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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...

Batman Arkham City was released last year, and we recently brought you the news that Warner Bros. Interactive had released a fully-loaded, game of the year edition for the title, featuring all of the previously downloadable content, in addition to some new goodies.

Now, hot on the heels of Nintendo‘s E3 2012 launch of the Wii U, Warner Bros. Interactive has announced the Arkham City Armored Edition, which contains specific features exclusive to the new console. Check out the presentation trailer below, along with the press release for all the details.

Trailer: Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition

Press Release:

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Announces Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition for Wii U Become the Dark Knight Like Never Before with the Reimagined Action Game of 2011 Featuring Enhanced Gameplay Made Possible with the Wii U GamePad

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Burbank, Calif.– Step into the Arkham action like never before! Warner Bros. Interactive...

It was great to see a superhero video game done right (finally) when Batman: Arkham Asylum hit our consoles back in 2009. The game received a ton of critical acclaim, and went on to score itself a bevy of awards, including a a Guinness World Record for the ‘Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever‘.

Now it seems the much anticipated sequel, Batman: Arkham City is headed in the same direction. The game has already garnered some impressive scores from the gaming community at-large and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Rocksteady Studios has announced that the game has become the highest reviewed videogame of 2011 on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and it’s sold more than 4.6 Million copies worldwide in the first week.

Check out the press release below for all the details.

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Batman: Arkham City Week One Sales Top 4.6 Million Units Worldwide Critically Acclaimed Sequel From Warner Bros.

Batman: Arkham City Week One Sales Top 4.6 Million Units Worldwide

Critically Acclaimed Sequel From Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Rocksteady Studios Becomes the Highest Reviewed Videogame of 2011 on Xbox 360 and PlayStation®3 system

Burbank, Calif. – October 25, 2011 –Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced that Batman: Arkham City™, the critically acclaimed videogame developed by Rocksteady Studios, has shipped more than 4.6 million units worldwide since its October 18 North American launch on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system.

The week one sales figure for Batman: Arkham City is more than double the number of units sold of Batman: Arkham Asylum in the same time period and solidifies the game’s place as a contender for one of the top-selling titles of 2011. Additionally, the game currently stands as the highest reviewed PS3™ and Xbox 360 game of 2011 on Metacritic.com with average scores of 96 and 95 respectivly.