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Who’s afraid of the big bad bat? Well if it happens to be me sweating it inside one of those bat-themed costumes, most likely nobody. The read deal is far more intimidating though; see for yourself after the jump.

Warner Bros. Games has allowed 17 minutes of gameplay with commentary from senior producer Ben Mattes and gameplay director Michael McIntyre to escape from the asylum. It’s got beatdowns, brooding, batcaves and gadgets. Oh my.

The game is out on Friday. Until then, I’ll be forcing Victor to speak with a British accent and act as my personal butler.

Last Updated: October 22, 2013

1.1
was reviewed on PC

107 Comments

  1. Damn that frame rate is horrible

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    • tammyturner89

      October 23, 2013 at 20:25

      as Joyce explained I am in shock that someone can get paid $4001
      in 4 weeks on the internet. have you read this web site bay35.com

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  2. Umar heartless

    October 22, 2013 at 09:19

    Okay Okay Okay, please don’t kill me Batman fans….But this game looks like MUCH MORE of the SAME……..

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    • NecroRince

      October 22, 2013 at 09:25

      You take that back!

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      • Umar heartless

        October 22, 2013 at 09:26

        Seriously man it looks like much of the same…doesn’t seem like much different from AC

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        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          October 22, 2013 at 09:28

          AC was good, so that makes me happy. Everyone was worried it’d go down the tubes with a new studio taking over the franchise.

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          • NecroRince

            October 22, 2013 at 09:28

            Agreed. I want me MOAR Batman!

          • Umar heartless

            October 22, 2013 at 09:30

            True AC was great, but this just looks like AC 2.0, Origins should show Batman as a more unrefined hero

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            October 22, 2013 at 09:33

            Good point. I thought that was the plan.

          • Umar heartless

            October 22, 2013 at 09:35

            Exactly I thought that was the plan too. Which is why I’m a bit disappointed…It’s more like Batman : Younger Years than Origins

        • NecroRince

          October 22, 2013 at 09:28

          You make me sad, and this should be a happy day!

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          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            October 22, 2013 at 09:30

            some call it… Tuesday.

          • NecroRince

            October 22, 2013 at 09:31

            Oi! Some call it ‘Maybe 10k day!’

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            October 22, 2013 at 09:32

            Too long & not very catchy.

          • NecroRince

            October 22, 2013 at 09:46

            OI! Today is maybe MY 10k comment day you bstd!

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            October 22, 2013 at 09:54

            But you’re on 10,499 :/

          • Sageville

            October 22, 2013 at 09:55

            Someone looking for attention?

          • NecroRince

            October 22, 2013 at 09:57

            Look, ME! And look, downvoting trolls loser!

          • John's digital rights

            October 22, 2013 at 09:58

            Take that!

          • NecroRince

            October 22, 2013 at 09:58

            And you THAT!

          • John's digital rights

            October 22, 2013 at 09:59

            After yesterday I think we’ve all become immune to downvotes

          • Sageville

            October 22, 2013 at 10:02

            Still bugs me, I’d like to know who’s doing it so I can hound his online life and destroy him.

          • TiMsTeR1033

            October 22, 2013 at 10:05

            I feel left out! SO TAKE THAT!!

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            October 22, 2013 at 09:58

            I like to think of it as an avid golf fan, who downvotes because minus scores are better.

          • NecroRince

            October 22, 2013 at 09:59

            Hehehe 🙂

          • Admiral Chief Ninja

            October 22, 2013 at 09:59

            LOL

    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      October 22, 2013 at 09:25

      I’M CODMAN! tee hee

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    • Grant Hancock

      October 22, 2013 at 09:29

      Who cares !? … Batman Arkham Asylum = Fun, Arkham City = More Fun, Arkham Origins = MOAR FUN 😀

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      • Umar heartless

        October 22, 2013 at 09:31

        I care, okay I blerrie care 🙁

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        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          October 22, 2013 at 09:32

          Don’t worry, we’re only on Batman no.3. It takes at least 13 games before the series gets crap 😀

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          • Umar heartless

            October 22, 2013 at 09:33

            It will fail to meet sales expectations long before it reaches 13 .

          • NecroRince

            October 22, 2013 at 09:46

            Damn bro, why so sad?

          • Umar heartless

            October 22, 2013 at 09:48

            I’m not sad? Don’t get me wrong, I’m pretty hype for it, it’s just , it looks a bit soulless like your boet said

          • NecroRince

            October 22, 2013 at 09:52

            Soulless? Coming from OVG, who is a ginger, that is bloody hysterical 😉

          • Umar heartless

            October 22, 2013 at 09:52

            Gingers have souls!!lol

          • Sageville

            October 22, 2013 at 09:54

            Pffft, have you ever seen a ginger angel?

            No, nuff said!

          • Umar heartless

            October 22, 2013 at 09:55

            I have seen a ginger bread man, and man is his soul tasty!!

          • NecroRince

            October 22, 2013 at 09:57

            We’re not called Ginger Angels. we’re called Devils!

          • Sageville

            October 22, 2013 at 10:00

            “Ginger Angels”

            Bru, that just sounds like some soulless biker gang and no, you can’t pull off “Red Devils”, thats just a stretch.

          • NecroRince

            October 22, 2013 at 10:18

            Erm, red guard?

          • John's digital rights

            October 22, 2013 at 10:20

            Like from Skyrim?

          • NecroRince

            October 22, 2013 at 10:22

            Like from CHINA! You plick!

          • John's digital rights

            October 22, 2013 at 10:23

            Hehehe.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            October 22, 2013 at 10:00

            We’re all really intimidated…

          • John's digital rights

            October 22, 2013 at 10:02

            I’m feeling it too…
            Or I might just be hungry.

          • NecroRince

            October 22, 2013 at 10:05

            Careful, least I get OVG to explain to you his antics with yellow cars in detail, forever.

          • John's digital rights

            October 22, 2013 at 10:07

            I’m intrigued, but a little bit unsure of how safe it is. Hummers are not meant for people with souls.

          • TiMsTeR1033

            October 22, 2013 at 10:07

            Then OVG fits the bill doesn’t he?

          • NecroRince

            October 22, 2013 at 10:10

            He has no soul 0-O

    • CypherGate

      October 22, 2013 at 11:34

      That is true

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    • Sageville

      October 22, 2013 at 11:36

      I think they need to mix things up, put batman and robin permanently in his 1960’s outfit, with the boep en alles.

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  3. NecroRince

    October 22, 2013 at 09:21

    Wictor Wictor Charlie! This looks BATTASTIC! Darry, I want to see a video of you slow mo fighting in your bat suit. Then we as a community will decide whether you are allowed to wear it…

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    • Sageville

      October 22, 2013 at 09:39

      Holy-Burning-Batpoo Batman!

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  4. oVg

    October 22, 2013 at 09:32

    What is it? Is it a full blown game, DLC, or extras for AC? I can never tell anymore.

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      October 22, 2013 at 09:33

      Batman sold separately.

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      • oVg

        October 22, 2013 at 09:34

        I have not seen any marketing behind this title. Who is the antagonist? Is it a cross breed of AA and AC?

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        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          October 22, 2013 at 09:36

          If it was a cross between AC & DC I’d be sold!

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        • NecroRince

          October 22, 2013 at 09:47

          Nope, it’s his origin story bro.

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  5. oVg

    October 22, 2013 at 09:36

    That bat wing just gave me a Bat Boner.

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  6. Admiral Chief Ninja

    October 22, 2013 at 09:37

    VEEEKTAAAWWWRRR the man servant!

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  7. oVg

    October 22, 2013 at 09:40

    It seems like the new Assassins Creed milk fest to me. The soul is missing.

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    • Umar heartless

      October 22, 2013 at 09:42

      Some one sees the light

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      • oVg

        October 22, 2013 at 09:45

        I am sure the game is great because Rocksteady fcking rock. The melee and upgrading has always been AAA.

        But something is missing. Where is the AAA narrative of the last two titles.

        Anyway, like the Batman Trilogy, the Joker made number two. The third is for fizzle.

        I just had to scroll to the top of the page to remind myself what the game is called. Sad.

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        • Umar heartless

          October 22, 2013 at 09:48

          Yup will still rock, it’s just a bit disappointing

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          • oVg

            October 22, 2013 at 09:49

            $60 DLC

          • Sageville

            October 22, 2013 at 09:51

            …the collectors edition has a lekker statue though…

            it also comes with a AC expansion pack!

          • Umar heartless

            October 22, 2013 at 09:52

            5 Extra costumes. See Batman Like you have never seen him before!! Now you can dress Batman up as a Local Government worker or if that doesn’t tickle your fancy then why not spruce him up with a maid outfit. You will never be without orange juice ever again!!

          • oVg

            October 22, 2013 at 09:55

            Unlock Robin’s ORIGINS via The expansion of the DLC expansion from the game before the last.

            For an extra $5 you can get a PINK bat suit.

            You know what? People will still buy it.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            October 22, 2013 at 09:56

            It’s not pink, it’s MAGENTA!

          • Umar heartless

            October 22, 2013 at 09:57

            Holy crap dude I cry in my bed to think people buy such bull…..gamers these days

        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          October 22, 2013 at 09:51

          Rocksteady isn’t making this one.

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          • oVg

            October 22, 2013 at 09:53

            That explains it.

        • NecroRince

          October 22, 2013 at 09:51

          Dude, it’s 17 mins of the game, not the whole thing.

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  8. Grant Hancock

    October 22, 2013 at 09:40

    Speaking of Batman … new “BADMAN” short from College-Humour http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6926235/batman-and-superman-team-up

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  9. Sageville

    October 22, 2013 at 09:57

    LG admin!

    Please give us the name of the tard who downvotes every comment.

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    • Admiral Chief Ninja

      October 22, 2013 at 09:59

      I don’t think that is possible, also, might also just get the IP of him/her/it (although I suspect the person is an ‘it’)

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      • oVg

        October 22, 2013 at 10:00

        I just traced the IP, Its Origin is the Brenda cave.

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        • TiMsTeR1033

          October 22, 2013 at 10:01

          How you do that?

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          • oVg

            October 22, 2013 at 10:03

            I used my 7th sense.

          • TiMsTeR1033

            October 22, 2013 at 10:03

            WOW! you’re a god among men!! ALL HAIL OVG!!

          • John's digital rights

            October 22, 2013 at 10:05

            Careful now. The last time someone bowed before OVG they made Ben Affleck the new Batman.
            Bad things happen.

          • TiMsTeR1033

            October 22, 2013 at 10:06

            Hmmmmm I wonder what else could happen..

          • oVg

            October 22, 2013 at 10:13

            He can be Daredevil in the day and a blind bat at night.

          • oVg

            October 22, 2013 at 10:11

            BOW before me and Jennifer Lopez will be the next Cat Woman

          • John's digital rights

            October 22, 2013 at 10:11

            No. I choose life

          • NecroRince

            October 22, 2013 at 10:11

            Last time someone bowed before OVG Elton John had a hit, BOOM!

          • oVg

            October 22, 2013 at 10:12

            🙂

          • John's digital rights

            October 22, 2013 at 10:14

            Show me your tiny dancer?

          • NecroRince

            October 22, 2013 at 10:15

            My day, ruined 😉 Nice one 🙂

          • Sageville

            October 22, 2013 at 10:04

            Like Spidey Senses but you get to see dead people too.

          • oVg

            October 22, 2013 at 10:08

            They are everywhere. They usually spend 10hours of the day sitting behind a Monitor at work, 2hours sitting behind a steering wheel in traffic, 3hours sitting behind a TV at home, 1hour sitting behind a Tablet on the bog, 1hour sitting behind a monitor at the gym.

            I see dead Avatars

          • John's digital rights

            October 22, 2013 at 10:10

            That’s a very good breakdown of some sad people.

        • John's digital rights

          October 22, 2013 at 10:06

          It’s that bastard Alfred

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          • oVg

            October 22, 2013 at 10:09

            Vicky

    • Brady miaau

      October 22, 2013 at 10:32

      I have put some thought into this.

      Say you can see I downvoted you. You ask why. I answer. You refute. I refute, a bit angrier. And so on. I can see the logic in this

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    • Grant Hancock

      October 22, 2013 at 10:39

      Yeah ! … like who in their right mind can downvote a College Humour Batman vid ! … shit’s funny ! 😀

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  10. oVg

    October 22, 2013 at 09:58

    Darryn just gave everybody a thumbs down. BWAHAHAHAHA The Brendaman has been trolled.

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    • TiMsTeR1033

      October 22, 2013 at 10:00

      He get spit in his coffee or something… Flipping hell!

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      • Sageville

        October 22, 2013 at 10:04

        Sounds like a challenge for Victoria

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        • TiMsTeR1033

          October 22, 2013 at 10:08

          indeed!

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  11. Major Commodore 64 Darryn B

    October 22, 2013 at 10:29

    I’m just posting a comment for the sake of being downvoted.

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    • Rock789

      October 22, 2013 at 11:40

      Oh dear… Darryn… I mean, Brenda… I do believe that’s the sound of a lynch mob forming… I hope you’re not allergic to tar or feathers? 😉 🙂

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  12. Mark Treloar

    October 22, 2013 at 11:06

    Looks like he forgot to pack his cape with mothballs

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  13. CypherGate

    October 22, 2013 at 11:15

    Ill get downvoted for this, but i never been a big fan of the batman games. Dont find it interesting at all.

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    • Rock789

      October 22, 2013 at 11:43

      I shall avoid downvoting you… But I shall look upon you with a look of sadness and judgement. Just think Sheldon from Big Bang Theory, only much more scalding.

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  14. Rock789

    October 22, 2013 at 11:35

    I am really keen for this game!

    Sadly, I got a note this morning from Kalahari that my pre-order for the 360 version is now also delayed (ala PC, Wii and WiiU versions) till the 30th… And that made me a sad Panda… 🙁

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  15. Uberutang

    October 22, 2013 at 13:24

    Steam preload started this morning!

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