Stu at Sushimonster85 writes 'Few new gaming IP’s have made the kind of impact the Batman: Arkham games have. I know calling Batman a new IP seems kind of strange, but in terms of gaming, The Dark Knights presence has always been a little lackluster and disjointed. That was all turned on its head in August 2009 when Rocksteady released Batman: Arkham Asylum, a game that was not only the best Batman game to date, but one of the best games available on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Since then Rocksteady have developed two sequels, and WB Montreal got in on the act with a prequel to the first game, albeit with a different voice cast...'
"The Montréal-based (Québec, Canada) indie games developer Raccoon Logic have today announced with great joy and thrill, that their satirical sci-fi adventure "Revenge of the Savage Planet", is coming to PC (via Steam) and consoles (PS5 and Xbox Series X) on May 8th (2025)." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
"The Kosice-based (Slovakia) indie games publisher Grindstone and Bratislava-based (Slovakia) indie games developer Bitmap Galaxy,, are today very delighted and proud to announce that the full version (v1.0) of their cozy puzzle nature-building game “Preserve“, is coming to PC (via Steam) and consoles (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch via digital stores on May 15th, 2025." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
Meta revealed that an Xbox VR headset was on the way back in 2024, so where is it? And what form can we expect it to take?
Yea, the problem is that the games worth playing in VR in Microsoft's catalog do not run on Meta OS. Hands down one of the best VR experiences I've had was MS Flight Simulator, and you need a beast of a system to run it well! The one thing that could push Meta headsets is an "official" release of Minecraft VR. You had to do some workarounds before to get it running in VR (which is an amazing experience, I don't actually play the game flat), but they just removed all VR support for the game after an update at the end of March. Bring it back with an official, easy to use Meta Quest version. I wouldn't buy an XBox branded Quest, but I'd at least like to see them do a bigger push into VR. Doubt they'd do it bc it's still so niche, and they're struggling atm and trimming the fat as it is. (But omg, would I kill for an official Forza Horizon in VR w wheel support!!)
I'm not sure that a Metaquest with an Xbox logo slapped on it constitutes it being an "Xbox" headset. But whatever.
Hololens is a damn cool kit... problem is price. So if there was a cheaper 2.0, I'd be down for that. I know you are trying to make a dig, that just shows you never experienced it.
1- Arkham Asylum (best in the series)
2- Arkham City
3- Arkham Knight
4- Arkham origins
I haven,t 100%'d Arkham Knight so I wont rank them, Origin is obvs the worst I found the open world a bit bland and very much like anArkham City 2.5 but I liked the story, Asylum and City are too close to call always have been for me
Theres no doubt from a gameplay point Arkham Knight is the best, the sheer options and ways you can take down checkpoints and towers is so varied and dynamic and traversing that huge open world with a fully upgraded Batmobile and Batsuit is just a joy to play.
However there was something about that intimate Metroid like structure of the first game
Yeah, it's transition to open world was handled really well, but I would still love to see another Arkham Asylum style game with a more intimate environment.
For personal enjoyment I'd say...
1.City
2.Asylum (although they're on par with eachother)
3. Knight (batmobile killed it)
4. Origins (bored stupid after a few hours)
I'd still rank them:
1. Arkham City
2. Arkham Asylum
3. Arkham Knight
4. Arkham Origins
5. Arkham Origins: Blackgate