Batman: Arkham Asylum screens lose exclusive edge

by James Ransom-Wiley { Sep 12th 2008 at 3:30PM }

Some of you have seen these before, now buried in a pile of damp, wrinkly magazines stacked next to the john. Others capitalized on the brief window of opportunity that afforded speedy clicksters a glimpse at Game Informer's "world exclusive" Batman: Arkham Asylum images before Warner Bros. had 'em yanked from (most) corners of the internet. Today, the rest of us can finally be in on the experience. So go ahead, browse the gallery below -- and by all means, take your time.

Gallery: Batman: Arkham Asylum

Tags: batman, batman-arkham-asylum, eidos, rocksteady-studios, warner-bros-interactive

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jonah Falcon @ Sep 12th 2008 3:35PM

Is that Killer Croc?!?!

theturtle363 @ Sep 12th 2008 4:49PM

no it's the penguin

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Sep 12th 2008 6:20PM

no it's the mad hatter.

Immortal Technique PSN: johnnynumber5 @ Sep 12th 2008 7:06PM

No, its Jonah Falcon.

EMOruffino @ Sep 12th 2008 8:33PM

no its dick cheney

fred @ Sep 12th 2008 11:43PM

no it's killer croc

xGeneral DEATHx @ Sep 13th 2008 9:05AM

Did you already report on THIS story, too? Would you like a cookie?

LordChimp @ Sep 12th 2008 3:39PM

I really hope this game turns out great.

Ranus Studios @ Sep 12th 2008 3:39PM

I am rather looking forward to this.

Ranus Studios @ Sep 12th 2008 3:40PM

My twitchy clicking finger has screwed me again!

Ranus Studios @ Sep 12th 2008 3:39PM

I am rather looking forward to this.

mortey @ Sep 12th 2008 4:01PM

i think this looks really good, if screen shots could tell such a thing. the screen shots remind me of the atmosphere of bioshock and hopefully i'll enjoy this game as much.

Hashbrown Hunter @ Sep 12th 2008 4:05PM

I am really digging the visual style here...but where's the ever-elusive Dark Knight game?

meroque @ Sep 12th 2008 5:17PM

it's prob. going to come out when they re-release the dark knight movie in january

kbomb1upc @ Sep 12th 2008 4:22PM

I like, I like... but I'm not going to get my hopes up too high, I've never really liked any of the Batman games. The only one I sort of liked was Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu (only because it had co-op).

Murray @ Sep 12th 2008 4:42PM

I did a great feature about this on my podcast. OUR UAV IS ONLINE. Episode 3, check it out. I'm not posting here to promote, just to broaden the coverage;)

Immortal Technique PSN: johnnynumber5 @ Sep 12th 2008 7:10PM

Murray,

We don't give a shit about your podcast you fucking spammer.

Thanks,

Joystiq Faithful

P.S.

If you really must do so put the link to your dumb ass podcast in the appropriate section in your profile.

Immortal Technique PSN: johnnynumber5 @ Sep 12th 2008 7:12PM

One more thing. Why is it that every post you make is promoting your website and podcast but at the same time you always say "I am not trying to promote my own shit - just broadening coverage".

Kindly stop spamming.

WhoMe @ Sep 12th 2008 7:20PM

Man, you have been TOLD.

Quick, some one "Oh Snap!" this guy.

xGeneral DEATHx @ Sep 13th 2008 9:07AM

OH SNAP!

Anticrawl @ Sep 12th 2008 4:38PM

HAH! Exclusive screens, were you to actually scan closely through all those tips you get you would have been able to cover in-game screenshots before any English gaming site. That was what, a month or so ago? Maybe more?

Altairio @ Sep 12th 2008 4:43PM

Urge to buy rising...

Ihavepants @ Sep 12th 2008 6:35PM

You put the dotties in the wrong place, should have been before rising.

aristokrat @ Sep 12th 2008 6:55PM

You put the word ellipsis in the wrong place...oh wait...

PhilipWPerna @ Sep 12th 2008 5:22PM

Love the art style, the use of shadows and atmosphere. It looks dark and gritty and Jim Lee-esque. My interest is definitely piqued.

ComicShaman @ Sep 12th 2008 5:30PM

It would be a fine thing to have a good Batman game for once. Conceptually, there's a lot about this game that sounds good. It's strange that nobody (that I know of) has ever pulled off a really good Batman game, especially given the potential of the source material... but hope springs eternal in the heart of the true gamer.

Popfrogs @ Sep 12th 2008 6:51PM

LOL, a gray Batman? Is it going to be voiced by Adam West?

"Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb!"

aristokrat @ Sep 12th 2008 6:56PM

It looks like the Unreal engine was involved with this, judging by the prevalence of muscles that have their own muscles.

Xoviet chiK @ Sep 12th 2008 7:04PM

Condemned: Escape From Butcher Bay

Looks kinda cool, it's now on my radar.

theturtle363 @ Sep 12th 2008 8:07PM

Arkham asylum was around a long time before Butcher Bay in comic book form. With that sort of logic you might as well have called Butcher Bay "Riddick: Alcatraz/San Quentin/Folsom"

Xoviet chiK @ Sep 12th 2008 8:16PM

That's true about the setting, yes, but it's gameplay looks derivative of those games. Which is one of the highest compliments I can give to a gritty western developed Action / Adventure game, as those are two of the finest examples of such a game.

Xoviet chiK @ Sep 12th 2008 8:20PM

I mean, really... This is about a video game on a blog about video games. Naturally, one would assume I was comparing a game to another game.

Katarius @ Sep 13th 2008 12:55AM

I understood that you were talking about the games.

xGeneral DEATHx @ Sep 13th 2008 9:10AM

Hai gize...wahts going on in this games discussion??

Come Get Me!!! @ Sep 12th 2008 8:23PM

really hope this good...they have been 0 for like 20 since the nes days really...there have been so decent ones since then but nothing id spend my list 50 or so bucks on

maybe this one will change my mind.

refinedsugar @ Sep 12th 2008 10:34PM

Hungry for Worms?

No, hungry for Wwwwwords.

Heh heh heh, shut-up.

Questworld @ Sep 12th 2008 11:50PM

Nice. The atmosphere's almost like Bioshock, except the characters have better detailed faces. Batman's face in particular looks excellent without looking like those of MK vs. DC or Alex Ross's works. Kind of like Jim Lee actually and that's just what I like. And with Mark Hamill to do voice work (and hopefully Kevin Conroy too) this just had to turn out right, because I can't stand another promising game and turn out like, say, Alone in the Dark, Mercenaries 2, Assassin's Creed, etc. where there are heavy bugs or general weakness in game design that's might be considered game breaking.