Tag: Batman
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A Dark Knight for Narrative
James doesn’t feel need to spoil the end of Batman: Arkham Knight. He reckons Rocksteady have already done that all by themselves.
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Why does the video games industry hate its consumers?
Sean Halliday ponders over why the video game industry treats its consumers so badly.
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Christmas Comes Early in Arkham Origins Launch Trailer
Warner Bros. have today released the launch trailer for Batman: Arkham Origins. The third in the Arkham Trilogy, though the first not to have Rocksteady at the developers helm, Origins looks to continue the counter-heavy combat of the series. The sheer number of villains in this game all vying to kill a freshly cowled Batman…
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DC Universe Online due an overhaul for PS4 release
The MMORPG DC Universe Online is set to be hit with a bout of cosmetic surgery paired with some re-constructive work in order to have it take full advantage of the PS4’s next-gen hardware. The most noticeable visual changes will be in texture resolution although some areas of the game are going to be rebuild…
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Arkham Origins Reveals Multiplayer in Latest Trailer
Warner Bros. and DC have today revealed the multiplayer component of the latest Batman game – Arkham Origins. A prequel to the previously released Asylum and City games, Origins follows a younger Batman before he has become the Dark Knight that criminals fear today. A multiplayer component was rumoured a while back, but today an…
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Deadpool
Deadpool is a videogame adaptation of the popular Marvel comic series of the same name. Development reins have been been handed to High Moon Studios, whose most recent projects have been the Transformers games, including Fall of Cybertron. They also developed 2008’s The Bourne Conspiracy. Deadpool takes the form of an action game that blends…
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Batman: Arkham Origins and Blackgate Announced
Acting as a prequel to the critically-acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, Arkham Origins will tackle the rise of the Dark Knight and his early challenges. A press release issued yesterday from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment clarifies: “Taking place before the rise of Gotham City’s most dangerous criminals, the game showcases a young and unrefined…
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Injustice: Gods Among Us – Hands On
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Of course not – it’s Ready Up’s hands-on preview of Injustice: Gods Among Us! With only a month and a bit to go before Injustice turns up on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii U, I went to the London base of operations for Warner Bros. to…
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The Ready Up Podcast – Season 2, Episode 2 – Cold Called
The second episode of season 2 sees Tony driving the show with John, alongside guests Simon Allen and Fran Shergold! The games we play this episode is iPad heavy, Fran is loving board-type games like Carcassone and Path-ology HD and John is slamming down the road in CSR: Racing. Tony is still racking up the…
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Sonnet The Hedgehog – Gotham City Impishters
In which Sonnet takes his friend’s terrible, terrible advice to visit Gotham City for a holiday. Having somehow managed to survive nearly a week there without encountering one of the city’s numerous super-villains, he walks about town on his final night when disaster strikes. But don’t worry, Batman to the rescue! Or is he…? Read…