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Rumours

Rumour: Batman: Arkham Asylum II May Get Some Robin

1:00PM Michael McWhertor | Is Rocksteady’s superb Batman video game series already reaching the point of Robin? So says a listing for Batman: Arkham Asylum II at the occasionally factual Internet Movie Database. That could be bad news or it could be good. More »
News

Own A Little Piece Of Batman: Arkham Asylum

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | DC Direct has unveiled a statue based on Batman: Arkham Asylum, featuring the game’s fox-eared take on Gotham’s Dark Knight. More »
News

Batman Comic Book Writer Advocates More Video Game Violence?

8:00AM AJ Glasser | Landry Walker, writer on comic book Batman: The Brave and The Bold, recently played Batman: Arkham Asylum and did not like what he saw. In his own words, “Batman doesn’t get shot. He doesn’t get shot, because he’s Batman.” More »
News

Batman Was Great, But Remember, Batman Was Late

4:00AM Stephen Totilo | Game delays are big news and bad news. But once a game comes out and proves to be good, game delays are often forgotten news. Batman: Arkham Asylum was delayed in 2009. Its lead creator recalled that forgotten moment. More »
Features

The Batman-Maker Who Didn’t Know The Meaning Of GOTY

4:00AM Stephen Totilo | Some day this past summer, Sefton Hill was browsing the internet, reading comments about the demo for Batman: Arkham Asylum. He came across an acronym he didn’t know: GOTY. The lead creator of Arkham Asylum, he would learn it. More »
Media

VGAs Offer First Look At Medal Of Honor, Arkham Asylum 2 & More

5:30PM Michael McWhertor | Tonight’s Spike TV VGAs offered new video reveals that were part expected, part surprise. From the expected camp was EA’s revitalised Medal of Honor, a modern day Middle Eastern shoot ‘em up, seen in trailer form for the first time. More »
News

From The VGA Red Carpet: Mark Hamill Hints At Arkham 2

12:00PM Owen Good | Kotaku’s Michael McWhertor is in L.A. for tonight’s video game awards. He says he just caught up with Adrian Ripburger Mark Hamill, who told him he was asked to do a trailer for a sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum. More »
News

Holy Two Million Units Sold, Batman

2:30PM Luke Plunkett | While the August NPD numbers show Batman: Arkham Asylum had sold 593,000 copies, those numbers don’t include the two weeks of September we’ve had since then. Factor those in and the game’s sold almost two million copies. More »
Media

The History Of Arkham Asylum

5:00AM Owen Good | Eidos’ latest, probably last buzzbuilder trailer before Tuesday’s release of Batman: Arkham Asylum, gives a thumbnail history of this notorious “hospital,” and shows why you don’t ever want to plead insanity in Gotham City. More »