Laundry day: Batman Arkham City 'Skins Pack' DLC available

Batman's costume gets torn up pretty severely over the course of Batman: Arkham City. We can only imagine how filthy it gets, and what Batman smells like by the end. So do him a solid and replace it with the fresh new ones in the Arkham City Skins Pack, newly available on Xbox Live, PSN, and Games for Windows this week.

The $5 pack collects all the previously retailer-exclusive (and NOS energy drink-exclusive) alternate looks for the Dark Knight, including 1970s, Year One, The Dark Knight Returns (aka Fatman), Earth One, Batman Beyond, Sinestro Corps, and the delightfully incongruous Animated Series skin.

Batman Arkham City (Skins Pack)

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Batman: Arkham City – Arkham City Skins Pack available today
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment have confirmed that the Arkham City Skins Pack is available now in the Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for 400 Microsoft Points and for Games for Windows for £3.99. The pack is also available in the UK on the PlayStation®Network for £3.99.

Included in the pack are seven skins:
· 1970s Batsuit Skin
· Year One Batman Skin
· The Dark Knight Returns Skin
· Earth One Batman Skin
· Batman Beyond Batman Skin
· Animated Batman Skin
· Sinestro Corps Batman Skin

Reader Comments (39)

The most awesome part about this is that they're not just changing the textures, but actually creates brand new 3D models. Even the faces change!

I am a life-long Batman geek, and so I bought this. Some of my favorite Bat-incarnations in here. At less than a dollar a skin, it even seems fair.

This is the first arguably worthwhile DLC, sadly, but I'll pass for the moment. It'll probably go on sale while I'm beating other games anyway.

$5 seems a bit much but still better than buying late and not having an option. I want the batman returns suit so I can say "I'm too old for this" whenever street thugs jump me.

I like that they included the Batman Beyond costume, but it looks really weird on uber-muscle Batman. Plus it's the only costume that doesn't have a cape, so there's nothing between you and Batman's glutes...

@Specks

Remember the first episode of Batman Beyond? Bruce Wayne was pretty huge in the future Batsuit, so I'd say this is pretty accurate.

@NaeemTHM
Agreed, and do you remember how he flew? A cape would just get in the way. I'm curious though, how does the stun animation work without any sort of cape?

@Vic Fontaine In the Batman Beyond skin he has small wings that come out of his back when he glides and cape stuns.

@NaeemTHM

True but the visual style of the show made Bruce wayne look more streamlined instead of bulky, so it worked.

@Specks
Bruce was an old man in beyond bc it was a continuation of the animated series, some kid became the new batman

wow nice im gonna buy that especially the batman beyond one defonatly the best skin

@Foxhound1
That has got to be the most hilarious way to misspell 'definitely'. Bravo, sir!

I'm not a fan of paying for skins however, that Batman Beyond one is enticing.

No Bat-Nipples, no purchase from me.

Nah, just kidding. This is why Superman works alone. -headtilt-

I'm not opposed to buying new skins, but after watching this video I've realized that I like the default one the best. All other ones feel kinda out of place.

Those DCAU skins are hot........ god how I miss the DCAU :( I'd kill for more Batman Beyond or some Justice League Beyond.

That Sinestro Corps is pretty cool too, if only it actually did something.

@Vic Fontaine

Exactly. These skins are pretty bitching, but they don't do shit. Considering you already need to beat the game to use them in story mode, why couldn't they make them more like the God of War skins? (i.e. Each skin has different bonuses, like less health/more damage, more health/less damage, extra xp,,etc...)

@King Johngie the Fourth
Different gadget use effects, at least for Sinestro Corps and Beyond

Also, not being able to use until post-campaign makes me sad.

Let me use these before beating the game once and I'd buy em.

@supermonkey

Agreed, this and God of War games have pretty terrible skin systems.

Was gonna get them from eBay, glad I waited. Saved me $15....

How about story related DLC? I'd buy that immediately.

Not interested. Haven't bought one piece of Batman DLC, because I refuse to pay for content that - only a few years back - would have been an incentive to replay the game. I know how much fun I had replaying God Of War 1 and 2 with the costumes you got for completing the game.

There would be no hesitation if WB would actually offer something story-related, but I dread what that would mean for the inevitable sequel: An even SHORTER campaign, with bits cut out. There are enough people out there who would buy that.

I bought it last night.
There are some funny looking Batmen haha

Glad I waited until the Black Friday sales to pick the game up. I need that Animated skin.

Are they selling them individually? I already have some of them.

@solowing

It's in a bundle only.

The only one I seriously want is the one that I can't have. Adam West.

Frank Miller's Batman doling out justice on the dark streets of Arkham City.
That's az rael as it gets folks!

Sorry.

@IslandLife

I chuckled.

Mostly I just want an Azrael skin, now, though...

I wish they had made a mode where you could "Animated Series" ALL the characters in the game and not just Batman. The stark contrast of all the new costumes ruin the visual continuity a bit for me. But hey, thats why its dlc. You don't have to buy it if you don't like it.

And in case you're wondering:

Not available from the European PSN right now.

No Dark Knight costume from Nolan's films?

:(

the only worth while DLC in batman....

I'd buy this DLC in a second if my game save hadn't been deleted 50% of the way through. For those that don't know, there's a major bug with the game. Check out the forums. A lot of people with an XBox have had their save game files deleted and Joystiq even posted about it. IMO, BAC is the best game of the year and this major issue completely ruined it for me.

Too bad you can't repair the default costume I like it in pristine condition. Likewise, I would've liked to see Beyond damaged and exposing its red circuits like in the cartoon.

Sucks you can't repair the default costume...I like it in pristine condition. Would've liked to see the Beyond costume damaged and exposing its red circuits like in the cartoon. Having all the costumes behind glass in the batcave would've be a nice touch too.

@beyond reply fail damn u comment system

If this was available at launch I would have bought this up instantly. Now... don't care.

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Laundry day: Batman Arkham City 'Skins Pack' DLC available

Batman Arkham City (Skins Pack)

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