Yesterday morning, Game Informer revealed the next game in the Arkham series — Batman: Arkham Origins. A prequel to Arkham City, Arkham Origins will feature eight assassins, including Deathstroke, coming to Gotham on Black Mask's orders to bring down the Batman. Also, it takes place on Christmas Eve.
Batman trims his tree with JUSTICE.
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This game won't be developed by Rocksteady, the company behind the previous Arkham games, and is instead being developed internally by Warner Bros. Games Montreal. And one big difference already is that when Arkham City was announced, they declared that basically EVERY Batman villain, from Two-Face to The Penguin to The Riddler to The Joker to Hugo Strange would be involved. So, that's a pretty big change in excitement levels. The greatest rouge's gallery in the history of comics vs. seven arbitrary assassins and Deathstroke, a villain that I have never heard of before today. And keep in mind, I say that as a guy who has literally been kicked out of parties for talking too much about Batman.
You couldn't pick this guy out of a crowd of one.
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And hey, all you goobers who haven't finished Arkham City yet? Turn away now, because I'm about to SPOIL that bitch. Although, if you haven't finished that two year old game by now, then really, you don't DESERVE this chance not to be spoiled. Don't you know how good Arkham City is? There was literally an edition of the game whose only point was to remind shoppers that the game was good.
"10 OUT OF 10 SO GREAT I CALLED MY FATHER FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN 12 YEARS AND NEXT WEEK WE'RE GOING
TO GO GET COFFEE AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE
REALLY GREAT" — IGN
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That said, the fact that Arkham Origins is a prequel does give the developers a chance to bring back The Joker, who was shockingly killed off at the end of Arkham City. You see, the Batman-Joker relationship is THE GREATEST hero/ villain rivalry in pop culture history. They complete each other. They cannot EXIST without each other. You know that vauge sense of apathy you had watching The Dark Knight Rises? That's because it didn't have The Joker.
Oh, also because like 95 percent of the plot didn't make sense. Seriously, Bane reveals dark secrets about the Gotham Police Department's vis a vis Harvey Dent integrity like a week before he sets off a nuclear blast?
Good use of your time there, champ.
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Are you stoked to hear more about Arkham Origins? Let me know on twitter @mikeyfromsu or in the comments below!
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