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Read More »New toy sets confirm LEGO Batman 2: Super Heroes
Artwork printed inside a new range of LEGO Super Hero toys confirms LEGO Batman 2 is in development for Wii, 3DS, 360 and PlayStation formats. LEGO’s new Super Hero line of building sets begins are due to official release in 2012, but some US retailers are already stocking them. The …
Read More »Arkham City hits OnLive, arrives on PC this Friday
Warner’s Batman: Arkham City has gone live on streaming games service OnLive in the US. The retail version of the PC SKU is also available to purchase via EA’s Origin store and GameStop’s Impulse Driven service. A free playable demo is now available on the UK arm of OnLive. It …
Read More »IN PICTURES: Retail dresses up for Batman launch
Everyone may be recovering from the Modern Warfare 3 launch party, but that’s not the only game that saw retail go all out to draw in fans. Below are photos from some of the midnight openings for last month’s smash hit Batman: Arkham City. The activity was sponsored by the …
Read More »Batman: Arkham City gets PC release date
Warner Bros Interactive has finally dated the delayed PC version of critical and commercial hit Batman: Arkham City. The game will be released on the format in the UK on November 25th. The Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the title hit UK retail October 21st and was welcomed with …
Read More »EA to sell rivals’ games through digital distribution
Electronic Arts will soon start selling games made by its competitors. The company’s new Origin platform for digital distribution will offer games from Warner, THQ and Capcom with the first first games out next month. Batman: Arkham City and Saints Row: The Third are two of the triple-A games destined …
Read More »Batman Xbox bundles available now
Two new Batman-themed Xbox 360 bundles are now available from Gem Distribution – the first of several new SKUs due this Christmas. The distributor is working with leading third-party publishers, such as Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment, to bolster its Xbox offering in the run-up to the holidays. And these bundles …
Read More »OPINION: Shadow of the Bat
The release of Batman: Arkham City last Friday marks, by all accounts, the arrival of the best game produced for 2011.For retailers, it will be a cash cow. For consumers, a delight to play. But it also contains the most brazen of publishers’ moves to clamp down on pre-owned. You …
Read More »Batman: Arkham City gets companion iOS app
An official Batman: Arkham City app has been released merging the full game with the iOS platform. The app, developed by Dorling Kindersley, provides users with an interactive map with locations of the game’s 350 collectables and riddles via their mobile. The App Store page calls it the perfect digital …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Batman Arkham City is the new No.1
Having enchanted critics, Warner Bros’ Batman: Arkham City has also cast a spell on the British public. The game is the new UKIE Gfk ChartTrack’s All Formats No.1, knocking former chart-topper FIFA 12 into second place. Batman becomes the fourth biggest launch of the year to date behind, FIFA 12, …
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