Free Batman: Arkham Asylum DLC coming next week
by Justin McElroy 
{ Sep 8th 2009 at 8:15AM } 
We're trying to find out what, exactly, this content infusion entails, but in the meantime we'd like to know what you're hoping for. Will you be satisfied if it's just another challenge room?
[Thanks, Dysc]
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AvA (ice~) @ Sep 8th 2009 8:19AM
SWEET SALAMI SANDWICHES BATMAN!!!!!!!!!! DID HE SAY FREE?!?!
hearts :]
AvA (ice~) @ Sep 8th 2009 8:20AM
crap, by hearts, I mean like, I love this game, not like give me hearts. I'm no heart whore...
Temidien @ Sep 8th 2009 9:50AM
Like my girlfriend once said, "strong start but terrible finish".
PedoJokerBear [Planeteer | Power of Gall Bladder] @ Sep 8th 2009 4:21PM
like your girlfriend told me *muffled voice*......what?
thearcadian79 @ Sep 10th 2009 7:10PM
One can only hope that the next installment of this amazing franchise will incorporate co-op and versus into it's core gameplay format, not just in a challenge room. 4 goodies vs 4 badies, IN CAMPAINE MODE! Sick!. Example: Batman, Night Wing, Robin, and say Azrael or Huntress versus, Hush, Penguin, Two Face, Black Mask, and Catwoman (catwoman should have an option of co-op or versus with Batman since she sort of walks that fine line. All stories could easily interlock just as comics do. You should still have tons of "Thug N.P.C's" and, "cop N.P.C's for villains" but the boss battles should be player vs player! and the progress made by either team in campaine or challenge mode, should go on the leader boards. D.L.C -This game is the perfect opportunaty to see just how cool the very idea of D.L.C can be. With Kevin Conroy voicing, it would be just like another episode of Batman, and with players controlling the good bosses and the bad bosses, we can introduce more and more playable characters, maps and quests via downloads. Please consider these ideas not just from a fan of Batman: Arkham Asylum, But a fan of Video games, and comic books, and the Batman franchise. I am 29 years old, my Wife is 25, my son is 7 and my daughter is 3 and WE ALL GAME TOGETHER (well my daughters too young, but we're working on it!) Every one I know is itching for you're next Batman game to be BOLDER than even Arkham Asylum, and if anyone can deliver this dream, I believe it is Rocksteady Studios.
P.S. No Batman game is complete without Batmobile travel Sequences and a few side missions as Bruce Wayne!
thearcadian79 @ Sep 10th 2009 7:16PM
One can only hope that the next installment of this amazing franchise will incorporate co-op and versus into it's core gameplay format, not just in a challenge room. 4 goodies vs 4 badies, IN CAMPAINE MODE! Sick!. Example: Batman, Night Wing, Robin, and say Azrael or Huntress versus, Hush, Penguin, Two Face, Black Mask, and Catwoman (catwoman should have an option of co-op or versus with Batman since she sort of walks that fine line. All stories could easily interlock just as comics do. You should still have tons of "Thug N.P.C's" and, "cop N.P.C's for villains" but the boss battles should be player vs player! and the progress made by either team in campaine or challenge mode, should go on the leader boards. D.L.C -This game is the perfect opportunaty to see just how cool the very idea of D.L.C can be. With Kevin Conroy voicing, it would be just like another episode of Batman, and with players controlling the good bosses and the bad bosses, we can introduce more and more playable characters, maps and quests via downloads. Please consider these ideas not just from a fan of Batman: Arkham Asylum, But a fan of Video games, and comic books, and the Batman franchise. I am 29 years old, my Wife is 25, my son is 7 and my daughter is 3 and WE ALL GAME TOGETHER (well my daughters too young, but we're working on it!) Every one I know is itching for you're next Batman game to be BOLDER than even Arkham Asylum, and if anyone can deliver this dream, I believe it is Rocksteady Studios.
P.S. No Batman game is complete without Batmobile travel Sequences and a few side missions as Bruce Wayne!
Kevin @ Sep 8th 2009 8:22AM
TITAN BATMAN!!
nriveraexpress @ Sep 8th 2009 11:04AM
man that would be great! i was really hoping thats what would happen in the end
Ghede @ Sep 8th 2009 11:30AM
Oh! That's great! Better yet, why not just have him go super saiyan, or knock away the kryptonite that has been making him week?
Because that isn't what Batman is about. Batman uses tools and skill. He doesn't use super powers.
Now if the final bossfight wasn't a formulaic piece of crap, I would have loved it. (Beat up goons, pull down joker, Uppercut. Repeat 2 more times.)
Kevin @ Sep 8th 2009 11:58AM
Who needs tools and skills when you are a 9 foot tall, 450 pound Batman?
T H @ Sep 8th 2009 12:02PM
Errr... way to blow the end for ANYONE who hasn't gotten there yet, Ghede..
:/
Reuben @ Sep 8th 2009 4:52PM
Hey! I haven't finished it yet.
Jerk.
Fullmetal Salchemist @ Sep 9th 2009 5:20AM
It's actually for the best that the ending is spoiled, because Titan-powered Joker is stupid. Still, the rest of the game is phenomenal, especially his irrational hated of grates.
Sinistral @ Sep 8th 2009 8:24AM
Robin as a playable character! jk, please dont!
RobinEivets (Soon to be Crimsic) @ Sep 8th 2009 9:08AM
Why on Earth would you want to play as me?
Blaggers @ Sep 8th 2009 11:51AM
Why on earth WOULDN'T you?
Rob Bourne @ Sep 8th 2009 12:17PM
Play AS you? Aww, I was hoping to play with you...
/creepystare
RobinEivets (Soon to be Crimsic) @ Sep 8th 2009 5:41PM
I'm a terrible character to play as, I'm deathly afraid of heights, so therfore when you try to hide in elevated areas, I give away my position with faint sobbing.
Special Agent Steve @ Sep 8th 2009 6:22PM
Rob Bourne
Your picture makes that post just as good as this free DLC.
ferron @ Sep 8th 2009 8:27AM
i would love to see new Batman costumes which i can use in story mode or nightwing would be nice too
a game+ feature
new maps
Babel @ Sep 8th 2009 12:08PM
New challenge maps would be great.
Or maybe some new gadgets?
OR A BATMOBILE LEVEL.
whylekat @ Sep 8th 2009 12:19PM
I agree on the new costumes. Especially to start a new game with.. Although I dunno how that will work with the damage taken during the cutscenes through out the game.
MaliceMajorE15 @ Sep 8th 2009 8:26AM
is this for the 360 or ps3 versions? because if its solely 360 is there a remote chance that it could be the joker challenge rooms?
i do think however that the ps3 exclusivity on them would be more than two weeks. i hope its a harley quinn challenge room batc. that would be good.
Zero.X. @ Sep 8th 2009 10:04AM
If it's the same free DLC they mentioned a couple of weeks ago, then it's going to be for both the 360 and PS3. And I think it was mentioned that it won't be the Joker challenges, but something else entirely.
AoE @ Sep 8th 2009 5:25PM
I suspect the Joker challenge rooms are a paid exclusive, I wouldn't count on them coming to the 360 anytime soon.
MaliceMajorE15 @ Sep 8th 2009 6:00PM
it appears my original comment has annoyed people. even tho there isnt anything offensive in it. im quite perplexed. if someone provides a valid explanation of why, i might be able to sleep easier tonight
8-bit.artist @ Sep 8th 2009 7:57PM
joker challenge rooms are indeed a ps3 exclusive forever.
Autobot @ Sep 8th 2009 8:27AM
Was this screenshot captured on PC, 360 or PS3?
Skambu @ Sep 8th 2009 8:50AM
Probably not PC because he could have just done a screenshot.
Alphathon @ Sep 8th 2009 10:15AM
Plus the PC version isn't out yet AFAIK (in the UK it's out Spt. 18 I believe, although its probably out sooner in the US)
The Baron @ Sep 8th 2009 10:35AM
Think the US is a couple of days before that. Either way, I assume they're probably timing this DLC to roughly match up with the PC release. Maybe to keep interest in the console versions, or to include some extra or something that they decided to put in the PC version.
Jose @ Sep 8th 2009 1:10PM
I sincerily hope that the DLC is built into Arkham, since RF: Guerrilla comes out on the same date, with all DLC included in its $40 price tag, perhaps the value proposition will make me wait for price drop for Batman.
K1LLER HORNET @ Sep 8th 2009 8:27AM
Hopefully the exclusive preorder challenge map is among the free DLC : )
Felipe @ Sep 8th 2009 9:40AM
than how would the pre-order map be a pre-order exclusive?
K1LLER HORNET @ Sep 8th 2009 4:57PM
*** Timed Exclusive ***
It's what this generation is all about.
tykjen @ Sep 8th 2009 8:29AM
definatly the scarecrow challenge map. or hopefully more
nighttime @ Sep 8th 2009 8:31AM
does anybody else watch the Queens of Pwn Age, on Youtube?
They said the B:AA Demo was a fair representation but the full game is totally worth it
I usually agree with them, but I'm saving up for a holiday! so i'm kinda torn.
what do YOU like / don't like about it ? is it worth it ?
:)
Temidien @ Sep 8th 2009 8:39AM
The demo doesn't do the game justice. After playing it, I felt very meh so decided to rent the game just for the sheer novelty of the voice acting. I don't want to give anything away, but after your first Scarecrow encounter, Bane boss fight, and first few Batman upgrades, you'll kick yourself for ever doubting how wonderfully epic the whole experience could be.
MW2 is the only game on the horizon that could take the GOTY status of AA. Go rent/buy it now.
nighttime @ Sep 8th 2009 9:01AM
thank you! I appreciate it :)
baby sea tuna @ Sep 8th 2009 9:05AM
Seriously, GOTY contender for sure. Especially if you're a Batman fan. The amount of detail that went into making this game (some of the answers to the Riddler challenges were mindblowingly awesome...Scarecrow, Harley, anyone?) is unreal.
Plus, the combat engine is top-notch. You can spend hours on these challenge rooms alone.
golobulus @ Sep 8th 2009 9:09AM
please. mw2 is the only game on the horizon? what world are you living in?
nighttime @ Sep 8th 2009 9:21AM
@baby sea tuna
thank you! My I was wondering if the challenge rooms would take up a lot of time! :)
Temidien @ Sep 8th 2009 9:43AM
@golo
I said MW2 is the only GOTY contender on my radar. That doesn't mean it's the only potentially incredible game yet to be released this year, it just means it's the only one that can top Bats IMHO.
M. Dizzy @ Sep 8th 2009 10:53AM
Take Metroid, add in chronicles of riddick, mix in the BEST combat engine ever, a great story, wonderful voice acting (from the cast of the Batman Animated series including Mark Hamill as Mr. J), and all the bad-assery of the Dark Knight and you have the first game to do Batman justice. This is a definite buy.
Duke @ Sep 8th 2009 12:49PM
I wasn't excited for this game at all and boy was I wrong. The demo did nothing for me, but my wife loves Batman and we grabbed it anyway. Then I played it and haven't turned to another game yet. The character work and game progression is very well done and if you don't love to see the Hamil Joker then I'm shocked. He is fantastic. The bosses are all (so far) really well done and you can feel that the game isn't just stretching to make them fit in, but thinks their rolls out. (I was really loving the way they used the Scarecrow by the way.)
Honestly, this is the best superhero game I have ever played. Its worth it to buy.
nighttime @ Sep 8th 2009 10:37PM
That last comment, made me buy the game! thank you!
sebbilicious @ Sep 8th 2009 8:30AM
Ooh! This is something to look forward to! :D
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Sep 8th 2009 8:31AM
Interesting....Wonder what it is...
Bubbameister33 @ Sep 8th 2009 10:17AM
In my head it sounds like Adam West was saying that.
Phil @ Sep 8th 2009 1:17PM
Why have all of your comments been getting down-voted recently?