Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins was a fresh and reinvigorating reboot of the Batman movie franchise that both posed, and answered, the question: “what next?” Slight spoiler warning for those who didn’t see this back in 2005, but BB ended with Batman hearing about a bank heist where the perpetrator leaves behind a Joker card. So of course, 2008’s The Dark Knight logically followed with The Joker as one of the main antagonists. A similar sort of thing happens at the end of 2008’s excellent Batman: Arkham Asylum: upon defeating the Joker, Batman then intercepts a police radio call about Two-Face robbing a bank. And so we have a big hint about what to expect for the upcoming Batman: Arkham City.
Though, publisher WB Games and developer Rocksteady have been relatively quiet about the game. Despite expectations for such, Arkham City made no appearance at any of the tradeshows (E3, Gamescom, or Tokyo Game Show) this year. Besides the teaser from the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards, the only other info has been given to print publications. Until we get to see Arkham City for ourselves, here’s a quick breakdown of what we know so far, some of our guesses, and some things on our wish list:
