Batman: Arkham City is an upcoming game to be released in third quarter of this year as a sequel to action adventure video game Batman: Arkham Asylum. Being developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and based on DC Comics this game will be available for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows platforms.
Eighteen months after the events of Arkham Asylum, the story of Arkham City starts. The previous warden of Arkham Asylum Quincy Sharp utilised his fame for taking the credit of capturing the Joker made him the Mayor of Gotham City. Due to Arkham nor Blackgate Prison are not capable to hold prisons, Sharp bought a huge part of Gotham's slum areas and put his contracted armed private military group from a group called Tyger to secure the perimeter of the created "Arkham City".
The inmates were brought to Arkham City and are granted free reign given the condition that they will not try to escape the city. Psychiatrist Hugo Strange was hired by Sharp to supervise the city who seems to have his own personal secret agenda for the city. Concerned that situation may get out of hand, Batman keeps watch over the metropolis.
The real game start in motion as the tension arises when Two-Face, trying to gain position among the inmates and other villains outside the city, oorganizes a plan to execute Catwoman in public. Batman decided for both the safety of Gotham and of his past relationship with Catwoman that he must cease the execution by getting in Arkham City himself. A teaser trailer was released, and featured a beaten-up Joker, evidently still regaining from his injuries in the first game, being nursed by Harley Quinn, while Gotham falls into chaos.
The game integrates more puzzle components; the role of Batman's "Detective Mode". Movement about the city got more difficult due to the establishment of gangs and territorial reserve between rival villains Two-Face and the Joker, that makes in-fighting that Batman needs to keep off.
Game play expectations in Batman: Arkham City includes the following:
- Additional gadgets have been revealed: smoke bombs which Batman can use and sneak away in the confusion.
- Broadcast tracer device to locate signals and track them to their sources.
- Player can access criminal database that tracks the major villains across the city.
- Challenges from the Riddler will also be present.
- Player controls Batman, making his way around Arkham City to complete mission objectives.
- Game introduces secondary missions featuring a number of key characters and their stories.
- Player can opt to move silently, avoiding inmates and other enemies using a combination of combination of gadgets and new tactics to surprise the enemy.
Batman Arkham City | OFFICIAL Game Play Teaser (2011)
Batman: Arkham City 2011
Developer(s): Rocksteady Studios
Publisher(s): Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment/DC Entertainment
Distributor(s): Time Warner
Writer(s): Paul Dini
Series: Batman
Platform(s): PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows
Release date(s):Q3 2011[1]
Genre(s): Action-adventure, beat 'em up, stealth