Batman: Arkham Origins aims to look like film noir
Batman: Arkham Origins art director Jeremy Price talks about the visual style for the lighting, the city, and Batman himself.
READ MORE >Batman: Arkham Origins devs cut snowstorm combat, robotic drones
WB Montreal's original plans for Batman: Arkham Origins included a "storm indicator" to take advantage of snowstorns, and a drone that would hunt Batman during predator sequences. Both were cut.
READ MORE >Rumor: Batman: Arkham Origins to have new voice for the dark knight
Batman: Arkham Origins will use a new voice actor to represent a younger Dark Knight, according to a South African magazine.
READ MORE >"Since it's an origins story of sorts, I imagine it's a younger, slightly more naive Batman. ..."
see all 22 commentsInjustice gets attitude with Lobo on May 7
The arms race for cruder, more violent, and more 'extreme' characters in the '90s may be long over, but the weapons from these old wars have stuck around. Every now and then they'll pop in to be rad and remind us that we live in less gnarly times. That's what Lobo will be up...
READ MORE >Batman: Arkham Origins about initiation into criminal insanity, says DC creative head
DC Comics chief creative officer Geoff Johns talks about the focus of Batman: Arkham Origins on the insanity of Batman's villains, and how that factor sets it apart from his own prequel "Earth One" book.
READ MORE >Batman: Arkham City Escape is a board game
The Batman: Arkham franchise has spawned two excellent console games and a surprisingly decent mobile spin-off. Can its magic translate into yet another medium: the board game?
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see all 17 commentsRumor: Next Scribblenauts to feature DC superheroes
5th Cell is reportedly working on a new Scribblenauts game that will feature DC superheroes. It's said to be debuting at this year's E3, and coming for PC, Wii U, and 3DS.
READ MORE >"Interesting, I wonder why not also for the PS4 (if touchscreen for "typing" is a requirement)."
see all 2 commentsBatman: Arkham Origins director on making players 'more aware' of its gameplay depth
"The challenge rooms really taught me a lot," creative director of the new Batman said. "They teach you more than anything is 'you don't know how to play the game when you're playing the campaign.'"
READ MORE >"I was invited to E3 at 2009. I went to it with zero expectations for Arkham Asylum. The demo ..."
see all 5 commentsHow Oldboy inspired Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate for Vita and 3DS
One of the biggest challenges of making a 2D Arkham game is adapting the "FreeFlow" combat system. Game director Mark Pacini says that Blackgate's combat needed to be built "from the ground up," and takes large inspiration from the 2003 Korean movie Oldboy.
READ MORE >"It's a movie that I really like, but don't recommend to many people I know. I... don't want to ..."
see all 7 commentsInjustice: Gods Among Us review: power and polish
Injustice: Gods Among Us is everything I could ask for from a comic-book based fighting game. NetherRealm does a great job of bring each of its 24 fighters to life, while remaining completely faithful to the source material.
READ MORE >"I'm a huge fan of the source material too, but some of those animations are rather lengthy and ..."
see all 6 commentsBatman: Arkham Origins devs detail relationships, setting
Batman: Arkham Origins creative director Eric Holmes and narrative director Dooma Wendschuh talk about how they're taking advantage of the prequel conceit with new twists on characters and settings.
READ MORE >Injustice: Gods Among Us first DLC character is Lobo
The DC universe brawler Injustice: Gods Among Us hit shelves yesterday, and developer NetherRealm Studios has already taken the wraps off its first DLC character, the maniacally self-centered offworlder, Lobo.
READ MORE >"I would buy this DLC just to see what ridiculous over the top super move they made for him."
see all 4 commentsThe Black Mask is the 'big bad' of Batman: Arkham Origins
Batman: Arkham Origins features Black Mask as the primary antagonist, and we get more details on his plans and motivation.
READ MORE >Injustice: Gods Among Us launch trailer blurs the lines
The DC Comics brawler Injustice: Gods Among Us releases next week so it is time for a launch trailer, with all the heroes and villains taking their best shots at each other. But don't be surprised if you can't figure out the good guys from bad guys. Of course, that's the way...
READ MORE >"The WiiU version is the only one that runs at 60fps, and contrary to popular belief, will be ..."
see all 6 commentsMobile review: Injustice: Gods Among Us
The iOS version of Injustice: Gods Among Us brings a distinct style to the mobile fighting realm that's worth trying out. Unfortunately, several free-to-play tropes prove to be this game's Kryptonite.
READ MORE >"That's not a horse. That's just another hero drawn without feet."
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"Now that is a hell of an idea. Kinda like Enter the Matrix style view."
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