Batman: Arkham City
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We have our first-look at Robin from Batman: Arkham City, courtesy of retailer Best Buy, which published the image of the Boy Wonder on its website today.
Robin will be an exclusive pre-order character to play in the game's challenge maps through Best Buy in North America. It's unclear as of now if Robin will be offered separately at a later time.
The Best Buy listing reads:
While supplies last, pre-order the game for an exclusive downloadable Robin character. Robin is a fully playable character in the new and improved challenge mode in Batman: Arkham City. The Tim Drake Robin pack is available exclusively to fans who pre-order the game from Best Buy on Xbox 360, PC and PS3.
Robin comes complete with his own unique gadgets and special moves, and will be playable in all challenge maps in the game, as well as two additional challenge maps that are included with the pack: Black Mask Hideout and Freight Train Escape.
The pack will also contain a bonus Red Robin character skin.
IGN has contacted Warner Bros. for additional information.
Robin will be an exclusive pre-order character to play in the game's challenge maps through Best Buy in North America. It's unclear as of now if Robin will be offered separately at a later time.
The Best Buy listing reads:
While supplies last, pre-order the game for an exclusive downloadable Robin character. Robin is a fully playable character in the new and improved challenge mode in Batman: Arkham City. The Tim Drake Robin pack is available exclusively to fans who pre-order the game from Best Buy on Xbox 360, PC and PS3.
Robin comes complete with his own unique gadgets and special moves, and will be playable in all challenge maps in the game, as well as two additional challenge maps that are included with the pack: Black Mask Hideout and Freight Train Escape.
The pack will also contain a bonus Red Robin character skin.
IGN has contacted Warner Bros. for additional information.
The inclusion of Catwoman in this fall’s Arkham City may be a bit of a headascratcher for some, especially when the Bats’ brother-in-gadgets Robin is making an appearance, but there is a reason for it. And a pretty valid one at that: it allows Rocksteady to take players to places and situations Batman himself would never be in.
Marketing manager Dax Ginn explained the thinking behind the move to OXM recently: “The thing about playing as Catwoman is you’re playing as a criminal. When you’re playing as Batman, you’re the good guy. When you’re playing as Catwoman, you’re the bad girl.
“So it allows you playing as her to explore the criminal underworld of Arkham City. You’ll go places the Batman never would, you’ll do things the Batman never would.”
Same goes for Robin as the two have “a very similar moral compass,” Ginn continues.
“We wanted to create a real contrasting emotional experience for players when they make that control switch. Catwoman is about as far as you can get from Batman.
“That seemed like a creative decision that would give players a broader spectrum of experiences within the game, rather than Batman and Robin, who are quite similar in lots of ways.”
Robin will be available in Arkham City‘s challenge mode levels only, complete with his own moves and abilities.
The game hits shelves this October.
Marketing manager Dax Ginn explained the thinking behind the move to OXM recently: “The thing about playing as Catwoman is you’re playing as a criminal. When you’re playing as Batman, you’re the good guy. When you’re playing as Catwoman, you’re the bad girl.
“So it allows you playing as her to explore the criminal underworld of Arkham City. You’ll go places the Batman never would, you’ll do things the Batman never would.”
Same goes for Robin as the two have “a very similar moral compass,” Ginn continues.
“We wanted to create a real contrasting emotional experience for players when they make that control switch. Catwoman is about as far as you can get from Batman.
“That seemed like a creative decision that would give players a broader spectrum of experiences within the game, rather than Batman and Robin, who are quite similar in lots of ways.”
Robin will be available in Arkham City‘s challenge mode levels only, complete with his own moves and abilities.
The game hits shelves this October.
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