After being Bat-delayed mere days before its launch in January, F.E.A.R. creator Monolith's multi-Bat-player first-Bat-person Bat-shooter Gotham City Impostors is now lined up for a downloadable release next week.

Gotham City Impostors will BIFF!!! and FLRBBB! onto PC and PlayStation 3 on February 7, then ZLONK! and Bang-eth! into Xbox 360 on February 8. It'll cost you 15 Bat-dollars (1,200 Bat-Microsoft points).

If you want to have a go now, PS3 owners can download the open beta straight through the PlayStation Network, while Xbox 360 players will be e-mailed if a key if they sign up. Our own Steve Watts called the beta "a pleasant surprise," but have a bash yourself too.

Here's a recent trailer made to celebrate the beta launch: