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The premium Batman: Arkham Knight experience will cost you a premium price

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I’m obviously keen on playing Batman: Arkham Knight. So much so that I’ve already got an offshore account in the Cayman Islands, set up with the necessary R800 that I need in order to buy the game. Turns out I may need some extra cash funnelled in, as the premium Batman: Arkham Knight experience is going to cost premium levels of cash.

Warner Bros have announced the obligatory season pass for Arkham Knight. Plonk down $39.99/£32.99, and you’ll gain access to six months worth of super-villains, Batmobile skins, advanced challenge maps, extra character skins, new story missions, and race tracks.  Cash-savvy gamers can also put down cash for the digital premium edition of the game, which will cost you around $99/£87.98 on consoles and $79/£67.98 on PC. If you’ve got a local account on the PSN storefront, expect to pay R899 for the standard game and most likely several billion Rands for the premium pack based on the wildly fluctuating prices of that storefront.

I’m in two minds over the season pass content. Batman games have always had a fair amount of content within them, with the single-player side containing a usually lengthy story, side-quests, Easter eggs and various challenges. Outside of that mode, players would also be able to access challenge maps, trophies, 3D models, bios and art. Plenty of content, as I said before.

But doling out a season pass this close to launch never sends the right message. It’s all a matter of timing really, and announcing this after the game had shipped, would have had better results. Hell, the Batman DLC has actually been pretty nifty in the past. Harley Quinn’s Revenge served as a nice bookend to Arkham City, while Arkham Origins made up for a terrible launch with two pieces of solid story DLC.

That, and if you’re patient, you can just wait for this version of the game or a sale on the digital storefronts:

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Last Updated: April 29, 2015

63 Comments

  1. LOL @ purple crayons

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    • Admiral Chief

      April 29, 2015 at 07:41

      Also, why does that not surprise me that the D knows that

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      • Blood Emperor Trevor

        April 29, 2015 at 07:52

        I’m surprised it only got 11/10 and not OVER 9000!

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        • Admiral Chief

          April 29, 2015 at 07:54

          He should have said they taste the bestest!

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          • Blood Emperor Trevor

            April 29, 2015 at 07:59

            Xbone version is the bestest!

          • Skoobaz

            April 29, 2015 at 08:07

            Har Har.. You made a funny

        • The D

          April 29, 2015 at 08:01

          There’s a number higher than 11?

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          • Lord Chaos

            April 29, 2015 at 08:02

            Yes, if you take off your shoes you can use your toes to count further. 😛

          • Admiral Chief

            April 29, 2015 at 08:02

            MAGIC!

          • Hammersteyn

            April 29, 2015 at 08:05

            All the way up to 21.

          • Lord Chaos

            April 29, 2015 at 08:05

            or 22 if his toes match his fingers…

          • Blood Emperor Trevor

            April 29, 2015 at 08:30

            Not according to your fingers.

          • Matthew Holliday

            April 29, 2015 at 09:31

            sensei will give you a lesson in counting, in the form of an instructional video.

      • Rock789

        April 29, 2015 at 07:54

        “Crayons – you gotta eat ’em all!!”

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  2. responsABILITIS RESPONSABLE

    April 29, 2015 at 07:49

  3. Lord Chaos

    April 29, 2015 at 07:57

    $40 for a season pass? The Hell???

    Where is Ryanza when you need him?

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    • Admiral Chief

      April 29, 2015 at 07:57

      The ban is lifted after this week

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      • Gr8_Balls_o_KFM_Fire

        April 29, 2015 at 08:08

        Banned for what?

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        • Admiral Chief

          April 29, 2015 at 08:35

          Long story, no need to re-open old wounds/issues

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          • Lord Chaos

            April 29, 2015 at 08:39

            Damn, then I got the salt out for no reason whatsoever.

          • Ranting Raptor

            April 29, 2015 at 10:27

            Put it away!

      • Francois Knoetze

        April 29, 2015 at 08:56

        The dude was really banned? was wondering why I haven’t seen him around. He was going off at everybody as if he is a victim being prodded with tazzers etc. tried to reason with the guy to understand his thinking and overtime it felt like I was talking to an Emo teen in a dark room who thinks the world does not understand him.

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        • Admiral Chief

          April 29, 2015 at 09:04

          Aye, let’s change the subject 😉

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          • Francois Knoetze

            April 29, 2015 at 09:34

            Pardon me lord, will shut me trap and feed the farm animals. “Now where did the goat go? I need to feed that T-Rex”

          • Admiral Chief

            April 29, 2015 at 09:34

            RAAAWWWR

          • Francois Knoetze

            April 29, 2015 at 09:42

    • Blood Emperor Trevor

      April 29, 2015 at 08:00

      I didn’t even notice that season passes have had a sudden 33% price increase.

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      • Hammersteyn

        April 29, 2015 at 08:04

        He made a difference all this time…

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        • Blood Emperor Trevor

          April 29, 2015 at 08:30

          Maybe Warner Bros have to build a new power plant for Gotham to sort out their load shedding.

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  4. Hammersteyn

    April 29, 2015 at 07:57

    I should cancel my order…..yeah think I’ll wait for the inevitable GOTY edition. Enough is enough.

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    • Admiral Chief

      April 29, 2015 at 07:58

      YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM!

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      • Hammersteyn

        April 29, 2015 at 08:02

        *Were

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        • Blood Emperor Trevor

          April 29, 2015 at 08:29

          He’s one of us now. 😀

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          • Admiral Chief

            April 29, 2015 at 08:34

            I’ll believe that when I see him on Auraxis again

    • Ir0nseraph

      April 29, 2015 at 08:16

      The witcher will keep me busy for a while , will see if i can hold out till the GOTY edition , but batman looks so good.

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      • Hammersteyn

        April 29, 2015 at 08:39

        It does. Triple cheese bacon sandwich good

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        • Ir0nseraph

          April 29, 2015 at 08:53

          Now I need food 🙂

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        • Admiral Chief

          April 29, 2015 at 09:03

          Mozzarella, blue cheese and cheddar, and bacon

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          • Hammersteyn

            April 29, 2015 at 09:17

            You, I like your choice in cheese.

          • Admiral Chief

            April 29, 2015 at 09:25

            Slap in some jalapeno peppers and some fillet steak and you have a winner

    • Krabby Paddy

      April 29, 2015 at 08:19

      Lately, games with GOTY editions should rather be called the Beta Tested Full Game edition.

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      • Admiral Chief

        April 29, 2015 at 08:34

        BTFG.

        I like this

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        • Krabby Paddy

          April 29, 2015 at 11:37

          Kinda sounds like BFG, makes me think that if a game like Doom or Quake came out now, the BFG would be a $5 DLC on release.

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      • Hammersteyn

        April 29, 2015 at 08:39

        this!

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  5. Mark Treloar

    April 29, 2015 at 08:14

    Daredevil got his ass kicked by a Ninja, Batman got his ass kicked by a guy with asthma. I think Daredevil wins.

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  6. Jonah Cash

    April 29, 2015 at 08:53

    Hahahaha No thank you. This just went from a day one buy to a wait and see what happens buy… There are a few of those on my list at the moment, some for over a year!

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    • Francois Knoetze

      April 29, 2015 at 08:58

      well in all fairness I think the game is still a day one buy. not a big fan of those DLC extras unless it is really worth it.

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      • Jonah Cash

        April 29, 2015 at 14:11

        I haven’t bought a game day one since September last year. I am getting old and pissed off at my favourite hobby!

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  7. Francois Knoetze

    April 29, 2015 at 09:01

    Ok I know everybody has a thing against remasters (a bit off topic here) but hell I would love for Asylum and City to be released for current gen consoles. had both on PS3 and It was my favourite games of all time. Then my PS3 broke 🙁

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  8. Ranting Raptor

    April 29, 2015 at 09:07

    How much? No. I’m sorry this kind of robbery is disgusting. How can anyone validate spending that much on a game?

    Oh right. In the US etc the price isn’t so steep because… Not 3rd world economy.

    Ugh I hate our countries current downward spiral that stops us from being able to really enjoy our favourite hobby.

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    • Admiral Chief

      April 29, 2015 at 09:09

      *country’s

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      • Ranting Raptor

        April 29, 2015 at 09:13

        That one

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        • Admiral Chief

          April 29, 2015 at 09:34

          This one?

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          • Ranting Raptor

            April 29, 2015 at 09:57

            which one?

          • Admiral Chief

            April 29, 2015 at 10:57

            The other one

    • Matthew Holliday

      April 29, 2015 at 09:26

      still find this stupid high Dollar exchange to be REALLY inconvenient.
      Old tech isnt getting cheaper, the prices are staying constant and new stuff is just getting more and more expensive…
      stupid stupid.

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      • Ranting Raptor

        April 29, 2015 at 09:55

        I know right! It’s like it’s some form of neverending bad joke

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        • Matthew Holliday

          April 29, 2015 at 10:28

          the nvidia 970 goes for like 330$ over in the US, but its min R4800 here, why?
          330 x 11 = R3630, where is the extra R1200 coming from?
          if the dollar went back down to the R7 it was 2 years ago, a 970 would be R2300 in the US. thats cheaper than the AMD R9-270 i upgraded from, is retailing for here now(R2500)
          i just dont understand.

          we’re still fairly lucky when it comes to games though, digital prices of 60$ (PC) equate to R660 @ R11, yet you can buy the games for R450 at retail, which is still going on the R7 exchange rate.

          whatever magic theyr working for games, they need to apply to tech…

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          • geel slang

            April 29, 2015 at 10:37

            The 970 is much more expensive in europe, about 380 euros. I think south african prices is more in line with europe. Everything is always cheaper in the US, it freaking kills me, have you seen how cheap their cars are?

          • Matthew Holliday

            April 29, 2015 at 10:46

            just turned 16? head to your friendly neighbourhood car dealership and pick up a 10 year old car for 500-1000$
            compared to our R50 000 for a 15 year old citi golf.

            30 000$ for a brand new mustang? try R350 000 for a toyota…

            friends in the US are driving 2007 subarus they picked up for 2500$

            sounds legit hey?

          • geel slang

            April 29, 2015 at 11:24

            Its nuts.

          • Ranting Raptor

            April 29, 2015 at 10:50

            That would be wonderous! I’d love it if they could do that!

  9. Matthew Holliday

    April 29, 2015 at 09:23

    40$ for a seasons pass? they mad?
    i bought the seasons pass or DLC (cant remember) for Arkham Origins and was disappointed, so guess which one i wont be buying.

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