New Arkham City trailer leaked, Joker and Co-Op confirmed

GamingBolt: "Well, this is the best leak of the year so far.
What possibly could be a new Batman: Arkhum City trailer looks simple out of this world."

[thedudeftw]

Hot damn! As equally as exciting as Arkham Asylum.

[ksense]

LMAO

"Nicely Done Bat, you deserve a prize" punch in the face lol

[sdtarm]

I loled there

seems like bats gets all the fun, but Itll be cool if they know how to pull it out..

the enemies havent changed much tho

[TreMillz]

i Lol'ed at that part XD

[Istanbull]

Great success

*borat voice*

[Trunkz]

I never really seen Batman/Joker work together, maybe once in the animated series but I can barely remember it, so this is kinda interesting to have one of your greatest rivals be your partner (even if its for a short time), or even if this is a fun thing to do on the side, it's really an interesting thing to put into the game period.

[aCasualGamer]

Something tells me they'll release Robin costume as DLC and it would fit perfectly for those really into the extra challenges. Would fit perfectly for the game system as well, i mean... Co-op Batman and Robin, who wouldn't want that?

If someone can pull it off it's Eidos, they have perfected every character they've put in Arkham Asylum and they'll do the same to Arkham City i'm sure.

I would buy the DLC day on, btw.

[thats_just_prime]

Seeing how its not real time gameplay it doesnt confirmed anything. It does hint at there being co op. Personally I hope the story mode doesnt have co op in it. I think co op missions be cool maybe they kind of do it to fill in little extra things they you wouldnt see durning the normal story mode. Plus is be a great why to let you play as some of the villians

[deadreckoning666]

Ummm...this vid doesn't confirm anything. It could just be a cutscene. Not saying Arkham City won't have co-op...just saying that the vid doesn't confirm it.

@mcmmaster- Yeah, a couple people probably commented without watching the vid. I expect Arkham City to have co-op since most 3rd person action games have co-op these days, but this vid doesn't prove that it'll happen.

[mcmmaster]

Exactly what i was thinking, its probably just a cutscene in the games story mode

[BryanBegins]

Seriously?? You don't think that this video all but confirms co-op in the game? Wow, I'm speechless.

It's like the ultimate prove if you ask me. The entire trailer has the only purpose to show co-op! Nothing else (not for the main game, but it at least confirms some kind of co-op modes)

On topic: I still hope for a RDR-free-roam-like multiplayer. Like in this video, you cans ee that you can decide to play co-op for a while but then, you can turn back to fight.

Edit: ok seriously guys, watch the video. It is soooo obvious that this is intended to show co-op in at least a fighting mode. I really, really can't believe you got people agreeing with you. We must really not watch the same trailer.

[-Alpha]

@Bryan

You are making an argument on probability. Nothing seems confirmed until it is confirmed by the developers.

As a result this is, by definition, not "confirmed", just perhaps a large hint

[BryanBegins]

@Alpha: OMG, let's play on words now. Yayyyyyy.

So let's play dumb and treat this as only a GIANT hint (and ultimately prove). OK I'm in your game.

And yeah, let's imagine that this might maybe only be a freaking cut-scene! Like this videos looks like this. You're killing me guys. The moment where the Joker team-up with Batman, it's so obvious it isn't from a cut-scene in the game. But again, ok, let's play dumb together.

I would accept the argument that it might actually be a fake trailer. But even there...

[hobo51]

it kinda looks like this could b some kinda of challenge room, not really tied directly into the story mode, but i could b completely wrong

[Lifewish]

Agreed, this trailer confirms nothing except the game looks awesome

[SwampCroc]

it almost looked like right before the final scene where the Joker got punched out.. when they were standing... that looked like actual footage.. like games fly back to right after a cutscene. I agree. Co-op would be nice and is expected. But this doesn't prove much of anything. Other than the game looks good.

[MidnytRain]

Yes, but developers and publishers are pretty smart about how they go about things. I'm sure they would have thought that if they made a scene that strongly suggested that it had a certain feature and it really didn't, they would have reconsidered the video.

If anything, I can guarantee that if co-op is not a part of the game, working with the joker in the single-player WILL be.

[Amplitude]

Bryan, this honestly confirms nothing. It looked like gameplay footage, sure, but that could and most likely 100% definitely IS an AI Joker, not a player controlled joker.

Or, it could be a cutscene as other people have said.

The chances of it being a co-op announcement is ridiculously slim, and it just definitely isnt.

[CYBERSNAKE]

Ahh please dont tell me Joker will turn good in this game, I want him as evil as he can be.

[Eamon]

Obviously he won't. Joker isn't the only main villain in the game.

He most likely is not the most powerful figure in Arkham City so Batman and Joker most likely make a temporary truce to fulfil their own goals.

Joker probably wants to overthrow the most powerful figure and take his place while Batman has his own righteous agenda.

[Pozzle]

The Joker? Turn good? Hahaha! It will never happen!

The Joker and Bats have worked together in the past. It certainly doesn't mean Batman is turning bad or the Joker is turning good. It just means they haven't started beating each other up yet. lol

[Christopher]

Looks like an optional challenge room mode. Don't see how this would fit in with the storyline too well considering how Joker was left at the end of the first game.

Also, if the person who wrote the original article ever reads this, please edit the text of this item to say Arkham City, not Arkhum City.

[tdogg06051991]

The link for the trailer is right here.
http://www.kewego.fr/video/...

[SixZeroFour]

dont even give that site hits, you can always find trailers on youtube or gametrailers

[saladthieves]

Batman Arkham Asylum was an epic game man. It simply raised the bar higher. Achieving the same thing on the next batman game would be hard, but I have no doubt in my mind that they can do this/even do better. I just don't want them to screw it up like they did with The force unleashed II.

[IcarusOne]

Cannot wait for this game. Co-op or not, it's gonna be great.

[Mystickay86]

This is fake. 80% certain. I think a majority of these people are mislead. Then again, looks good ;P. But yeah, don't get your hopes up.

[CrIpPeN]

I though it was a mod from Batman Arkham Asylum PC.
Because some of the voice over was from the first game.

[The Dark Knight]

HELL YEAH

[Karooo]

awesome

[halocursed]

Stoked!!!

[ajcastillo]

Original Source: http://n4g.com/news/687619/...

[NYC_Gamer]

^^^^yes,that one was posted first.i'm only buying this game for the single player though.

[thedudeftw]

Yet look what happend when the person tried to embed the video. The site become sh*t in the layout...but everything in pending is equal folks. The most pathetic rule to N4G.

[gameseveryday]

@ajcastillo

Ripping off a sites HTML code and pasting that in to n4g. You have basically screwed n4g.com's design. How on earth can that be a legit submission. You CANNOT rip off source code from another site. The video player of that site does not allow the embed code. You ripped the entire web page and in doing so you also screwed n4g's design.

Talk abt original source..meh!

[ajcastillo]

I did this because some other person Reported my News saying that i needed to embedd the video so i did, i was aplying the rules of N4G, that doesn´t gives you the authority to assume that your news is first and better than mine, you practicaly even ripped my preview, you know what if you consider yourself part of the gaming journalism at least have some balls to put the credits where it is deserved. Oh another thing putting Kewego as credit is like putting youtube as credit that is against the rules of N4G, but hey who gives a damn just because my blog is a little gaming site compared to others, thank you very much for everything.

[gameseveryday]

@ajcastillo

N4g clearly states that if your site finds some news, you can put that link in the credit url. Even the submission page has a credit url input box. I found the news on that site and posted it and gave credit url to the original site. Thats an n4g rule.

[davidmccue]

The video IS embeddable, i my self have embedded it on my own website, from what i can tell from both the articles in the discussion neither one of you have embedded it within N4G which is the rule. Adding 'THE VIDEO IS NOT EMBEDDABLE' below your submission then removing it afterwards is a bit sly Rashid.

[redDevil87]

This game is going to be sik!

[Dellis]

Overhyped Ip

[Reborn]

Looks awesome! I cant wait to see more about the story, and what it has to offer. But, a little co-op mode on the side wont hurt.

However, I do wonder if this is real, or not.

[tubers]

Funny and interesting :) I hope it comes to the PC as well.

[bauer007]

Am i the only one that finds it a lil fake considering it uses dialogue from arkham asylum?

[Eamon]

it does?

Wow. If you're right this might be one of the most successful gaming hoaxes ever.

[celtics345]

I thought the exact same thing. The first 5 lines, at least, from Batman & Joker are taken word-for-word out of Arkham Asylum. Very Interesting..

[SeraphimBlade]

Caught onto that myself. Looks like the in-game graphics from Asylum too. I'm not convinced this is real either

[Blaine]

It's hard to tell if it's real. All the character models and dialog are from AA...

[Orochi Avlis]

Looks fake to me.
All the art assets and models come straight of off Arkham Asylum.
Even the lines are lifted off of the AA.

[P_Bomb]

Looks cheesy and out of charachter imo, especially the slo-mo co-op throws. The Joker isn't Robin, or Batgirl, or Nightwing. This team up makes no sense, especially since Joker is the reason Oracle is confined to a wheelchair. Batman has no friends now? At the very least call Azrael ,lol.

Looks odd to see Batman taking a kip up and doing the fastball special with the anorexic clown.

[Pozzle]

"This team up makes no sense, especially since Joker is the reason Oracle is confined to a wheelchair."

Then again, Batman DID have a laugh with the Joker at the end of The Killing Joke; mere hours after he shot Barbara in the spine.

[P_Bomb]

Laughing at a joke under duress isn't the same as becoming a crime fighting dynamic duo of their own. :p

[Godmars290]

Mind blown doesn't even begin to describe how much my mind mind has indeed been blown. Weather its fake or not.

[Drummerdude41]

Idk it just kinda seemed like a fail moment to me when he started to fight with the joker...Was kinda hoping it would branch out to a more not so basic scenario or a more rpg build your character up type game play. The game could still branch out, but from this trailer it looks pretty cookie cutter.

[BabyTownFrolics]

was not expecting that

[RandomGamer]

Yeah it's fake for sure,Since the joker was a mess in an earlier trailer thanks to his use of venom makes no sense how he was magically healed.
Also as other people have said the joker uses the exact same lines from that he does in Arkham Asylum.

[koehler83]

Rad.

[Jihra]

This is odd, Batman would never never never never fight with Joker. First thing he would do is disable the joker then take care of all the rest. Kinda disappointing, why not co-op(if there is co-op)with Robin or Nightwing.

[BryanBegins]

I don't know, I see that as a hint that the multiplayer modes will be very free. Like you can play with the character you want, and you can team-up with whoever you want.

[Jihra]

If its multiplayer I have no issues with that, I just wouldn't want it in the main campaign.

[Kakihara]

...Okay, tha' wuss a lil weird. Consider me firmly in the 'This shit be fake' camp.

[Lucreto]

I am not sure if this is real also. All the Jokes lines we have heard before and we seen all his moves if you played the first game.

It could be real but there was a lot of reused stuff in it that puts me off.

[CryWolf]

I must say that was AWESOME!! Batman Arkhum City going to have Co-Op gaming this time around, I hope you can go Online with Co-Op too.

[mobijoker]

Man!that's a---w---e---s--o--m--e.
So many badass villains and vamps!!!Can't wait for Dark Knight.

[Rubberlegs]

Since you could use Joker in the PS3 version that's where they are pulling him from. Just seems like its the combat area mode but now with coop support.

[orion456]

This isn't a trailer at all.
It's so obviously fan made.
I can't believe I'm one ofthe few people who realizes this.

[CYBERSNAKE]

Yeah I know, the script and animation are obviously from Arkham Asylum, either Rocksteady are making a terrible trailer (which i highly doubt) or this is fanmade.

[evildeli]

If this is fan made, they need to get hired to work on the real game. It looks good.

[Bozzio]

This just keeps getting better.

[The_Great_D]

what the heck? batman and joker working together? thats not suppose to be how co op was done in this game. I heard you were able to patrol the city as batman, robin and batwoman and you stopped riots from joker and you could set up traps when you played as the villains. batman and joker fighting together would be so dumb in my opinion.

[nskrishna2]

Looks fanmade. We need an official statment people
.

[OhReginald]

Fake Fake Fake!

heres why its fake

1. PC modders created this scene.
2. Re-used voice-acting from first game
3. Batman's bat logo on his suit is different in the sequel while this one is taken from arkham asylum.
4. this is the crime alley map from arkham asylum.
5. Joker is supposedly dying.
6. this is stupid batman and joker would NEVER work together.
7. The guys they are fighting are from arkham asylum game.
8. rocksteady would never release such a poor quality video.
9. no rocksteady logos or warner bros.
10. THIS IS FAKE! END OF STORY.

[TheBatman_Fanatic]

Another reason is the utility belt, it looks like the belt from Arkham Asylum. The utility belt is changed in Arkham City.

[xVeZx]

even if it is fake its still cool....

[Justanothergamer]

I have another theory : this video could have been made by Rocksteady as a basis for co-op mode in Arkham City.

The kind of video intended only for the developer, to show the whole team the direction in wich the developement should be taken.

We know they started working on AC before Asylum was even released : the artworks in the secret room.

My point is the video is official (it explains why Warner is taking them down) but was made a long time ago, around the release of Arkham Asylum I'd say, and was never intended to be shown to the public.

[OhReginald]

no they removed it because its their property and the video is clearly spreading false information.

[Xfanboy]

Did batman just team up with joker?? I hate the sight of this!! scrap it a start over please!!

Edit: thank god it a mod..

[--------]

Yeah, didn't think it was official. From the start of the video it just didn't feel right - pretty cheesy and awkward, not the mention the Arkham Asylum dialogue. Pretty good fake though, I'll give them props for that! Hopefully it helps to generate even more hype for the game, it deserves it.

[Kon]

Fake. Need to fix the headline

[memphis2]

hmm does not look legit to me...it does look like arkham asylum.

[NVIDIAGeek]

You smokin', son?

[TheBatman_Fanatic]

Fake

[BlueEye]

Getting this game big time, and uh DIPS ON THE JOKER!

[KillaSeason]

i dont like it.. as much as i hate robin, id rather have him co-op with bat than joker. Joker and harley as alternate co-op.

[xino]

IMPOSSIBLE!

If there's Co-op for storymode, I'm gonna finally play Batman AA!

but that video indicates a co-op arena like wise:/

-Ninja Gaiden 3- better have co-op! You wanna co-op with a Master Ninja like me? sure:)

[AliTheBrit420]

Fake but whatever

This game is still up there, with the likes of Elder Scrolls V, and Portal 2, one of the biggest and best titles coming this year no doubt.

[gypsygib]

I'm confused, why did they working together?

[femshep]

no coop please =[

and if they make the story reaaaaly long that would be awesome!

[zoks310]

Ahh please add some new skins for the enemies. Game looks awesome non the less. This year is going to really hurt my wallet.

[BlackBriar]

Is the Co-op Optional? Similar to Uncharted 2? I pray its not the game Like in Resident Evil 5, that game sucked Ass!

[Evolve]

OMG!. This game is rock man, I really excited for it.

[CrzyFooL]

FAKE BUT NOT GAY!!

[violent80sarcade82]

I CAN'T WAIT! i hope theres 2 player co-op mode with robin...

[FAGOL]

Get a room.

[RandomGamer]

http://www.ripten.com/2011/...

Seems they are on board with those of us saying its clearly fan made.

[iammason]

That is definately teh sexy.

Want, want, want!!

Nay, NEEEEEEED!

Just beat Arkham Asylum on Hard too.

[kalel114]

I wonder why WB would take it down from You Tube if it was fake?

[AnonUser5555]

FAKE

[jalen247]

Looks really good

[violent80sarcade82]

Are you blind? The joker set up batman in the alley to try to kill him again and when 1 of his men accidentally hit him joker just went on impulse and starting beating all his men just for the moment he always has more men he's not gonna help batman he's just crazy that's why batman knocked him out at the end.

[Megulito]

i hate ppl who yell oh ill pay for that dlc... what a douche

[BI0RAPTOR]

I can not even get the link to work? :(
Although at the sounds of things it sounds like more shenanigans.

[Pozzle]

Even if it is fake, I would love co-op to be added to the actual game. Obviously the Joker and Batman aren't going to work together in Story Mode...But it would be cool to have the option in a Multiplayer/Challenge mode.

p.s. I don't care if it makes no sense, Joker and Bats working together made me ridiculously happy. :O

[WittyAdrian]

Fake. Same textures, same look, even same dialog!!

[Supman]

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[violent80sarcade82]

@FAGOL get a room with your gay dad you fucking faggot.