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BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY REVIEW

Platforms: PC. Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U
Date: October 2010
Genre: Action-adventure, beat ‘em up
Publisher: Warner Bros.
Interactive Entertainment
Alongside Spider-Man, Batman is one of the most
recognisable comic book characters in history.
Established in 1939, the Caped Crusader has
fought hundreds of villains, starred in thousands
of comics and has captured the imagination and
love of millions of people all around the globe.
With a successful, albeit cheesy, TV show and
a fantastic series of films from directors such
as Tim Burton and Christopher Nolan, it was
only a matter of time before the Dark Knight
took to the world of video games. Various
itterations had been published before but
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Arkham Asylum, even now, remains proof that
not all comic book tie-in titles have to suck, and
is still considered to be one of the best games
of the last few years. Since then, fans have been
clamouring to get little tidbits of information
regarding a sequel. That very game titled
Arkham City is finally here and a question must
be asked: can this new title stand tall with its
pointy ears held up high, or should it shrink
back into the darkest corners of the Batcave
and remain there forever? It’s time to find out.
Arkham City takes place a year after the
inmates took over the asylum, and begins with
Bruce Wayne trying to shut down a closedoff part of Gotham that now houses all of the
prisoners from both Arkham and Blackgate.
After a rally goes slightly wrong, Wayne finds
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