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What Makes A Video Game Scary

4:40AM AJ Glasser | How can a video game be scary? Unlike horror movies where you’re stuck watching some hapless victim succumb to scary stuff, video games empower players to fight back. Or at least run away. It’s October. Time to identify horror-gaming’s essentials. More »
Media

Here’s Your Batman: Arkham Asylum Launch Trailer

11:30AM AJ Glasser
Well, if our review wasn’t enough to convince you, maybe this fancy trailer with other outlets’ review quote and scores will do the trick. More »
Hands On

Batman: Arkham Asylum Review: The Dark Knight Is A Bright Light

4:30AM AJ Glasser | Batman is a smart comic book hero. He doesn’t need superpowers – just give him a gadget, a cape and a face to punch and he’s a regular Einstein. With a cape and iron fists. More »
Rumours

Batman Studio Rocksteady Named In Hitman 5 Development

7:40AM Michael McWhertor | Are Batman: Arkham Asylum developers Rocksteady Studios working on the next Hitman game? British voice actor and motion capture suit wearer Mark Sloan says they are. But in what capacity? More »
Hands On

Batman: Arkham Asylum Preview: A Thinker’s Fighting Game

2:00AM Brian Crecente | In the world of Gotham and The Joker, Batman’s greatest strength isn’t his fists, wealth or technology, it’s his brain. More »
News

Eidos Announce ANOTHER Batman Game

12:20PM Luke Plunkett | That’s fine, EA. You take all the time you need before announcing your Batman game. In the meantime, we’ll make do with this one. Announced today by the folks at Game Informer, Batman: Arkham Asylum is a new title currently in development at Rocksteady Studios (Urban Chaos: Riot Response), which will be published by Eidos. Why the different publishers? EA only have the rights to the movies, while Eidos have a deal to make games based on the Batman comics. Hence this game, which GI describe as being “reminiscent of Bioshock”. More »