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Gotham City Impostors outed on Jan. 10, open beta starts in Dec.

by Ludwig Kietzmann on Nov 10th 2011 3:00PM

With Batman wholly occupied in dismantling disastrously conceived punitive institutions, it's up to a gang of loyal imitators to clean up Gotham City proper. Starting the week of January 10 on PC, PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade, you'll be able to assist either The Bats or -- if you can tolerate their edgy substitution of "s" -- The Jokerz in 12-player online battles for the unusually coveted, crime-ridden city.

Gotham City Impostors will undergo an open beta in December, so if you're interested in the game's premise, character customization or odd weaponry, visit the official site and sign up for a WB ID. With a bit of luck you'll get an early tour of what Condé Nast calls "a gloomy, demented place that should have been razed by an orphan."

Source: Gotham City Impostors (Official Site)

Tags: batman, beta, gotham-city-impostors, microsoft, monolith, pc, playstation, ps3, psn, q1-2012, release-date, warner-bros, Warner-Bros-Interactive-Entertainment, xbla, xbox

Reader Comments (15)

No hate, but the concept of this still baffles me. Does it fit into the comic lore at all? Why wouldn't Batman crush these guys and chuck them in jail?

@yomachaser
The idea is that when Batman isn't there these teams of impostors take over and f*** around.

I was in the closed BETA myself and sadly I don't have much good to say about it. Nothing bad really either, it's just another generic team-shooter.

I played a few hours of it and then went back to TF2. I might try the open BETA though. The only where to go was up really.

@yomachaser

doesnt fit into comic at least i dont so.. Just fun concept that you are imposter batman or joker. Looks like first person shooter game. You can run around town, doing stupid tricks and killing people..

@yomachaser
Yes it does, There is an arc in Detective Comics that this is semi-based on. Joker is gone and some crazed victim starts acting like the real Joker, and then also acts like Batman to entice the general public to riot.

Looks like nice twist to fps shooters.

Except the PC version will be delayed....

Isn't "the Jokerz" the name of that group from Batman Beyond...?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jokerz

@cantwait2bhome

Good thing they have their time-traveling, alternate-reality based copyright lawyer on speed-dial!

@cantwait2bhome

Yeah that seems to be the rational. Basically anytime joker has thugs they can be thought of as the "Jokerz"

"Sons of the Batman" from Dark Knight Returns would have been cooler

Forgot about this game entirely. Wasnt it supposed to be out before Arkham City?

@IwillKILLurGOD You and the rest of the world. This is a horrible idea for a game. Why bother even using the license if you're not going to use the license? It's like making a licensed Superman game about a guy who wears a Superman t-shirt and plays speed chess in the park.

Actually, no, that still sounds better than whatever bad idea hell spawned this game and the last Shadowrun.

Thanks for the heads-up, Joystiq. I actually want to see how this one goes.

Just signed up for the Beta. This whole thing intriques me. If it's just TF2 with a Batman twist, I'll be completely okay with it. Hopefully, it finds an audience. Always wanted to get into TF2, but I came to it late so trying to play it is an exercise in futility.

I can't wait to try and sell the beta for this on eBay for a half a million dollars come Christmas time. I'll just say it's a Haunted Beta Code.

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