The game takes place entirely on Arkham Island, which houses the eponymous Arkham Asylum, home of some of Batman's most notorious foes. Games Games, by year and platformsīatman: Arkham Asylum, the first game in the series, was written by veteran Batman writer Paul Dini and developed by Rocksteady.
The main games in the Batman Arkham series have been met with positive commercial success and widespread critical acclaim, with praise for their narratives, voice acting, world design, graphics, and gameplay systems and design, along with the faithfulness to the source material and cinematic-level quality interpretation of the Batman mythos. Additional voice actors who reprised their characters from the DCAU include Arleen Sorkin as Harley Quinn in Batman: Arkham Asylum and Robert Costanzo and CCH Pounder as Harvey Bullock and Amanda Waller in Batman: Arkham Origins, respectively. Conroy and Hamill returned to voice their characters in the fourth main installment of the series, Batman: Arkham Knight. The first two games in the series, Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City, were written by veteran Batman writer Paul Dini and featured voice actors Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill reprising their roles as Batman and the Joker, respectively, from the DC Animated Universe (DCAU). in spring 2007 and approached Rocksteady. The continuity established by the games is often referred to as the " Arkhamverse", and is part of the larger DC Multiverse.Įidos had obtained the rights to make a Batman game from Warner Bros. The franchise consists of four main installments and an upcoming spin-off, along with four smaller titles for mobile devices, a virtual reality game, and tie-in comic books and an animated film.
( Also see: Tour Bruce Wayne's Home and Batcave in Virtual Reality With Google Maps)Īs for joyous PS4 and Xbox One owners, now that Batman: Arkham City is getting a second release, you should definitely check out this well-hidden Easter egg including the Calendar Man and the day Rocksteady Studios was founded, if you didn't already know about it.Batman: Arkham (also known simply as Arkham) is a series of action-adventure video games based on the DC Comics character Batman, developed by Rocksteady Studios and WB Games Montréal, and published originally by Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros.
seem to have given up on the franchise's PC fans, what with the broken state of the Arkham Knight on Microsoft Windows, and completely ignoring OS X and Linux users for what could be the final Arkham game. It's unfortunate that Rocksteady and Warner Bros. There doesn't seem to be any news of a remastered PC release for now, or if it's even on the cards. That is why the first two entries are seeing an HD remaster, considering both of those originally released - in 20 respectively - on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Games Montréal, or last year's Batman: Arkham Knight which was made for PS4 and Xbox One. It won't include 2013's Batman: Arkham Origins though, as it was developed by Warner Bros. ( Also see: Ben Affleck Will Direct Standalone Batman Film, Says Warner Bros.
You will be able to pre-order starting Tuesday. Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City are getting remastered versions to be sold as part of an anthology package for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on June 10, according to a new report.Īpart from the first two titles of the series, the Batman: Return to Arkham collection will also include "all previously released DLC and additional content", as shown in a promotional image leaked to Eurogamer.