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  • Batman: Arkham Origins Reveals Multiplayer Mode

    Photo courtesy pcgamer.com
    Photo courtesy pcgamer.com

    Batman: Arkham Origins is being developed by WB Montreal this go round and so far the game is looking like it will live up to the Arkham name. Now WB Games has announced that Arkham Origins will feature a multiplayer mode with a new twist.

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    One team will be headed up by The Joker while the other will be led by the massive Bane as they fight to control Gotham. The two in this equation are, of course, Batman and Nightwing who will try and take down both teams. Each team will have the latest in high tech equipment and weaponry to even the stakes against each other and The Dark Knight and his partner. They will have their own version of “Detective Mode” called “Enhanced Vision” which can only be used in thirty second intervals. Each team will also have the use of special attacks like Joker gift boxes which can be left as proximity mines.

    Batman and Nightwing will have their usual set of goodies to use, but will need to be more cagey in their actions since their opponents are wielding guns and other high end weapons.

    This sounds like it will be loads of fun and will definitely add a lot of hours to what I hope will be the next great game in this series. What do you think about the newly announced multiplayer mode? Is it something you are looking forward to?

    Check out the trailer below. [amazon_link id=”B00C7103DO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Batman: Arkham Origins[/amazon_link] releases on October 25th.

    http://youtu.be/EYR9plVWNsY

  • Batman: Arkham Origins Introduces Copperhead

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    Photo courtesy nerdreactor.com

    Merry Christmas Batman. Here is another assassin hired by the Black Mask to try and end your life as Santa makes his way around the world.

    This new video introduces Copperhead who seems to have grown a pair of tits and is still as deadly as her comic male counterpart. If each of these videos is going to show every assassin beating Batman’s ass then he is not going to be worth a sh** by the time [amazon_link id=”B00C7103DO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Batman: Arkham Origins[/amazon_link] releases on October 25th.

  • More Batman??? Yep! Here Is The Arkham Origins Trailer

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    Photo courtesy theparanoidgamer.com

    If you are not a fan of Batman, then today is not the day to be here.

    WB Games has released the first trailer for Batman: Arkham Origins and while it shows no gameplay, it is over four minutes of Batman and Deathstroke beating the holy hell out of each other. Throw in an appearance by Deadshot and Black Mask pulling a Manhunt on someone and my interest is piqued. Let’s just hope WB Montreal can get the gameplay to match the flow of Rocksteady’s first two entries.

    Batman: Arkham Origins releases on October 25th.

  • Batman: Arkham Origins Voice Cast Is Confusing Me!

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    Photo courtesy news.softpedia.com

    So here’s the deal. Yesterday we posted a story saying that Kevin Conroy would be returning to voice Batman in the upcoming Arkham Origins game after weeks of WB Games saying they were getting a new actor for the role.

    Read it here, I will give you a second.

    Good? OK, well scratch that….or not. Hell I don’t know anymore!

    WB Games announced today that Batman would be voiced by Roger Craig Smith, who voiced Ezio in Assassin’s Creed and Chris Redfield in Resident Evil. Sooo where does this Kevin Conroy saying he will be Batman? Hell if I know. Maybe the game will be told in flashback…or something?

    One awesome bit of news though was that Troy Baker would be voicing The Joker. I know, I know, it’s not Mark Hamill, but Hamill appears to be sticking to his guns saying he is done with the character. Troy Baker voiced Booker DeWitt in [amazon_link id=”B003O6E6NE” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Bioshock Infinite[/amazon_link], Joel in [amazon_link id=”B007CM0K86″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]The Last of Us[/amazon_link] and also Robin and Two-Face in [amazon_link id=”B002I0F5M8″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Batman: Arkham City[/amazon_link], so he definitely has the chops to pull this off.

    [amazon_link id=”B00C7103DO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Batman: Arkham Origins[/amazon_link] releases on October 25th.

  • Rejoice! Kevin Conroy IS Voicing Batman In Arkham Origins

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    Good news everyone!

    Kevin Conroy confirmed at the Dallas Comic-Con that he will indeed be returning as the voice of The Dark Knight in this fall’s Batman: Arkham Origins. Conroy said the reason for the delay was that he had been under a NDA (non-disclosure agreement) and could not talk about his role in the project.

    This is HUGE news for me. I was planning on getting Arkham Origins, but the fact Conroy was gone was already going to start the game in a hole for me. What can I say? I am a Conroy guy.

    Batman: Arkham Origins releases on October 25th.

  • Batman: Arkham Origins Not Bringing Back Kevin Conroy?

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    Photo courtesy gamerant.com

    Reports are swirling that veteran voice actor Kevin Conroy will not be brought in to do the voice of The Dark Knight in WB Montreal’s prequel [amazon_link id=”B00C7103DO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Batman: Arkham Origins[/amazon_link]. Conroy has been the voice of Batman for over 20 years beginning in 1992 with Batman: The Animated Series.

    The studio’a reasoning from reports appears to be they want a younger sounding actor since the game takes place in the hero’s early days. Because Kevin Conroy is not a professional voice actor and could not attempt to do a younger voice I guess.

    Sorry for the sour grapes. Conroy has been the voice of Batman for the better part of my lifetime and is the voice I imagine in my head when I read comics. Add to this the fact that Ubisoft is ditching Michael Ironside in favor of a generic sounding every man in the new Splinter Cell and it has not been a fun time.

     

     

  • First Screens For Batman: Arkham Origins Surface, New Info Given

    All photos courtesy gameinformer.com
    All photos courtesy gameinformer.com

    Hot off the heels of yesterday’s announcement of Batman: Arkham Origins a host of screenshots have been released by Game Informer. There are shots of Deathstroke, a younger looking Penguin, Black Mask and Gotham adorned in Christmas decorations as Batman looms over some thugs.

    In Batman: Arkham Origins, you will control a younger Batman as Black Mask hires the world’s greatest assassin’s to take down The Dark Knight. WB Montreal is handling development of the game instead of Rocksteady this go round, but they have full access to the engine that ran Arkham Asylum and Arkham City.

    It was also announced that for the first time in the Arkham series there will be a fast travel option for Batman now that he is patrolling the streets of Gotham. When you pick a point on the map you will get to take a trip in the Batwing to your desired location, although the Batwing is not able to be controlled (bummer).

    For the next-gen I would like a fully realized open world Gotham. If I want to spend 45 minutes driving around the city doing nothing but mourning the death of my parents, I should be able to.

    Batman: Arkham Origins releases on October 25th.

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    The first screens for Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate have also been released. The game will be released on October 25th for the 3DS and Vita.

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  • Batman: Arkham Origins Revealed. Releases On October 25th

    Photo courtesy gameinformer.com
    Photo courtesy gameinformer.com

    The May issue of Game Informer has broken HUGE news on the next Batman game.

    Batman: Arkham Origins will see Batman in his early days take on eight of the world’s best assassins (including Deathstroke) as they make their way to Gotham on Christmas Eve to try and eliminate Batman.

    The game is being developed by WB Montreal, not Rocksteady, so I understand if that gets some fans worried about if this will be as good as Arkham Asylum or City. I think we don’t have too much to worry about. WB Montreal handled the port of Batman: Arkham City on the Wii U which was received well and the creative director, Eric Holmes, was the lead designer on one of the most fun and addictive open world games ever, [amazon_link id=”B0007OSLAA” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction[/amazon_link].

    This will be the first of the Arkham series that takes Batman out into the city of Gotham. And since it will be on Christmas Eve I am hoping that we can get a Max Shrek cameo or at least a picture of Christopher Walken somewhere in the game. I think all games would do good to have one piece of Walken in them.

    The game will be coming to PS3, 360, Wii U and PC. A handheld version called Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate will also be releasing for the 3DS and Vita.

    Batman: Arkham Origins releases on October 25th. Take a look at the reveal video below thanks to Game Informer.