Today the highly anticipated Batman: Arkham Asylum game has not only arrived at retail, but has also been awarded a Guinness World Record for the 'Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever'.
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Although the initial reviews suggest that Batman: Arkham Asylum needs no bundles to sell well, bundling it is still a nice move that will surely spell some nice bucks for both Nvidia and Eidos.
nVidia is offering consumers a free downloadable version of Batman: Arkham Asylum with some of its newest graphics cards.
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Planet Xbox 360 writes: "Ever wonder what happened to all the vanquished villains in Gotham City? Swoop into GameStop Corp., the world's largest video game and entertainment software retailer, during the launch of Batman: Arkham Asylum(tm) on Monday, Aug. 24. GameStop is hosting midnight launch events at more than 2,600 U.S. locations exposing fans to the depths of Arkham Asylum - Gotham's psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane."
This week saw the release of Death to Spies: Moment of Truth and PlayFirst releasing 10 of their games on Steam
The full game isn't even out yet, and the PC guys have already started modding the Dark Knights outfit.
Review compilation from different magazines.
Batman in huge resolutions running on a Geforce GTX 295. There also is a comparison between the aspect ratios 5:4, 16:10 and 48:10 (like 5040 x 1050 pixels).
Edinburgh Interactive, part of the Edinburgh Festival, will deliver a lively mix of conference sessions, games screenings and free gameplay across 13th and 14th August 2009 at Edinburgh Corn Exchange in the heart of Edinburgh. Come along and join Electronic Theatre this Thursday and Friday to play some of this year's biggest titles including Batman: Arkham Asylum and Nintendo's Wii Sports Resort among others.
Badassgamerblog: "Enjoy the 13 min video impressions of the Batman Demo that arrived on Thursday. Have a listen."
The demo for Batman: Arkham Asylum has been added to the Xbox Live Marketplace and is now available for download.
Neocrisis - The demo for the hotly anticipated, Batman: Arkham Asylum, is finally out for the PC and at a whopping 2.03GB. Hit the jump for the demo link.
Badassgamerblog: " Got my hands on the demo today, have played through it multiple times. I'll be posting my impressions of the demo soon, however one thing that struck me from the onset was just how good the game looks."
VG247: Squeidosenix just confirmed that the PC version of Batman: Arkham Asylum will not release until September 15 in North America and September 18 in Europe and Australia.
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