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Less Than a Week Until Nightwing Joins Arkham City
Batman: Arkham City only came out a week ago and already developer Rocksteady is ready to hit us with some downloadable content. They will be bringing Nightwing into the game as a fully playable character in the Challenge Maps, just like they already have Robin and Catwoman. Nightwing will also bring his own Challenge Maps called ‘Wayne Manor’ and ‘Main Hall’, so that should be neat.
Batman games can never have enough Robin, as far as I’m concerned.
The 6 Best Easter Eggs in Batman: Arkham City
I love video game Easter Eggs, and Batman: Arkham City is littered with them! For anyone who doesn’t know, an Easter Egg is an in-joke or a wink to the fans that game developers put into their game for the sheer fun of it. Like finding He-Man in World of Warcraft, the beating heart in the Statue of Liberty in Grand Theft Auto IV or being able to play as Bill Clinton in NBA Jam. They don’t have anything to do with the main game; but if you’re a fan of the series, and you get the ‘joke’, they can bring a smile to your face. They are a real treat.
Arkham City up close and personal
And when creating the ultimate set of Batman video games, the makers of Batman: Arkham Asylum and the new Batman: Arkham City went Easter Egg crazy!
The story of Arkham City (which I won’t spoil here), is an epic adventure that pits Batman against the Joker and Professor Hugo Strange. The game has Batman facing off against other classic rogues like Two-Face, Catwoman, Penguin, Mad Hatter and more as he tries to solve the mystery of Arkham City and save the day! The game takes place in a sprawling map of Gotham City, featuring such notable levels as Penguin’s Iceberg Lounge, the Gotham City Police Station and Ace Chemicals, where the Joker received his vicious grin.
But hidden in the nooks and crannies of the game, far off the beaten path, are tons of Easter Eggs and references to other characters, villains and stories from Batman lore.
It was like that in the first game too. I loved walking around Arkham Asylum and randomly stumbling across Two-Face’s or Mr. Freeze’s cells. They were just there as part of a normal cell block, the way any prisoner’s cell would be. Well Batman: Arkham City has much more room to work with and a lot more ways to hide Easter Eggs. I won’t be spoiling the main story in this list, just a few of the fun and funny Easter Eggs that you can find hidden in the game.
Here are the 6 Best in Batman: Arkham City:
The Legends are True: Pandaria is Real
Holy orc on a stick, the pandas are coming to World of Warcraft!
Officially announced at Friday’s BlizzCon, the next WoW expansion will feature the Pandaren race and their home world of Pandaria. These are panda warriors who study martial arts and live in a thoroughly Asian paradise. And apparently live on the back of a giant turtle. I have no words for how awesome this is…but I do have pictures.
I want to be a panda
Ledgey the Ledge Says Know Your Safety
Dorkly.com posted some great advice for video game Henchmen, brought to you by everyone’s favorite mascot, Ledgey the Ledge.
Robin Gameplay Footage
The first actual gameplay footage of Robin from Batman: Arkham City was released today. It’s really choppy, but it’s still cool. His Detective Mode looks like it might be a little different, as will be his fighting style. I don’t think I like that he’s always wearing his hood. I like the visual of Robin with his hair free. But I won’t nitpick the including of a playable Robin!
Finally found a video format that I can post. Enjoy!
Henchman-4-Hire 