The layout of Arkham City has a virtual footprint five times that of Arkham Asylum, and the city design was modified to accommodate Batman's ability to swoop and glide. Rocksteady conceived ideas for a sequel while developing Arkham Asylum, commencing serious development of Arkham City 's story in February 2009. Batman's ally Catwoman is another playable character, featuring her own story campaign that runs parallel to the game's main plot. The player is able to complete side missions away from the main story to unlock additional content and collectible items. Batman can freely move around the Arkham City prison, interacting with characters and undertaking missions, and unlocking new areas by progressing through the main story or obtaining new equipment. The game is presented from the third-person perspective with a primary focus on Batman's combat and stealth abilities, detective skills, and gadgets that can be used in both combat and exploration. The game's leading characters are predominantly voiced by actors from the DC Animated Universe, with Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill reprising their roles as Batman and the Joker, respectively. He must uncover the secret behind a sinister scheme orchestrated by the facility's warden, Hugo Strange. In the game's main storyline, Batman is incarcerated in Arkham City, a super-prison enclosing the decaying urban slums of fictional Gotham City. Written by veteran Batman writer Paul Dini with Paul Crocker and Sefton Hill, Arkham City was inspired by the long-running comic book mythos. Based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, it is the sequel to the 2009 video game Batman: Arkham Asylum and the second installment in the Batman: Arkham series. READ NEXT: Rumor: Warner Bros.Batman: Arkham City is a 2011 action-adventure game developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Warner Bros. Recent website registrations indicate the new game might be called Gotham Knight. Montreal, which appears to be working on a new Batman game focused on the Court of Owls, an organized crime group and secret society in Gotham. has yet to announce any development plans.Īccording to recent online chatter, the Batman franchise has been entrusted to Warner Bros. Given the success of Arkham City, fans have been clamoring for a sequel, but Warner Bros. Arkham Knight takes place one year after the events of Arkham City and follows Batman as defends Gotham City from the Scarecrow, and his ally, the Arkham Knight. It was followed by Batman: Arkham Knight in 2015. The game's protagonists are voiced by Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill, who reprise their roles as Batman and the Joker, respectively.īatman: Arkham Origins, the prequel to Arkham City, was released in 2013. Behind bars, the caped crusader must expose a sinister scheme orchestrated by the prison's warden, Hugo Strange. In the game, Batman is jailed in Arkham City, a super-prison in the slums of Gotham City. The second installment in the series, Arkham City was written by Paul Dini with Paul Crocker and Sefton Hill. The sequel, Batman: Arkham City, is five times bigger and about a billion times better. A GamesRadar+ review awarded Arkham City a 5/5 score, stating, "Batman: Arkham Asylum was the greatest superhero game of all time. Although the latest figures haven’t been formally released, a former Warner Bros.' Global Franchise Marketing Manager for Arkham City, Michael Elkind, revealed on his LinkedIn profile that the game had shipped over twelve million copies and generated more than half a billion in revenue.īatman: Arkham City, which was the follow-up to the acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum, was lauded by critics and earned Metacritic score of 91 on PC, 94 on Xbox 360, and 96 on PlayStation 3. The game shipped six million units four months after it was released in 2012. Batman: Arkham City, which was expected to be a bestseller as it’s a sequel to what many consider the best Batman game ever made, has sold more than 12.5 million copies - raking in an astronomical $600 million.