Batman Arkham Asylum 2 announced at the VGAs

by Xav de Matos on Dec 12th 2009 8:17PM

Before the dust settled on the beginning of this year's Video Game Awards on Spike, the first surprise announcement was the revelation that Batman: Arkham Asylum would get a sequel.

Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 -- which is what we'll call it until an official title is revealed -- presumably continues where the original critically acclaimed Rocksteady title left off, and was revealed via diabolical plot from Batman's Nemesis The Joker. Attempting to gas those in attendance, Mark Hamill's threatening vocals reverberated throughout the audience revealing a sequel people "didn't expect." After smashing through sales charts and the assumptions that all licensed titles are crap, we expected nothing less. Take that, Joker!

Update: Hi-res video has been added above! Also, the official site is up at arkhamhasmoved.com.

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I'm sure we all noticed that Joker's looking awfully sick. It'll be interesting to find out why that is.

did you play Arkham Aslyum?

If you did you'd know why.

Titan perhaps???? Or whatever that venom stuff is called would be my guess.

I'm going to feel like an asshole if that is considered a spoiler.

Definitely played the last game, but I don't see anything that would have made him sick. Thought the Venom just made him crazy...ok, crazier.

Also thought the ending hinted at Bane being the main baddie next time around, but I guess he'll be just another boss again.

The thing you're referring to about hinting to Bane can happen with a few different villains. Scarecrow and Killer Croc appear sometimes as well, can't remember if it's random or what.

His body was stretched massively then he got his face explody-punched by Batman. When he was carried away at the end he looked like he does in this trailer.

Also this is awesome news and it was worth watching the show for this. Especially the incredibly disinterested audience as they were sprayed with gas.

"This is the last time I'll play the Joker" - Mark Hamill, Liar

Also the after-credits scene was random, it was Bane, Croc, or Scarecrow.

The after credits scene was definitely Scarecrow. You could tell by the syringes on the fingers.

You obviously didnt play or didnt at least didnt beat the first game.

SPOILER ALERT!!!

*Titan + a Major Bat punch+a lil additive*

Metaknight. It was random. There were three possible post-credit scenes, and it could be Scarecrow, Croc, or Bane. I got Scarecrow the first time on normal, then Bane on Hard.

Some people theorized it was based on how many riddles you got, but it doesn't seem that was the case.

**spoilers**

Both times on hard.. at the end I saw killer croc grab the case in the water and swim back below the sea.

Here We Go! ...... Again?

i didnt play the first one but im guessing batman kicked the crap out of him but im probably wrong either that or his girlfriend gave him herpes

Looking forward to the awesomeness!

the arkhamhasmoved.com url they gave as partof the announcement does not seem to work...is it not up yet?

It's up now, and it seems to confirm Two-Face.

open world Batman game? That would be sick!

Fulfill the promise of the terminated Dark Knight game, at any rate.

you monsters tear at my heart with serrated daggers!

If it is open-world, it'll probably be structured like Batman & Robin on the PSX, only that it'll actually be good and that the world will be more interactive.

Hopefully you can grapple and glide around buildings and such. Can't wait!

I WILL WIN THIS TIME BATS

SUCK A BAG OF DICKS

How do you suck a bag of dicks? Do you take one, suck it, then throw it away? Or maybe suck one until it finishes then move on to the next? Curious questions these are.

its funnier when louis CK does it noble.

Wayne, you sound like your Frank Miller adaptation, there.

@Noble - suck the bag, not the dicks inside.

Thoroughly enjoyed the first one. Looking forward to the second.

Also, having now seen that trailer, let me say this: Mark Hamill was and always will be one fucking awesome Joker.

"Mark Hamill was and always will be one fucking awesome Joker."

On this there can be no disagreement

I'll annoy fanboys by saying his take on The Joker is the only thing he's done that I care for.

OK, OK, and Cockknocker.

HEY KIDS, IT'S MARK HAMILL
[APPLAUSE]

Dunno, the first game was great but I don't like the idea of it being "Batman: Arkham Asylum 2", I'd rather it be Batman: Gotham... unless of course they're just using that name for branding purposes(because Batman alone totally isn't a brand strong enough to stand on its own legs right).

That last part was in sarcasm, I feel the need to point this out due to the rampant nonsensical downvoting going on lately.

To be fair, no actual title for the game was given. It's only been confirmed as the Arkham sequel, but the sequel could still have "Gotham" in the title.

I'm guessing this one will be Batman: Arkham Island. Thus, the whole "Arkham has moved" thing.

The whole island is the asylum. Maybe "Arkham has moved" means that the Joker is going to cause mayhem and destruction, and also has another diabolical plan, much like on Arkham, only he's doing it somewhere else now. Like the whole damn city.

I constituted a complete fade-out? Really?

I could be wrong (as I'm no big Batman enthusiast), but it's my understanding that the entire island did not always act as the asylum. It seems that in Batman: Arkham Asylum, the inmates are confined to the 3 or 4 buildings and the grounds connecting them. In other words, everyone is within the gates of the institution. But, in other movies and cartoons, the island seems to be much larger than just the grounds of the asylum. There are other buildings and residential areas on the island. Eventually, it seems that the inmates take over the entire island. This is the case in Batman: Gotham Knight.

So, maybe in the next game you've got the entire island to play through instead of just the grounds of the mental institution. Thus, Batman: Arkham Island.

You get to keep the name recognition of the last game, without being generic and just tossing a "II" at the end.

Just a theory.

The last third of the previous one kind of left a bad taste in my mouth. The boss battles just got worse and worse.

I guess I'm looking forward to it, but right now I kind of want to get over the first one turning on me first.

I guess I was voted down by the crew who likes fighting the same baddie over and over? If it was good before, fighting two the next time will be even better! Now how about mashing them up into one big one!

It's genius every time.

Fanboys need to get laid. Even your favorite game has problems and I'm far from alone in pointing out the problems with the boss battles in this game.

Fuck. Yes.

Hope this comes to the PC as well. I hope it builds a lot upon the 1st game, which had a lot of promise and good things, but also left me disappointed in the end, wouldn't anyone else agree? It wasn't a perfect game by far, but if they keep expanding on the good parts, like the combat, then I am excited for the sequel.

Seeing as though the first one did, and ended up better (due to physx) than it's console counterparts, I wouldn't doubt this one will be too.

Fighting Titans over and over plus the Joker final boss battle were pretty annoying, but the game was so amazing (Batman in Metroid Prime!) I couldn't be too angry about it.

They have the engine nailed, so they can work on improving what was already a masterpiece. Just, please...have a better final boss fight. Too many games nowadays fall apart near the very end.

Yes, please have more variety than just the "Titan" boss fights.

FFS the last thing we needed was more Harley Quinn and Asylum. I was hoping this would belong to Two-Face and be outside of a building.

I agree. I'd love to see a new setting and new villains. As much as I like Mark Hamill's work, Batman has more enemies than just the Joker. Let's one of them take their turn.

And please, please don't just make them all supermen. Boring.

The titan bosses were definitely annoying. Bane is one of batman's least interesting foes, why make every boss into him? Thinking back Poison Ivy was the only boss that was really fun and different to fight.

Bane is one of his most interesting foes actually. It's just that he was presented as a complete retard in the game, even though he's actually really smart.

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