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PS3 Review - Batman: Arkham City | PlayStationLifeStyle

When Batman: Arkham Asylum released in 2009, it quickly became known as one of the best examples of a comic book hero turned into a playable video game character. With the game reaching critical as well as commercial success, Rocksteady Studios quickly got to work on a sequel. Have they tweaked enough of Arkham Asylum to warrant a purchase? Find out in our review.

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decimalator4968d ago

Man, reading all these great reviews makes me kick myself for not buying it yet. Looks like I will have to pick up a copy.

dbjj120884968d ago

Yeah what a fantastic game.

ftwrthtx4968d ago

Sounds like another CONTENDER FOR GOTY

T3mpr1x4968d ago

Definitely! With Uncharted 3 right around the corner, it's 2009 all over again!

BigWoopMagazine4966d ago

Yeah, this is the best thing I've played all year.

Lifewish4968d ago

Man i need this game badly!

Pintheshadows4968d ago

I'm glad I didn't wait. And my codes and junk worked fine.

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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League developer Rocksteady hit by end-of-year layoffs

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League developer Rocksteady has quietly suffered another round of layoffs, this time just before the end of 2024.

Half a dozen staff impacted by the redundancies have spoken to Eurogamer to confirm the job losses, under condition of anonymity to protect their careers.

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rlow1140d ago

Sad to see that so many have lost jobs.

RiseNShine140d ago

But I thought GaaS was the future!

Christopher139d ago

Let's be honest, GaaS was the least of this game's issues.

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hard joe140d ago

how the mighty have fallen
their batman game was good

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HBO’s “The Penguin” Makes Me Want A Batman-Less Arkham Game

Shaz from GL: "HBO's The Penguin proves that you don't need Batman to tell a Batman story, which makes me wonder if the same could be done for a video game."

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RaidenBlack197d ago

Enough of Batman less Gotham games

zsquaresoff197d ago

The only reason why anyone is watching this show is because it is in the 'Batman Universe'

GhostScholar196d ago

We got that with Arkham knights. Wasn’t great

GhostScholar195d ago

Yes I know it was called Gotham knights lol I said Arkham because if may as well been called that because it was basically a sequel.

Flewid638195d ago (Edited 195d ago )

Gotham Knights had zero connection to the Arkham series. Totally separate universe.

Rebel_Scum196d ago

Yeah no thanks. Not a fan at all of playing as other characters like Nightwing, Robin, Harley etc. Don't even like their detective mechanics much so Gordon is out too.

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH196d ago

Nah Batman is needed. I only want to play as Batman in the “Batman Universe “

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Rocksteady Reportedly Lays Off Staff Following Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Flop

Rocksteady Studios has reportedly laid off several staff members as a result of the disastrous release of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.

phoenixwing267d ago (Edited 267d ago )

Blame the ppl wo greenlit the gaas idea for a genre not the workers. So like the ceo or the managers.

Cacabunga267d ago

Or Warner.. they fund projects.
Next time make Batman game with multiplayer like Origins if you really want to implement online. Nothing will replace a solid story driven game

TheProfessional266d ago (Edited 266d ago )

That's all true but whoever did the story, character designs and gameplay also didn't do a good job either. Even if they were forced to make suicide squad and it had to be games as a service they could've done better characters at least.

Christopher267d ago (Edited 267d ago )

The gameplay itself wasn't smart. It's a shooter when half of them don't even use ranged weapons and only one uses guns.

CobraKai267d ago

WB/RS definitely tried to pigeonhole DC characters into a GAAS shooter and it didn’t work. Couple that with horrendous Joker and MR. Freeze designs, and you have a recipe for failure.

TheProfessional266d ago (Edited 266d ago )

They also completely removed all of the combat Rocksteady was good at. If this was a mulitplayer version of Arkham it could've been great. But I guess it still would've been suicide squad.

OldDuffer267d ago

I bet the people who made the decisions 'up high' are not affected by lay offs at all.
Shame to see.

coolbeans267d ago

Worse than that, those few probably had nice yearly bonuses as this portfolio item likely promised great ROI.

anast267d ago

They get bonuses after lay offs.

TheProfessional266d ago (Edited 266d ago )

Whoever the project leads are on this also did a bad job with what they were given.

FinalFantasyFanatic266d ago

Higher ups really need to be held accountable for these screwups, it's amazing that everyone below them pays for their mistakes, while they get rewarded for their crappy choices.

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Yi-Long267d ago

Instead of firing the devs who were forced to turn their games into GaaS garbage, how about firing the arrogant, greedy suits who dismissed all the warnings from gamers who shouted at them that we’re not interested in GaaS … !?

Anyway, those devs will find new projects to work on, big or small, while those suits will remain seated in their thrones and will continue to make dumb decisions which will run their company i to the ground.

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