It may not be as delicious as the aforementioned sandwich, but it will take you longer to finish. Unless you're the world's slowest eater. Or the world's fastest game-tape solver. Or if it's the world's biggest panini.
PC version of Batman: Arkham Asylum on sale for $12.49
by Griffin McElroy 
on Feb 25th 2010 4:00PM
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It may not be as delicious as the aforementioned sandwich, but it will take you longer to finish. Unless you're the world's slowest eater. Or the world's fastest game-tape solver. Or if it's the world's biggest panini.
Reader Comments (47)
Posted: Feb 25th 2010 4:05PM Shagittarius said
Indeed, thats my GOTY.
Not much else to say about this.
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Not much else to say about this.
Posted: Feb 25th 2010 4:13PM Spike Spiegel Humble Bounty Hun said
I agree on it being my GOTY too. Amazingly done. Maybe the nostalgia helped. Either way no one should pass this deal up if they haven't played it.
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Posted: Feb 25th 2010 4:21PM Dark Archon PSN Archonik XBL Dar said
Seriously. For that price if you don't own it or (especially) if you pirated it - BUY IT.
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Posted: Feb 25th 2010 5:31PM Jawmuncher said
Hmmm I already own it and got the platinum on PS3.
But 12.49 is a great deal for the PC version especially since it does include achievements. Think i'll pick it up.
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But 12.49 is a great deal for the PC version especially since it does include achievements. Think i'll pick it up.
Posted: Feb 25th 2010 4:07PM Sleeping Lesson said
Fantastic deal!
Full gamepad support if you're partial to the 360 controller. I found that this game doesn't control as well with KBaM, but others disagree.
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Full gamepad support if you're partial to the 360 controller. I found that this game doesn't control as well with KBaM, but others disagree.
Posted: Feb 25th 2010 5:35PM andysexton said
What does it matter? This is a GFWL game anyway, no matter where you buy it. It requires GFWL on the computer, just like games like Fallout 3 or Dawn of War 2 do.
I like Steam, but don't see a ton of benefit in this case for Steam vs GFWL as a vendor.
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I like Steam, but don't see a ton of benefit in this case for Steam vs GFWL as a vendor.
Posted: Feb 25th 2010 4:08PM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
Definitely a nice perk of having a Gaming PC.. you're apt to have sick deals like these through a direct download service, much sooner than you ever would if you're buying a physical game for a console.
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Posted: Feb 25th 2010 4:09PM (Unverified) said
I tried to buy it through GfW, but it shows up at the full 49.99 price still.
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Posted: Feb 25th 2010 4:11PM CaramelZappa said
Definitely picking it up. Already own it for the 360 but for that price it's worth having it on my laptop. Great game.
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Posted: Feb 25th 2010 4:14PM Kleptomaniac said
I just finished this game today on PC! Really enjoyed it the whole athmosphere really made me get into thinking that I was batman! Although some parts of it really got in the way of my enjoyment. Like the boss battles, bar the scarecrow battles they were all pretty bad. I would of appreciated some more variation in the combo's and maybe a few more enemy types. Lets hope they improve upon the faults in the sequel to truly make the best batman game ever!:)
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Posted: Feb 25th 2010 4:18PM cbarrentos said
i dunno, guys. $12.49 for the world's biggest panini is a pretty good deal.
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Posted: Feb 25th 2010 4:24PM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
Only if it's a real, authentic panini, and not just a 'grilled sandwich' trying to pass itself off as a panini, as happens so often these days.
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Posted: Feb 25th 2010 4:33PM carnut0913 said
article is not clear that the deal STARTS FRIDAY.
STILL a great PSA
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STILL a great PSA
Posted: Feb 25th 2010 4:55PM (Unverified) said
Don't make me laugh. Batman GOTY? Nope, that goes to Uncharted 2. Batman wasn't even on the same level as Uncharted.
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Posted: Feb 25th 2010 5:02PM TheDarkWayne said
you're right, I was high above Nathan Drake, lurking in the shadows, waiting to pounce!
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Posted: Feb 25th 2010 4:59PM Whoppinberg said
So cheap, even a nomadic from the Prehistoric Era can afford it.
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Posted: Feb 25th 2010 6:19PM PersianSpice said
Dammit. If only I had just waited a few more months before buying it off Steam!
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Posted: Feb 25th 2010 6:46PM Gibbeynator said
Hey, if I have more than one Live account, can I put them all in if I've downloaded them right from Live?
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Posted: Feb 26th 2010 4:11AM (Unverified) said
Of course this deal is not offered outside the US which is bullshit because here in Sweden we still have to pay the 399 Kronor (56 dollars) to download... I R dissapoint microsoft...
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Posted: Feb 26th 2010 4:31AM vjn said
GamerGate is offering the same PC Game download for $19.95
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-BBA/batman-arkham-asylum
I was thinking of buying it today. Thankfully Joystiq saved the day (and 7 bucks).
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http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-BBA/batman-arkham-asylum
I was thinking of buying it today. Thankfully Joystiq saved the day (and 7 bucks).
Posted: Feb 26th 2010 10:34AM (Unverified) said
Still not showing as 12.49 on the GfWL Client. Gotta love they say its down from 59.99 but the client distinctively shows it at 49.99, but I guess they go by MSRP... the cheats. Still a great deal was hoping to already be killing me some grunts this morning, but I guess I'll have to wait on Microsoft to update their client... as usual
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Posted: Feb 26th 2010 11:07AM carnut0913 said
yeah, I'm finding the same thing.
bastards.
they have the sale page:
http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-us/games/pages/sales.aspx
but when you go into the client. 49.99
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bastards.
they have the sale page:
http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-us/games/pages/sales.aspx
but when you go into the client. 49.99
Posted: Feb 26th 2010 12:23PM JCDoe said
If you have an nvidia graphics card, B:AA on pc also has the advantage of full physx support over consoles.
Generally, I haven't been impressed with the improvements of current gen pc hardware over consoles, but B:AA showed me what we can expect from next gen consoles in terms of physics. Seriously, thousands of bricks all spinning in a vortex at once around a massive boss? The future of gaming looks bright indeed . . .
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Generally, I haven't been impressed with the improvements of current gen pc hardware over consoles, but B:AA showed me what we can expect from next gen consoles in terms of physics. Seriously, thousands of bricks all spinning in a vortex at once around a massive boss? The future of gaming looks bright indeed . . .
Posted: Feb 26th 2010 8:37PM JCDoe said
I'm only running a GTS 250 (the 1 gig version), but I had a left over 8600 that I threw in for physx. I ran the game without hiccups using the moderate physx settings and fairly aggressive graphics. For the "full-blown" experience you'd probably be better off with something like an 8800GT like you're looking at.
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