Achievements reveal playable Nightwing in Batman: Arkham City

by JC Fletcher on Oct 3rd 2011 11:06AM

More Achievements for Batman: Arkham City have swooped dramatically out of a dark corner, this time for DLC. Two achievements make reference to a "Nightwing Bundle Pack," featuring a playable version of Nightwing (the original Robin, Dick Grayson, all grown up).

The (unofficial) reveal of Nightwing brings the playable cast to four, including Batman, Robin, and Catwoman, with Robin and Nightwing exclusive to downloadable content. If you're concerned about too many characters crowding out your brooding time as Batman, you can always ... just not get the DLC.

[Image: DC Comics]

Via: Arkhamcity.co.uk
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Tags: achievements, Batman-Arkham-Asylum-2, Batman-Arkham-City, microsoft, nightwing, nintendo, pc, playstation, ps3, Rocksteady-Studios, warner-bros-interactive, wii-u, xbox

Reader Comments (53)

I hope this "bundle pack" is actual missions and not just a character skin.

Now re-add the Joker from Barman: AA and I'll be good to go

@ZexionArmando Barman as DLC.
Sounds fun

@ZexionArmando

Thug: Who are you?!?!

Barman: I'm Bar- *hic*, I'm Bar- *hic*, I'm Barmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan *pukes*

@ZexionArmando

I also appreciate that Barman: Alcoholics Anonymous tells the tale of his recovery. Truly a great game from start to finish!

@Zoot Suit Jedi Grammar Hammer En I just wanted to let you know that I created a Joystiq account just so I could reply to your comments to let you know that I laughed out loud. They may be the best comments I have ever seen.

@JHoffmann117

Thank you, Sir.

Jesus, thanks for spoiling that.

@theCHENRY

You're upset that they pre-announced a forthcoming paid DLC pack? That's the sort of thing I'd actually rather know about in advance.

@theCHENRY

Not really a spoiler.. the ps3 version gets this DLC for free.

...They just keep announcing things for this game. They really are going all-out. I guess that makes sense, since Mark Hamill doesn't want to do Joker anymore - have to go out with a bang!

@TheBrainninja

A little flag that comes out of the gun and says, "Bang," that is.

@TheBrainninja I'm just kind of sad that Harley won't have the same voice actor in this game.

@Faceless Troll

Aw, that is sad. I honestly didn't notice, she seemed the same to me - as a disclaimer, it's been a while since I played the first.

@Faceless Troll I was the same, but her voice sounds nearly identical from what I can tell from the trailers. So not so bad.

@Faceless Troll

Yeah it sucks. Tina Strong is a very good VA and she's damn close but even in the trailer I can hear it's just not quite Arleen Sorkin. Bummer.

That's just the bee's knees.

Spoilers! Holy shit Joystiq thanks for ruining yet another part of the game.

@Kyle4 . . . I don't see any spoilers here. Or did you just want an excuse to complain?

@Kyle4 What's spoiled? It's not like there's story specific information in the post.

@Kyle4

If this is a SPOILER in your world, you should probably avoid gaming news sites and blogs. And twitter. And probably facebook if any of your friends are gamers.

You should probably just cancel your internet plan.

@blessrok I think he was making a joke about the whole Kotaku scandal recently.

Yea Nightwing (so much better than Robin), now we just need to be able to play as Barbara Gordon or Betty Kane

@(Unverified) they would need to make the levels wheelchair accessible.

@silasthemariner

Barbara's not in a wheel chair anymore, check out the New 52.

@(Unverified)

The new 52 is not the same universe at these Batman games

@silasthemariner hahahaha, I was thinking of a young Barbara or even the new, no longer paralyzed version. Here is a link for anyone who doesn't read the comics.

http://www.pfspublishing.com/workshop/2011/06/barbara-gordon-to-walk-again-from-paralyzed-to-oracle-to-high-flying-batgirl.html

@(Unverified) Strange tack to take given Grayson WAS Robin, and between him and Drake, their Robin's contributed much more than Barbara ever did as Batgirl.

@houser I simply prefer Dick Grayson as Nightwing over DIck Grayson as Robin, and I don't see why wanting bat-girl as a playable character has anything to do with how much Robin did for the series, Robin is already a playable character so I see no reason to ask for him.

"If you're concerned about too many characters crowding out your brooding time as Batman, you can always ... just not get the DLC."

Or, if you want to play as all those and not pay extra, you could wait for the game of the year edition :-)

Thanks for blowing it, assholes.

I'm glad it's just DLC; otherwise I too would be raging about spoilers.

Maybe consider mentioning that it's DLC in the title.

@Ranus Studios

Indeed. They do get more clicks by not mentioning it in the headline, since some people will just jump to conclusions and rage in the comments.

@Ranus Studios Exactly how is anything in the article a spoiler? I'm still waiting to hear the logic behind that.

@Faceless Troll

Well the thing is that it's not a spoiler, since it's a DLC. But if it weren't DLC, it would imply that Nightwing shows up in the plot somewhere, and some of us (or myself, at least) are trying to keep anything plot-related to a minimum.

But it's DLC and thus most likely not plot-related, so spoiler rage diffused.

@Ranus Studios

Incidentally I meant "defused," not "diffused." Spoiler rage is a bomb that is not going off, not some sort of diluted substance.

Ew.

@Ranus Studios That would only be legitimate complaint if Nightwing weren't a staple Batman character and already widely associated with Batman.

Cool...

That's not a picture of Nightwing...

@guitarlicks4 Actually, it is.

@guitarlicks4

That's the cover of the most current issue.

@SirUrza I stand corrected! I even read that first issue...the red is still throwing me off. I took one glance at it and thought Red Robin...

So when do we get the omg this should have been on the disc rage?

Or does it only count when it's stuff that people really want?

Awesome - thanks for the spoiler, douchebags...

Next time, why not try making the headline "Secret Character revealed in Arkham City - Click for details" - so those of us who want to be surprised while playing our $100 game can be.

@Axcalibur

It's just for challenge rooms supposedly. And really you're pretty oblivious to know Tim Drake as Robin is in the game and then to assume Nightwing isn't.. If Tim Drake's there, Nightwing has to be. Especially since the Rocksteady team are true batman fans!

Im so confused about all the characters from this game. Some are DLC, some are pre-orders, Are any confirmed to be in the game from the start? Does anyone have a list of which pre-orders go to which store? All I can find is a UK list.

@Uncommon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_Arkham_City#Cast

@Faceless Troll Thank you for linking that, much appreciated.

Thats his new costume for his new ongoing series. This is for DC's "New 52" label.

STOP SPOILING THE GAME YOU ******* TARD.

God, seriously, you should take a beating for posting this you idiot.

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