Rocksteady's grand design for a Batman video game universe had to start somewhere, and ten years later, here’s a look back at the development and aftermath of the British studio’s first trip to the madhouse and the insanity that they unleashed.

In Batman Arkham Asylum, the Joker had orchestrated a massive jailbreak, the Scarecrow had gone full Nightmare on Elm Street and the only thing more terrifying than that tip-toe encounter with Killer Croc is the sound of footsteps in PUBG. And then there was…the Riddler. And his goddamn puzzles.

In the month of romance, Sony is making an effort to be everyone’s Valentine with the following games that subscribers will be able to grab for free from February 5 to March 5.

The success of Star Wars doesn’t just come from its cinematic source material though. It’s the canny positioning of this franchise and its ability to evolve into other forms of media that have helped it emerge as a pop culture phenomenon. You look at the video game side of the equation, and this was a brand that was a recipe for success when handled correctly. Which explains the deliciousness of the amazing Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.

That genre of darkly gothic action-RPGs where death is a constant and the world around you is almost as dangerous as Australia? None of that would have been possible were it not for one single game that paved the way forward for the Dark Souls trilogy, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and a whole host of inspired competition: Demon’s Souls.

This year’s December is also a month for free games, as the ol’ PS Plus engine is firing up again and getting ready to hand out some free games to help justify the cost of PlayStation’s online subscription service. December kicks off with at least one high profile release: OnRush. Released earlier this year, the Codemasters developed game is an odd but fascinating stab at combining action with racing.

Back in 2007, Rockstar announced that it was making a new game in a wholly new IP that would focus on the Cold War. Then, in 2009 at E3 it was announced by Jack Tretton during Sony’s grand press conference that the game would be exclusive to Sony’s PlayStation 3. Agent would draw players in to "the world of counter-intelligence, espionage and political assassinations.”

Do you like all the bullets and Japanese gangsters? Well then good news, because November’s offerings will have your appetite satiated on the PS Plus side of free games this month.