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UPDATE: Batman: Arkham Origins is the subject of the next issue of Game Informer magazine.
Developer WB Montreal is using Rocksteady's custom modified Unreal engine to create the game, GI said. Eight assassin's come together to Gotham City on Christmas Eve to kill Batman. WB Montreal described its Gotham as a "functional city" and "not a deserted wasteland".
In the image released below we see Batman and Deathstroke, who makes his debut in a core Arkham game. The creative director is Eric Holmes, who worked on The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction and Prototype.
ORIGINAL STORY: Warner Bros. has announced Batman: Arkham Origins for the PC, PlayStation 3, Wii U and Xbox 360. Next-generation consoles were not mentioned.
Origins is the next game in the Arkham series, and follows the release of Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, according to a report by GameFocus.
Those games were developed by Rocksteady. Origins is made by WB Games Montreal. Origins is set several years before the previous Arkham games, and sees the player assume the role of a younger Batman who meets many of the series' iconic characters for the first time.
Also in development is a Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita spin-off called Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate. Both Arkham Origins and Blackgate will launch on 25th October 2013.
Blackgate, a 2.5D Metroid-style game, takes place after the events of Arkham Origins and is in development at Armature Studio, the company founded by several of the people behind the Metroid Prime Trilogy at Retro.
It looks like Warner is employing a two-studio strategy for the main Batman series, alternating development duties between WB Montreal and Rocksteady. With that in mind, perhaps we'll see Rockseady's new game towards the end of 2014.
Developer WB Montreal is using Rocksteady's custom modified Unreal engine to create the game, GI said. Eight assassin's come together to Gotham City on Christmas Eve to kill Batman. WB Montreal described its Gotham as a "functional city" and "not a deserted wasteland".
In the image released below we see Batman and Deathstroke, who makes his debut in a core Arkham game. The creative director is Eric Holmes, who worked on The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction and Prototype.
ORIGINAL STORY: Warner Bros. has announced Batman: Arkham Origins for the PC, PlayStation 3, Wii U and Xbox 360. Next-generation consoles were not mentioned.
Origins is the next game in the Arkham series, and follows the release of Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, according to a report by GameFocus.
Those games were developed by Rocksteady. Origins is made by WB Games Montreal. Origins is set several years before the previous Arkham games, and sees the player assume the role of a younger Batman who meets many of the series' iconic characters for the first time.
Also in development is a Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita spin-off called Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate. Both Arkham Origins and Blackgate will launch on 25th October 2013.
Blackgate, a 2.5D Metroid-style game, takes place after the events of Arkham Origins and is in development at Armature Studio, the company founded by several of the people behind the Metroid Prime Trilogy at Retro.
It looks like Warner is employing a two-studio strategy for the main Batman series, alternating development duties between WB Montreal and Rocksteady. With that in mind, perhaps we'll see Rockseady's new game towards the end of 2014.