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The caped crusader swoops onto the High Street today with the arrival of Warner Bros’ Batman: Arkham City. The critically acclaimed sequel to the phenomenal Arkham Asylum sees the dark knight battling with some of his most deadly enemies in an open-world prison, with appearances from Hugo Strange, Mr Freeze, …
Read More »Batman: Arkham City nets its best score yet – 6/5
As if you hadn’t already got the message, Warner Bros’ Batman: Arkham City is something rather special. So special, in fact, that it’s claimed the world’s first 100%+ review. Yahoo! Games awarded the title a time and space-splintering six out of five it its review. Your entire gaming life could’ve …
Read More »Batman: Arkham City launch suffers DLC code issues
While UK gamers wait for the Dark Knight’s critically acclaimed adventure, Australian and US consumers are having problems with the title’s downloadable extras. Through a combination of retailer deals and the Batman: Arkham City Online Pass, fans can gain access to extra levels and characters such as Robin and Catwoman …
Read More »Batman: Arkham City – where’s cheapest?
There’s no let-up this week as the triple-A new releases continue to come thick and fast, and this time it’s the turn of Batman: Arkham City to get the trade-in discount treatment. And once again it’s HMV that has delivered the most appetising offer. The retailer will sell consumers a …
Read More »Aussie retailers break Batman: Arkham City release date
The Australian arm of video games retailer Electronics Boutique has begun selling Warner Interactive’s Batman: Arkham City a day ahead of its official release in the territory. And as a result, rival GAME has also gone live with its sales of the title on its website. The move was brazenly …
Read More »Batman: Arkham City – Review Roundup
If the first few reviews to go live in the minutes that have followed the lifting of the UK Batman: Arkham City review embargo are anything to go by, then Warner Bros will next week release something very, very special. Here’s a selection of the first few round-ups: Spong – …
Read More »Arkham City’s Online Pass grants access to Catwoman
Publisher Warner Interactive has confirmed exactly what content is has locked behind the Online Pass included in new copies of Batman: Arkham City. Inputting the code will grant access to the playable character Catwoman, who comes complete with her own moves, weapons and four additional story scenes. She’ll also be …
Read More »First Batman: Arkham City review points to GOTY contender
The first UK review of the UK-made Batman: Arkham City arrives on the doormat of GamesMaster subscribers today. And Future’s multi-format mag has awarded the title a colossal 97 per cent. The score is in line with much of the secretive industry chatter surrounding the title at the moment, with …
Read More »Major ad drive for Batman game
The Dark Knight won’t be hiding in the shadows over the coming weeks as Warner kicks off a big marketing campaign for Batman: Arkham City. The publisher will be targeting male gamers with a campaign that spans TV, print, online, retail, outdoor ads – and even UK?roads and supermarket shelves. …
Read More »Pre-order Arkham City, get OnLive console free
Want to grab the newest games console on the market and access to the highly anticipated Batman: Arkham City for just 27? Of course you do. And that’s exactly what OnLive is offering its customers in the UK. Echoing the deal it is currently running on Saints Row: The Third, …
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