Good news for those out there reluctant to simply pop a “2” at the end of the upcoming sequel to Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham Asylum. After all, we’ve already heard that the next chapter in Batman’s relentless mission to clean up Gotham will see the Caped Crusader take to the city’s streets, so it’s a little disingenuous to have the word “Asylum” in the title again. Unless, you know, he’s going back there. And, well, why would he?
Fittingly, it should come as no surprise that the new game is actually called: Batman: Arkham City, likely a requirement to brand the game with something similar to the first title yet still allude to the wider scope of the sophomore effort.
The newly named sequel, which promises to deliver “a new all-star cast of classic characters and murderous villains from the Batman universe” according to Warners, is scheduled to hit in autumn, 2011. Yes, a year away. Just enough time to clean your tights and polish those batarangs.
Finally, and just like their InFamous 2 reveal, it appears the guys over at GameInformer have scored another big scoop. The next edition of the magazine will be graced by the Dark Knight himself, with more details about the sequel contained within its dark, rain-soaked pages.
Update: That GameInformer cover mentioned above? Images have just hit the web. That sure does look like Catwoman …
Source: Destructoid
Foxhound_Solid
I loved AA. Absolutely cracking game. Havent enjoyed a super hero game like that since Maximum Carnage on the Snes.
Looking forward to this – its basically taken up the soft spot I had for Splinter Cell…..
Raen
That makes no sense as a name. None at all.
Forrest_01
This is true – I understand that they want to continue the brand for familiarity & whatnot, but could they not have just called it ‘Gotham City’ & put it in the same font or something?
Ryan1991
Maybe the bad guys have given it that nickname of Arkham City due to them causing havok and being mental
Mr-Flame-Head
I take it you have either forgotten or simply didn’t know that the teaser trailer they released to announce the game declared that arkham had moved and showed the asylum was now in the city as apposed to being on the island
Raen
Yes Arkham has moved to be inside the city (which is fairly dumb to be honest) but that doesn’t make Arkham the whole city.
STILLCANTTHINKOFAGOODPSNNAME
i think its because the madness of arkham has spred to the city thus turning the city into an extension of arkham and is now the city of arkham
sounds fun doesn’t it Ü
Charmed_Fanatic
Catwoman <3
BadBoyBoogie
I enjoyed AA, so it’s good to get a confirmation date for the sequel, even though it’s only an approximate date, i.e. Autumn 2011 !!
Vaile23
not to be anal, but it really should have been Batman: Gotham City…
Raen
Yes it should be, it’s very dumb and an attempt to keep the Arkham name for marketing reasons. There was a rumour it’d be called ‘Ashes of Arkham’ which sounds way better
IOMDutch
Two words – Way Hey!
tatoemonkey
Haven’t played the first one yet but starting to think I really should
spooner_22
Should be awesome! The first was good…took me a while to get it but I’m glad I did in the end…this sounds even better…especially if Dr. Freeze is in it…but I really wanna see The Penguin!