Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Launches Batman: Arkham Origins and Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate Play as Batman as He Meets And Takes on DC Comics' Most Notorious Villains
Burbank, Calif. - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today unleash some of DC Comics' most deadly villains upon Gotham City with the launch of Batman: Arkham Origins. The next installment of the blockbuster Batman: Arkham video game franchise is available for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft, Wii U system and Windows PC. Also available today is Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate for the PlayStation Vita handheld entertainment system and Nintendo 3DS handheld system.
Developed by WB Games Montr al, Batman: Arkham Origins is based on DC Comics' core Batman license. The game features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline set several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City, the first two critically acclaimed games of the franchise. Taking place before the rise of Gotham City's most dangerous criminals, the game showcases a young, unrefined Batman as he faces the defining moment of his early career and sets his path to becoming the Dark Knight.
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, a companion game to Batman: Arkham Origins, is a 2.5-D handheld game developed by Armature Studio, which brings the core Batman Arkham pillars, such as FreeFlow combat and Batman's infamous gadgets, to the PlayStation Vita handheld entertainment system and Nintendo handheld format for the first time. Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate allows players to continue the storyline of the console version and discover more details of the Dark Knight's past.
It's a big responsibility taking on the Batman: Arkham franchise and the WB Games Montr al team has dedicated itself to giving players an experience that is worthy of the name, said Reid Schneider, Vice President and Executive Producer, WB Games Montr al. Batman: Arkham Origins allows fans to play through a new take on Batman's story while experiencing some enhanced game-play mechanics.
Batman: Arkham Origins features a pivotal tale set on Christmas Eve where Batman is hunted by eight of the deadliest assassins from the DC Comics Universe. Along the way, players will experience a fresh take on iconic Batman characters, including The Joker, Black Mask, Penguin, Deathstroke, Bane, Deadshot, Copperhead and others yet to be revealed.
Also new to the franchise is the online multiplayer mode, which is developed by Splash Damage. Friends and foes can play online in 3v3v2 gameplay that blends traditional Arkham gameplay with third-person shooter mechanics. Gamers can hunt as Batman or Robin against the most challenging opponents yet - friends and other online gamers - or take a walk on the dark side as a Super-Villain Elite and be part of The Joker or Bane's gang. Those playing as a Super-Villain Elite will also have a chance to seize control of either The Joker or Bane for a limited amount of time.
Players looking to extend their gameplay experience can buy the Batman: Arkham Origins Season Pass now for $19.99 and receive $30 worth of content. The Season Pass is comprised of five of the game's upcoming downloadable content packs, which includes two exclusive skins, as well new content from the Batman Arkham Initiation Pack and a separate all-new story campaign. The Initiation Pack content tests Bruce Wayne's skills of detection, evasion and confrontation among the mysterious temple high in the Paektusan mountains of Korea, where his greatest teacher, Grandmaster Kirigi, is holding a final class. The Season Pass is available on the PlayStation Network, Xbox Live online entertainment network from Microsoft, Nintendo eShop and Steam.
The Batman: Arkham Origins free-to-play mobile game, developed by NetherRealm Studios for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, is available on the App Store and delivers the stunning graphics and quality gameplay fans have come to expect from the team who brought to market fan favorite mobile games Injustice: Gods Among Us and Batman: Arkham City Lockdown. The title pits players, as Batman, against a number of DC Comics' most deadly assassins as they fight their way through Gotham City's most dangerous locales. Those who also own the console versions of the game and are registered for a Warner Bros. ID (WBID) account will be able to access exclusive content not available elsewhere.
The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Batman: Arkham Origins are priced at $59.99 suggested retail; the Wii U and Windows PC versions are priced at $49.99. The suggested retail price for the Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate handheld game is $39.99. Also available in limited quantities is the Batman: Arkham Origins Collector's Edition for PS3 and Xbox 360, priced at $119.99 SRP.
Batman: Arkham Origins and Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate are rated T for Teen by the ESRB.
For more information and the latest updates, visit http://www.batmanarkhamorigins.com/ or find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BatmanArkham.
About DC Entertainment
DC Entertainment, home to iconic brands DC Comics (Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash), Vertigo (Sandman, Fables) and MAD, is the creative division charged with strategically integrating its content across Warner Bros. Entertainment and Time Warner. DC Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its stories and characters across all media, including but not limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment and interactive games. Publishing thousands of comic books, graphic novels and magazines each year, DC Entertainment is the largest English-langu
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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Launches Batman: Arkham Origins and Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate Play as Batman as He Meets And Takes on DC Comics' Most Notorious Villains
