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Batman stars as the Xbox Deals With Gold for 22nd-28th July goes all DC and Marvel

Neil writes "The latest Xbox Deals With Gold sale is now live and it’s got a bit of a DC feel to things! Available right now to all Xbox Live Gold members, the Xbox Deals With Gold for 22nd-28th July 2014 sees discounts in place for a number of Batman titles and a few other DC and Marvel games."

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ifistbrowni3559d ago (Edited 3559d ago )

I was hoping to see Arkham Origin in the sale.

Arkam Asylum and Arkham City for $5 a piece is an absolute steal if you've never played those games. Even if you're not a fan of Batman (how could you not be?), they're still good games.

harrisk9543559d ago

Arkham City for free (on PS+) is an even better deal. ;)

Volkama3559d ago

Debatable. Paying for a rental isn't directly comparible to buying a game.

CorndogBurglar3559d ago

@ volkama

I'm sorry, I don't remember ever having to give back any of my free PS+ games.

Volkama3559d ago

CorndogBurglar, I'm all for rental services and such. I don't personally care for ownership of games and I don't plan to drop my subscriptions.

I am just pointing out that it isn't so cut and dry as to which is the better value deal, because "Arkham City for free" is a bit of a falacy.

Personally I would LOVE for the consoles to have a all-access subscription packages to play whatever you want (ie a games equivalent of netflix and such). I'd pay a lot for that.

mcstorm3559d ago

@CorndogBurglar what he means is if you stop paying for PS+ you lose your PS+ games which means you are paying to rent them just like you do if you have a Prime or Netflix account.

Some good deals in there too nice to see Microsoft offer the discount for Gold now and I hope we start to see more and more on the xbox one soon too.

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Back-to-Back3559d ago (Edited 3559d ago )

If you really want Batman games on the cheap

Sony has a nice deal going on right now
https://store.sonyentertain...

Batman AA, Batman Origin, Batman Origins Blackgate all for $4.20 each.

neil3633559d ago

Aye, a bit disappointing to see just the Origins Season Pass in there. The game would have been nice.

Agree totally on Asylum and City....loved them both.

optimus3559d ago

Glad they threw in the Injustice season pass. Now i can dust it off and put a few hours back into it.

oKidUKo3559d ago

Looks like there's a few more now, will be getting Raven episodes. They're at a decent price.

Volkama3559d ago (Edited 3559d ago )

Some good deals there. Maybe if I wait long enough I will be able to get decent games for decent prices on the Xbox One and PS4 as well. It isn't like they become less fun a year or two down the line.

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Batman Arkham City in 2024 – How Well Does It Hold Up?

GB: "With this feature, we take a look back at the incredible Batman: Arkham City with the aim of analyzing it from the perspective of a 2024 release."

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The best Batman Arkham game still isn’t on PS5, and that’s a problem

Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League is almost here, but I can't revisit the best Arkhamverse game on PS5 without sacrificing quality.

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ZeekQuattro95d ago

Not a fan of Orgins. Blame it on the absence of Conroy & Hamill. Blame it on the lack of atmosphere compared to Asylm. Hell blame it the devs thst dicked over Wii U owners like me that purchased the game only for support be dropped as a thank you to me. It's better than Knight but that's not saying much. I don't care for that entry either.

Rebel_Scum95d ago

tbh buying a game like that for WiiU should’ve been an obvious non-purchase when it existed on better hardware.

Cacabunga95d ago

Origins is amazing..
my favorite Batman is Batman and Robin on mega drive.. an HD REMASTER of that would still look glorious

ZeekQuattro95d ago

I got it launch. Kinda hard to go back. I'm supposed to know they were going to drop support months after the fact. 🤣

Exvalos95d ago

You sound like a salty fanboy, that it didn't come to your precious plastic of choice. It's not the developers fault Nintendo continues making underpowered hardware. It's our fault because we keep buying it. Yes I say (we) I'm part of the problem as well.

ZeekQuattro95d ago

I have a PS3 and a Wii U. How was I a salty fanboy? I bought the game on the system I wanted it for.

Rebel_Scum95d ago

Nah my comment has nothing to do with whether you’d know or not that they’d drop support.

Buying any AAA game of that era for a WiiU you should’ve known you’d be sacrificing graphics and load times.

LucasRuinedChildhood95d ago

It's solid but Origins is definitely not the best Arkham game.

LoveSpuds95d ago

Smacks of hyperbole to me, talk about clutching at straws to create some drama around PS5!!

generic-user-name94d ago

Titles like these are designed to get you to come in, go to their comment section and tell them how they're so wrong so they can boost their numbers.

Phoenix7695d ago

Even though its not the best arkham game in the series, its still an enjoyable game in its own right. What it do really well at though, was the crime investigations scenes. Which imo, were the best of the franchise.

goldwyncq95d ago

I don’t know about best game but it definitely has the best story and boss fights.

boing195d ago

Never played it and recently I've finally tried it via cloud on psn. It's not the best for sure, but it ain't bad either.

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Batman: Arkham Origins - Open World Busy Work that Doesn't Hold Up 10 Years Later

Batman: Arkham Origins launched 10 years ago today, and sadly doesn't stand the test of time as well as its predecessors.

Petebloodyonion176d ago

I fail to grasp why this title is worse compared to Arkham City (according to the article) as the author didn't provide any argument to explain why aside from that it felt the bigger map compared to Arkham Asylum made the experience less tight.
More importantly, the author seems like he never played Arkham City since he described the game as linear (alongside Asylum).