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Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition not coming to North America

by Justin McElroy on Mar 4th 2010 1:56PM

Uh, remember how we kind of got your hopes up with the promise of Batman in 3D earlier today? Well, we hope you North American readers didn't rush to your local game emporium to pre-order the "Game of the Year" edition, as you probably would have gotten laughed at. Warner Bros. confirmed to Joystiq that Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition -- with the 3D feature -- is only coming to Europe, Asia and Australia.

We also learned that, no matter what territory you live in, 3D is not a feature that's being added to existing copies of the game. If you want all three dimensions, you're going to have to pony up for the GOTY edition. This may seem tough now, but if you, Charlie Bucket-style, convince yourself that it's better just by itself (the third dimension standing in for golden Wonka ticket here, of course) we're sure you'll pull through.

Tags: 3d, batman, batman-arkham-asylum, batman-arkham-asylum-game-of-the-year-edition, eidos, goty, goty-edition, Microsoft, north-america, rocksteady-studios, trioviz, warner-bros, Warner-Bros-Interactive, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (72)

Well, that just plain sucks!

...what is with the recent alienation of the worlds largest gaming market?

its revenge for the US putting the world's economy in the shitter. the rest of NA just has to suffer for it.

whoa whoa whoa. we're not the only ones to blame! the housing markets blew up all over the world not just in america.

@Atrimus

Last I saw, the Eurozone markets are in the toilet all on their own.

that wasn't to be taken seriously. i just suck at post-quipping.

Yeah man same thing goes for that special edition of Heavy Rain I wasn't given a chance to purchase. Feed me!

I'm sure they're planning for another way to have consumers part with their money

thats fine with me....I already spent enough money on a useless batarang

http://12seconds.tv/v/9FRSR

dude that was hilarious.

Hey Tea Bag, watch it. That's a Joystiq classic...

haha Chris D is the man

That was great.

That was awesome.

Why am I not surprised that you unlocked the "Original Gangster" badge?

Haha, I'm just kidding.

That video is awesome, and I'm right there with you. The only thing is mine has like 20 scratch marks on it that I never bothered to investigate. They looked almost like a shitty design choice, and I didn't feel like bitching at some gamestop employee, so I let it go.

EUROPA!
F*** YEAH!!

I loved Valkryia Chornicles.

that's mostly stupid. i mean, the lack of a NA release is hard enough, but only the GOTY is getting 3D? seems a little underhanded to me.

WHYYYYYYY

I am guessing they have started to hate money.

I actually had to go and double-check that the game wasn't published by Activision.

So this is how Warner is gonna start is off at the helm of Rocksteady huh?

Unimpressed.

"This may seem tough now, but if you, Charlie Bucket-style, convince yourself that it's better just by itself (the third dimension standing in for golden Wonka ticket here, of course) we're sure you'll pull through."

You must've pulled a groin muscle legging that one out.

Half your comments are spent whining about the writing on this site.

If you hate it so much...why stay?

What hate? I was making a funny just like Joystiq bloggers do.

http://pet.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pPETS-6051081t400.jpg

except Charlie actually got his golden ticket. i'll never have 3D Batman :(

Fine! Ill keep my money to myself then!

Oh christ. Why do executives make bullsh!t decisions? Is it part of their "Executive Assh0le Training Course"?

Looks like I'll import the PS3 version.

No man, we're just an innocent bystanders. Nobody even knows we're up here. But they'll know when we strike!

Disappointing. I haven't got it yet and was gonna pick this up...

MY PLAN HAS WORKED!

So this is a play-asia exclusive instead of a gamestop one. No big deal. I'm still preordering.

This.

If anyone needs me, I'll be in my angry dome.

good thing ps3 is region free.

I do, now shut your mouth you 'orrible little urchin or ill send you off the the coal mine. Tally HO

Ouch!

Should I give them back their knife from my back, or keep it as a souvenir?

Odd,

It was solicited on our March pre-orders by our supplier (we're a Canadian store)

Wait n see i guess.

The Dark Knight's intimidating enough in two dimensions. I don't think I could handle a third.

Note to WB: This is why people pirate.

why? Please don't tell me it's because you bought a normal version months ago and for some reason you think that should include a 3d option for free....a year later.

Please don't tell me that you think they should make everyone who wants the 3D option repurchase the entire game. It could easily be released as a patch - they're not adding any content.

I bought Street fighter 4 only to hear a couple months later that Super Street FIghter 4 is being released very soon.

You know what I'm gonna do about it? NOT BUY super street fighter 4. On top of that I'm going to wait a year to buy anthing released by capcom.

remember, No one is making anyone buy anything. They are simply offering you another option, unless you live in North America, in which case nothing will change.

That's great for you; however, everyone is not you.

FYI, I will not be purchasing or pirating 'Batman: AA 3D' - just simply stating this is one (admittedly of many) of the reasons people pirate games.

One of you is a White Knight pretending he doesn't pirate.

Argue amongst yourselves. I'm torrenting Mortal Online.

match over.

winner: robert

So I'd just like to know, um, why?

Wow these guys have actually managed to find bigger exec jackasses than NBC. Never would have thought that possible.

Always Europe...

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