Batman: Arkham Origins & Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate Announced
Good news everyone! The next installment in the ‘Batman: Arkham’ series has been announced for PC, Wii U, PS3, and Xbox 360. Batman: Arkham Origins is set several years before Batman: Arkham Asylum.
In addition to Batman: Arkham Origins for Wii U, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is coming to the 3DS and Vita in the form of a 2.5D adventure game. Both games are scheduled for an October 25 release.
Here is the cover of the April issue of Game Informer featuring Batman: Arkham Origins:
Here is a trailer for the game as well from Game Informer:
Updated with full press release:
WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES
BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS
Arkhamverse Expands with Prequel Story
And New Addition of Handheld Games with
BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS BLACKGATE
Burbank, Calif. – April 9, 2013 – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced Batman: Arkham Origins™ and Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate™, the next installments of the blockbuster Batman: Arkham videogame franchise. Batman: Arkham Origins will be available for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 system, the Wii U™ system, and Windows PC. Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate™ will be available for the Nintendo 3DS™ handheld system, and PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system. Both titles are scheduled to release worldwide Oct. 25, 2013.
Developed by WB Games Montréal, Batman: Arkham Origins features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline set several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City, the first two critically acclaimed games of the franchise. Taking place before the rise of Gotham City’s most dangerous criminals, the game showcases a young and unrefined Batman as he faces a defining moment in his early career as a crime fighter that sets his path to becoming the Dark Knight. As the story unfolds, players will meet many important characters for the first time and forge key relationships.
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is a 2.5-D game developed by Armature Studio that brings the Batman Arkham experience for the first time to Nintendo and Sony handheld systems. A companion game to Batman: Arkham Origins, players can continue the storyline of the console version and discover more details of the Dark Knight’s past.
“Batman: Arkham is a huge triple-A videogame franchise and we are delighted to expand the experience with Batman: Arkham Origins,” said Martin Tremblay, President, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. “WB Games Montréal has an incredibly talented team building upon Rocksteady’s award-winning gameplay and technology to deliver a deep, immersive, quality experience fans will love.”
“WB Games Montréal is honored to have the opportunity to create Batman: Arkham Origins, a new chapter in this amazing franchise” said Reid Schneider, Vice President and Executive Producer, WB Games Montréal. “We are huge fans of the franchise and are committed to creating an experience that offers players more of what they love, as well as the chance to play as a younger Batman within a fresh storyline and expanded world.”
Batman: Arkham Origins is based on DC Comics’ core Batman license. Fans can visit www.batmanarkhamorigins.com for more information about the game.
April 9, 2013
I am so excited for the next entry in the Arkham series! Now I just need to go out and buy Arkham City! lol It is also nice to see that they are not only developing the series for consoles but handhelds as well! The 3DS/Vita announcement is a pleasant surprise. I may not purchase the 3DS version but it is good to see the 3DS getting some love nonetheless.
April 9, 2013
2 different versions? Nice. :)
April 9, 2013
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April 9, 2013
I hope they also focus on the baddies origins story as well and not make t purely Batman. Seeing Joker come to rise, Penguin come to hate Wayne and his fame (huh rhyme) and even Catwoman’s cretion and the first Robin experience.