Batman: Arkham Asylum

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ON OTHER PLATFORMS: PC, Xbox360, Playstation 3

GAME INFO
publisher: Eidos Interactive
developer: Rocksteady Studios
genre: Action Adventure

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
n/a

ESRB rating: T
homepage:
www.batmanarkhamasylum.com/

release date: Aug 25, 09 (released)

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ACTIONTRIP'S REVIEW For the past several months we've endured heaps of promotional material from the action adventure Batman: Arkham Asylum. Eventually, a playable demo reached us, which was generally well-received (apart from being a bit demanding on one's PC). At any rate, the game had everything: big-budget production, talented cast, in addition to promising gameplay and visuals...

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Batman: Arkham Asylum Videos

	'Playing the Game' Trailer		'Villains' Trailer
	'Inside The Asylum' Trailer		'Poison Ivy' Trailer
	GDC Trailer		HD Trailer

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Batman: Arkham Asylum News

»	Nov 22, 2011 Batman: Arkham City Arrives for PC Well folks, the Games for Windows LIVE edition of Batman: Arkham City, Rockstead Studios, can now be purchased digitally. Yeah, it's available on Steam too. » MORE

»	Oct 25, 2011 Batman: Arkham City Ships 4.6 Million The recently released action adventure Batman: Arkham City has shipped 4.6 million copies during its first week on sale. These numbers are more than double of what the original -- Batman: Arkham Asylum -- generated within the same period. » MORE

»	Oct 18, 2011 Batman: Arkham City PC Gets Official Release Date We knew that the PC edition of Batman: Arkham City was scheduled to launch in November, unlike the console editions, which are now available for purchase in the US (Oct. » MORE

»	Oct 08, 2011 Evenin '11 The funny thing is, I've started playing Batman: Arkham Asylum the other day (that's just in my spare time, when I'm not playing Rage or Dark Souls) and I still think it's one of the best games ever released. » MORE

»	Sep 05, 2011 Batman: Arkham City, Fresh Shots Arrived Rocksteady Studios delivers a new round of screenshots from Batman: Arkham City: click to view full gallery click to view full gallery Man, I've just remember how much fun I actually had when playing Batman: Arkham Asylum. » MORE

Feb 10, 2011

Batman: Arkham City Comics Announced
Anybody care to find out what happened between Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City (which is slated to arrive this year)? If the answer is 'yes' then you'll be glad to know that a 6-issue mini-series of comics is going to uncover the story details, eventually bringing you to the beginning of Arkham City.

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»	Feb 02, 2011 Batman: Arkham City 5 Bigger Than Asylum, New Screenshots Released According to game director Sefton Hill, who's currently busy with Batman: Arkham City uncovered that "the footprint of Arkham City is about five times bigger than Arkham Island. » MORE

»	Nov 29, 2010 GT 5 Outsells Black Ops in the UK, Civ V Steam Top-Seller According to the latest UK weekly sales chart, Sony's Gran Turismo 5 is the most wanted game in that oh so cynical part of the world. Check it out: 1. » MORE

»	Aug 06, 2010 Batman: Arkham City Announced Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment announced Batman: Arkham City, the follow-up to the critically acclaimed multiplatform action adventure Batman: Arkham Asylum. » MORE

Jun 16, 2010

New NVIDIA Drivers Feature A Lot of Performance Improvements
We're all drowning in a massive amount of crap coming continuously from the E3 machine, but I think it might interest you to know that NVIDIA issued the first driver release the 'Release 256' family of drivers (versions 256.

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»	Feb 23, 2010 Warner Bros. Gets Batman Arkham Asylum Developer Warner Bros. announced that it has acquired of a majority stake in Rocksteady Studios, the creators of the critically and commercially successful action adventure, Batman Arkham Asylum. » MORE

»	Dec 24, 2009 Describing 2009 We invite all of you to take part in ActionTrip's new voting poll: Gaming wise, 2009 was: Kick-ass! Ok. Annoyingly mehish. » MORE

»	Dec 03, 2009 Mornin '09 I think Ubisoft's plan to return to the Sands of Time franchise is a good move. Provided, of course, they don't intend to make just another mundane movie tie-in. » MORE

»	Nov 24, 2009 Game of the Year 2009 People's Choice I've decided to kick off with the Game of the Year voting poll early this year. There were so many releases and I'm keen to see which one you guys will choose. » MORE

»	Oct 27, 2009 Mornin '09 Hm, just thought you might be interested to know the results of our previous voting poll (the one regarding the Batman game). You'll find the results below: How was Batman: Arkham Asylum? Awesome! - 1639 votes It sucked. » MORE

»	Oct 21, 2009 Aion Tops PC September Sales We saw this one coming and so have you guys. NCsoft's MMO Aion topped PC sales charts in the US, according to statistics provided by NPD. Here's the full chart (thanks EdgeOnline): 1. » MORE

»	Oct 20, 2009 Halo 3 ODST September Best-seller Last month MS made a killing on the standalone Halo 3 add-on, which, unsurprisingly now lies on the very top of the sales charts in September, outselling Wii Sports and Madden NFL 10. » MORE

Oct 06, 2009

Risen & L4D2 Conquer PC Sales
Time for another round of PC weekly sales in the US. This time we see pre-orders for Valve's Left 4 Dead 2 take the top spot on Steam's weekly sales chart, while Piranha Bytes' single-player RPG Risen takes the 1st position on D2D's chart: Steam (9/27 - 10/3) by revenue 1.

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»	Sep 30, 2009 PC Sales: Online Games Lead the Way Now then; let's have a look at this week's top-selling PC titles (once again, via digital distribution): Steam Top 10 (9/20 - 9/26): 1. Aion Collector's Edition 2. » MORE

»	Sep 22, 2009 PC Best Weekly Sellers Once again, we take a look at the weekly PC best sellers in the US (those that have been purchased or pre-ordered via digital distribution). D2D's sales chart (9/13 - 9/19): 1. » MORE

»	Sep 21, 2009 Batman Shipped 2.5 Million Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. today announced that the Batman: Arkham Asylum video game shipped in excess of 2.5 million units to retail since launch. » MORE

Sep 18, 2009

Batman: Arkham Asylum Free DLC Released
When someone writes the word "free" next to a video game title (no matter what the offer includes), it's a fairly good reason for you to be happy. So, yeah, in case you haven't heard already, The Insane Night Map Pack for Batman: Arkham Asylum is now available on XBL.

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»	Sep 16, 2009 Batman PC Ships, New Screens The PC version of Batman: Arkham Asylum has shipped to stores. The game features NVIDIA PhysX technology, which allows for the creation of "incredibly realistic worlds full of interactive materials and objects. » MORE

Sep 14, 2009

Batman: Arkham Asylum Sells 2M
L.A. Times reports that Rocksteady Studious' Batman: Arkham Asylum already sold "nearly two million units" since it hit stores on August 25, 2009. Now, that's really very good for a superhero game, especially in view of the fact that it's only been a few weeks since launch.

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Sep 10, 2009

Batman to Get 2 DLCs in 2 Weeks
Next week, Batman: Arkham Asylum is going to receive the first downloadable content, with Sony promising another fresh DLC pack during the week after. The first DLC is slated for a release on September 17 and is called Insane Night, noted on PlayStation.

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»	Sep 07, 2009 Batman Sequel, Wait For It! Will Batman: Arkham Asylum get a sequel or not? Judging from a huge number of great reviews and generally positive feedback from fans, it is a strong possibility. » MORE

»	Sep 04, 2009 Batman Voting Poll Many of you are probably still not sure whether or not to grab yourselves a copy of Batman: Arkham Asylum. Those of you who are not sure whether or not to purchase the game, check out our review and we hope it'll help you make a decision. » MORE

»	Aug 28, 2009 Mornin '09 So, anyway, they say this is one of the best movies you're gonna see this year. Personally, I never heard of it until this morning when I started browsing for any decent flicks I happened to have missed this summer. » MORE

»	Aug 27, 2009 Batman: Arkham Asylum My fellow readers, I cannot honestly remember the last time a game received an Editor's Choice award from ActionTrip. The year hasn't been too kind to us gamers, especially during this scorching and exceptionally dull summer. » MORE

»	Aug 25, 2009 Batman: Arkham Asylum Launch Trailer Yep, Batman: Arkham Asylum is hitting stores today throughout the US. Check out the game's launch trailer: » MORE

»	Aug 12, 2009 Hitman 5 Developed by Rocksteady? According to the profile of actor Mark Sloan on Casting Call Pro, the next Hitman game may not be done by the series' creators IO Interactive, but rather by Rocksteady Studios (cheers, Blue). » MORE

»	Aug 11, 2009 Batman: Arkham Asylum 'BTS' Trailer Rocksteady continues their series of behind-the-scenes movies for Batman: Arkham Asylum: Download the PC demo for Batman: Arkham Asylum, if you haven't already. » MORE

»	Aug 07, 2009 Batman: Arkham Asylum PC Demo Available Cover me in jam and call me Susan! The demo came slightly earlier than expected. Well, not "slightly" it arrived late last night. Anyhow, you can now try out a sample of the PC version of the superhero combat game. » MORE

»	Aug 06, 2009 Batman PC Delayed Eidos, Rocksteady Studios and NVIDIA revealed that Batman: Arkham Asylum will feature PhysX technology, which allows for the creation of "incredibly realistic worlds full of interactive materials and objects. » MORE

»	Aug 03, 2009 Batman: Arkham Asylum Demo This Friday It's just been announced that gamers will be able to try out a playable demo of Batman: Arkham Asylum this Friday. The demo is going to be available for the PlayStaion 3, Xbox 360 and PC (PC dammit, can you believe it? » MORE

»	Aug 04, 2009 Batman: Arkham Asylum Demo Trailer As we've reported yesterday, a playable demo for Batman: Arkham Asylum will be available this Friday. In the meantime, Eidos releases this little announcement trailer: » MORE

»	Jul 25, 2009 Mornin '09 2lions and I just went through our release dates section, hoping to find something remotely interesting and original. No luck. It's mostly newbie, generic-looking action games, franchise reboots and sequels. » MORE

»	Jul 13, 2009 Batman: Arkham Asylum 'Villains' Trailer Batman: Arkham Asylum is still on its way for a release in late August. In the meantime, check out the new trailer, displaying some of the game's villains: » MORE

»	Jul 03, 2009 New Batman: Arkham Asylum Footage Batz in action: Batman: Arkham Asylum is going to available on August 25, 2009 for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. » MORE

Jun 04, 2009

E3 Media: MGS: Rising, Assassin's Creed II, Gran Turismo 5 & More
It's been a really, really long time, but Gran Turismo 5 is still in development and is looking good as ever. Check out the GT 5 E3 '09 trailer: If you missed it, you can also have a gander at Hideo's teaser for the new MGS game (which is in development for PC, 360 & PS3).

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»	May 29, 2009 Eidos Reveals E3 Lineup Eidos just sent over a press release, uncovering its E3 lineup. Well, to cut a longs story short: Batman: Arkham Asylum Mini Ninjas Just Cause 2 Modest, but okay. » MORE

»	May 01, 2009 Batman: Arkham Asylum Delay Official Today word reached us that Batman: Arkham Asylum might be pushed back into Q4 2009. Eidos and Warner Bros. just confirmed that the launch of the game has been postponed as reported earlier. » MORE

»	Apr 23, 2009 Arkham Asylum Joker Playable Only On PS3 It's sad, but true. In Batman: Arkham Asylum, developed by Rocksteady Studios, players will be able to play as The Joker. The features remains exclusive for the PlayStation 3 version of Batman: Arkham Asylum. » MORE

»	Apr 20, 2009 Batman: Arkham Asylum 'Harley Quinn' Trailer The latest trailer for Batman: Arkham Asylum introduces us to Harley Quinn (a character originally designed for Batman: The Animated Series): » MORE

»	Apr 17, 2009 Batman Games: The Best and the Worst Good old Batman has seen quite a few appearances in various games over the years. Some were okay, while others were pure crap. Crave has an interesting article on the ups and downs of Batman's gaming history. » MORE

»	Apr 16, 2009 Batman: Arkham Asylum Trailer You might've missed this one last night. Check out the latest trailer for Batman: Arkham Asylum: » MORE

»	Apr 11, 2009 Mornin '09 Things are starting to pick up. There are quite a lot of games I'm on the lookout for. Mass Effect 2, Assassin's Creed 2, BioShock 2, Dragon Age, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Diablo III, StarCraft 2, Star Wars: TOR and S. » MORE

Apr 01, 2009

Batman: Arkham Asylum HD Trailer, New Screens
We've just received the full GDC trailer (HD) for Batman: Arkham Asylum (that's four minutes longer than the previous gameplay footage): New screenshots are available too: click to view full gallery By the way, you can download the full HD version of the trailer (downloads are working perfectly now).

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Mar 28, 2009

Batman: Arkham Asylum Trailer
Feast your eyes on the new Batman: Arkham Asylum trailer (yeah, the trailer is in HD and I'd really recommend you to download the sucker and watch it in HD, but you know what I fuckin' can't do that because our downloads aren't working at the moment, which is why I'm going to have to apologize to you lot once more.

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»	Jan 31, 2009 Dark Knight Shows He Can Kick Ass Batman is clearly still very pissed off about witnessing the death of his parents, so he decides to lash out at the world and every villain he comes across, of course. » MORE

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