksteady Studios’ gritty vidgame series that began with “Batman: Arkham Asylum” and “Arkham City.”

New, highly stylized title is being developed as a prequel that revolves around Batman’s first meeting with the Joker. It’s based on the Silver Age of DC’s comicbooks from the 1950s when the Caped Crusader teamed with other heroes like Superman and founded the Justice League of America.

I’m all for this especially it if it is taking place within the same universe and further expanding on the already developed stories that we have. Just no DLC like Harely’s Revenge okay?