Batman: Arkham Asylum - Collector's Edition (2009) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Batman: Arkham Asylum - Collector's Edition

Batman: Arkham Asylum is an action-adventure game developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Released in 2009, it follows Batman as he battles the Joker, who…

25 September 2009

What Batman: Arkham Asylum - Collector's Edition is

Batman: Arkham Asylum - Collector's Edition is an adventure game developed by Rocksteady Studios and released in 2009. It was published by DC Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.

The premise, in the publisher's words

After the Joker assaults Gotham City Hall, he is caught by Batman and taken to Arkham Asylum, which temporarily houses many members of the Joker's gang, who were transferred after a fire at Blackgate Prison. Believing the Joker allowed himself to be captured, Batman accompanies him into the asylum. The Joker's plan is revealed as Harley Quinn takes control of the security and the Joker escapes into the facility, aided by a corrupt guard who kidnaps Commissioner Gordon. The Joker threatens to detonate bombs hidden around Gotham City if anyone tries to enter Arkham, forcing Batman to work alone. Tracking Quinn to the medical facility to rescue Gordon, Batman is exposed to the Scarecrow's fear…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, open world and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the DC Comics series

Batman: Arkham Asylum - Collector's Edition is the 62nd of 185 entries we hold in the DC Comics series. The next entry was Batman: The Brave and the Bold in 2009.

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What it launched against

Batman: Arkham Asylum - Collector's Edition launched on 25 September 2009, within three weeks of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat and Pokémon SoulSilver Version.

Released around the same time: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, Pokémon SoulSilver Version.

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