Batman: Arkham City welcomes Tim Drake

Warner Bros. has finally confirmed that Robin will be made available as a playable character in his own select challenge maps when Batman: Arkham City is pre-ordered at Best Buy in North America.

Xav de Matos

June 20, 2011 4:30 PM

After having the details leak last week, Warner Bros. has officially confirmed that Robin will make an appearance as a playable character in Batman: Arkham City. According to the press release, Tim Drake--the third person to take the Robin mantle in the Batman universe--will be exclusively available to North American gamers who pre-order Arkham City from Best Buy. Unlike the PS3-exclusive Joker maps from Batman: Arkham Asylum, Robin is playable on PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. "Robin will come complete with his own unique gadgets and special moves, and will be playable in all challenge maps in the game, as well as two additional challenge maps that are included with the pack – Black Mask Hideout and Freight Train Escape," a press release revealed. "The pack will also contain a bonus Red Robin character skin." The presser listed the mode as a "pack"; which could point to the content being available as premium downloadable content at a later date. Shacknews has contacted Warner Bros. for comment on the content's availability post-launch.

Click here to see Arkham City's "8-Mile" version of Robin.

Xav de Matos

Xav de Matos was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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June 20, 2011 4:30 PM

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Warner Bros. has finally confirmed that Robin will be made available as a playable character in his own select challenge maps when Batman: Arkham City is pre-ordered at Best Buy in North America.
- baron calamity
  
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  June 20, 2011 4:42 PM
  
  And Best Buy reports another record low for their stock price today..
- SonicWang
  
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  June 20, 2011 4:46 PM
  
  "will be exclusively available to North American gamers who pre-oder Arkham City from Best Buy"
  That is six degrees of bullshit. Fuck you Warner Bros
  - Ebu
    
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    June 20, 2011 6:37 PM
    
    Seriously, fuck that.
  - Code RedBeard
    
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    June 20, 2011 7:07 PM
    
    That is some BS. How much would it suck to be the developer or artist for some cool part of the game, which will be experienced by at most 10% of the audience?
- MeestaNob
  
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  June 20, 2011 4:59 PM
  
  See, the biggest problem I have with this is I will have to buy the DLC through shitty GFWL and I refuse to, so my only option is to wait 18 months for the GotY version with everything included.
  
  Rocksteady deserve better than that, why dont publishers learn?
- Bull
  
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  June 20, 2011 5:26 PM
  
  Awesome pic of Robin. I won't be preordering though so I hope there's still a way to play as him.
- [deleted] 289681125
  
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  June 20, 2011 5:41 PM
  
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  - shirif
    
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    June 20, 2011 6:05 PM
    
    ahahahah.
  - shirif
    
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    June 20, 2011 6:16 PM
    
    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MryQii-dvu8/R9BdxcBAwAI/AAAAAAAACEY/HhYCoB44Reo/s400/sq_without_me_vid_int.jpg
    - Godhatesfatpeople
      
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      June 20, 2011 6:34 PM
      
      lol
      - Godhatesfatpeople
        
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        June 20, 2011 6:42 PM
        
        Still laughing.
  - Prozium
    
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    June 20, 2011 6:24 PM
    
    Add another to the list.
    
    http://www.chrisremo.com/crap/videogames.jpg
    - RoboticHam
      
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      June 20, 2011 6:26 PM
      
      GENERIC VIDEO GAME CHARACTER
    - creep
      
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      June 20, 2011 7:24 PM
      
      and you forgot prison break.
    - skinlab133
      
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      June 20, 2011 8:21 PM
      
      To be fair Shepard was modeled after a real person http://tikigod784.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/shepard.jpg
  - Godhatesfatpeople
    
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    June 20, 2011 6:33 PM
    
    haha my friend said the same thing
    - VivaMachete
      
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      June 20, 2011 7:46 PM
      
      You don't have friends
      - Godhatesfatpeople
        
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        June 20, 2011 7:55 PM
        
        OHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111111
        
        VivaMachete
        
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        June 20, 2011 8:12 PM
        
        assnose http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2tdmdMamEY
  - Thund3rball
    
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    June 21, 2011 9:01 AM
    
    Oh der goez gravidy, oh der goez gravidy!
- DragonSire
  
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  June 20, 2011 5:47 PM
  
  The least sissy Robin I have yet to see (and I mean just as Robin, not Nightwing or anything else). Great jarb Rocksteady!
  - CecilPhilpot
    
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    June 20, 2011 8:46 PM
    
    least sissy not sissy enough
- [deleted] 711354446
  
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  June 20, 2011 6:03 PM
  
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  - Conan
    
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    June 20, 2011 6:04 PM
    
    That doesn't suggest that he's not in the game, just that he's not playable. I'd imagine it's quite the opposite - the fact that he's modeled and animated enough to be playable probably suggests he is in fact in the single player as an NPC.
    
    Which I'm fine with; Drake is a great character.
  - David Craddock
    
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    June 20, 2011 6:55 PM
    
    I also prefer Batman flying solo, but I actually like what Robin brings to his universe. Robin gives Bruce a son, someone to care about and look after. But it also raises an interesting question: Should Bruce be allowed to bring a child into his war just because he's lonely? Bruce permitted Dick Grayson to take up a vigilante identity as an outlet for the boy's anger at what happened to his parents. Just because the same thing happened to Bruce doesn't mean helping someone else achieve the same thing is right.
    
    Robin: Year One explores the issue and wraps it in a great story. http://www.amazon.com/Robin-Year-Batman-Chuck-Dixon/dp/1563898055
    - kiddygrinder
      
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      June 21, 2011 8:02 AM
      
      i thought he was the man-boy love interest
    - bozer
      
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      June 21, 2011 8:22 AM
      
      So what you're saying is Batman is a member of nambla
- varsindarkin
  
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  June 20, 2011 6:33 PM
  
  cool. drake is/was a good robin and Identity Crisis was some good reading.
- ionic.airblast
  
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  June 20, 2011 7:51 PM
  
  Does this mean that the Cat-Woman content will be a bonus for pre-ordering from somewhere else?
  - XAVdeMATOS
    
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    June 20, 2011 8:55 PM
    
    The Catwoman content is part of the game's main story. It is not additional content like this.
- Gooney Gu Gu
  
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  June 21, 2011 8:25 AM
  
  Guess I'll be making my first Best Buy pre-order.