by Shane Augustin
 The game is based on the DC superhero Batman, it was released 
worldwide on August 25, 2009. 
 The game was published by Warner Bros. and Interactive Entertainment. 
The game was developed by Rock Steady Studios, they have also 
developed games like Grand Theft Auto, and Riot response. 
 The game’s relate to the film as many of the characters are in both. Not 
only are the main characters like Batman and Joker in both the games but 
they also include other characters like police commissioner Gordon or 
bane. 
 The game’s main enemies are the ones from the films like Joker, Mr. 
Freeze and bane but a lot of the enemy characters are from the comics 
like Penguin, Killer Croc, Poison Ivy, Solomon Grundy, Scarecrow and Zaz.
The game was comercialised on PS3, XBOX 
360, Microsoft Windows, OS X and Cloud (On 
live). The games genres are action-adventure, 
beat’em up and stealth. 
Over 2.5 billion copies of the game were sold 
worldwide. In the first five days following its 
release approximately 593,000 copies were 
sold in North America, 
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/gamenew 
s.php?id=83509
The marketing campaign was designed to 
leave many in suspense. 
A short demo of the game was released to 
only get the players used to the game’s 
controls. 
A trailer was also released showcasing some 
of the new things the character can do.
 Official launch trailer for Batman Arkham asylum 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILNP-X0IK88& 
safe=active 
 Official launch trailer for Batman Arkham city-https:// 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=- 
V1ZF5cNYCs 
 Review of the game 
http://uk.ign.com/games/batman-arkham-asylum/ 
xbox-360-14273491
 The game has done exceptionally well and won 
many awards including best adventure, best 
action and the Guinness world record for most 
critically acclaimed superhero game ever. 
 The game was nominated at the Academy Of 
Interactive Arts and Sciences awards for 
Adventure Game Of The Year, Outstanding 
Achievement In Animation and many more. 
 It also received a Game Of The Year addition a 
year later which included some extra hours of 
game play and another playable character.
As this game received so much good 
press and ratings, a second was released. 
Batman Arkham city was the second 
game in the Arkham series and also done 
exceptionally well. 
A third game was released in the series, 
Arkham origins, and a fourth is set to 
release on June 2nd, 2015.
The cover of the 
game is very dark. 
This shows that 
Batman is a very dark 
and mysteries 
character. 
We simply see the 
main character in the 
game “Batman” 
standing alone. This 
shows the characters 
personality as being 
alone and not having 
The moon is very anyone. 
prominent and bright, 
putting forward the 
idea of nigh and 
darkness. 
The characters 
symbol, a bat, is at 
the top of the cover. 
As bats are nocturnal 
creatures, this 
promotes batman's 
style of coming out at 
night time. 
The cover brings the 
idea to mind that 
Batman watches over 
the city. 
The games disc is the 
view of Gotham city 
being covered by all 
the games logo’s, the 
title and other 
important writing. 
The writing on the side 
of the case is only a 
console label. PS3
The back of the 
game’s has a small 
bit of writing, not 
giving away to much 
of the game. 
The games main 
villain is in the top 
left of the screen. 
The sentence 
“welcome to the mad 
house” is written as if 
it had been sprayed 
out of the can the 
main villain is 
holding. 
“Madhouse”, a crazy 
and unsafe place to 
be. 
The back also has 
some of the game’s 
labels and main 
logo’s, it also has the 
age rating. 
Some other bits of 
the writing are also in 
the green writing.
Most of my information was from a Wikipedia 
page on the game - 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_Arkha 
m_Asylum 
Some came from IGN, a well known gaming 
review site which offered up some useful 
information. 
he information on the awards - 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1282022/award 
s

Batman arkham asylum

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  • 2.
     The gameis based on the DC superhero Batman, it was released worldwide on August 25, 2009.  The game was published by Warner Bros. and Interactive Entertainment. The game was developed by Rock Steady Studios, they have also developed games like Grand Theft Auto, and Riot response.  The game’s relate to the film as many of the characters are in both. Not only are the main characters like Batman and Joker in both the games but they also include other characters like police commissioner Gordon or bane.  The game’s main enemies are the ones from the films like Joker, Mr. Freeze and bane but a lot of the enemy characters are from the comics like Penguin, Killer Croc, Poison Ivy, Solomon Grundy, Scarecrow and Zaz.
  • 3.
    The game wascomercialised on PS3, XBOX 360, Microsoft Windows, OS X and Cloud (On live). The games genres are action-adventure, beat’em up and stealth. Over 2.5 billion copies of the game were sold worldwide. In the first five days following its release approximately 593,000 copies were sold in North America, http://www.comingsoon.net/news/gamenew s.php?id=83509
  • 4.
    The marketing campaignwas designed to leave many in suspense. A short demo of the game was released to only get the players used to the game’s controls. A trailer was also released showcasing some of the new things the character can do.
  • 5.
     Official launchtrailer for Batman Arkham asylum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILNP-X0IK88& safe=active  Official launch trailer for Batman Arkham city-https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=- V1ZF5cNYCs  Review of the game http://uk.ign.com/games/batman-arkham-asylum/ xbox-360-14273491
  • 6.
     The gamehas done exceptionally well and won many awards including best adventure, best action and the Guinness world record for most critically acclaimed superhero game ever.  The game was nominated at the Academy Of Interactive Arts and Sciences awards for Adventure Game Of The Year, Outstanding Achievement In Animation and many more.  It also received a Game Of The Year addition a year later which included some extra hours of game play and another playable character.
  • 7.
    As this gamereceived so much good press and ratings, a second was released. Batman Arkham city was the second game in the Arkham series and also done exceptionally well. A third game was released in the series, Arkham origins, and a fourth is set to release on June 2nd, 2015.
  • 8.
    The cover ofthe game is very dark. This shows that Batman is a very dark and mysteries character. We simply see the main character in the game “Batman” standing alone. This shows the characters personality as being alone and not having The moon is very anyone. prominent and bright, putting forward the idea of nigh and darkness. The characters symbol, a bat, is at the top of the cover. As bats are nocturnal creatures, this promotes batman's style of coming out at night time. The cover brings the idea to mind that Batman watches over the city. The games disc is the view of Gotham city being covered by all the games logo’s, the title and other important writing. The writing on the side of the case is only a console label. PS3
  • 9.
    The back ofthe game’s has a small bit of writing, not giving away to much of the game. The games main villain is in the top left of the screen. The sentence “welcome to the mad house” is written as if it had been sprayed out of the can the main villain is holding. “Madhouse”, a crazy and unsafe place to be. The back also has some of the game’s labels and main logo’s, it also has the age rating. Some other bits of the writing are also in the green writing.
  • 10.
    Most of myinformation was from a Wikipedia page on the game - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_Arkha m_Asylum Some came from IGN, a well known gaming review site which offered up some useful information. he information on the awards - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1282022/award s