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Michael Kontoudis
03 May, 2009

Batman: Arkham Asylum delayed

PALGN News | Unfit for release?
In what will come as bad news for Batman aficionados and gamers eager to flex the muscle of the dark knight, Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have issued a statement to IGN confirming the multitude of internet rumours suggesting that Batman: Arkham Asylum will not meet its scheduled June release date.

"Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment can today confirm that Batman: Arkham Asylum will be released at the end of summer 2009," stated the spokesperson. "This additional time will allow us to ensure Batman: Arkham Asylum is of the highest quality for gamers."

The game, slated to hit PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC, is a third-person action title with stealth, combat and exploration elements which pits Batman against his rogues gallery in the confines of the infamous Arkham Asylum, which has been seized by the Joker.

The suggested revised release date of "end of summer 2009" suggests that the title will ship sometime in the third quarter of 2009.

We hope that the delay means that the game's developer, Rocksteady Studios, is polishing the title to a fine sheen, because the title definitely has the potential to be the best Batman videogame adaptation ever, a notion that Eidos Interactive itself is keen to propagate.

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4 Comments
2 years ago
Huh, just pre-ordered it this week too icon_razz.gif Ah well, gives me more time to finish all the other games I'm yet to complete.
2 years ago
Delay is better than bugginess, so good news.
2 years ago
Preordered my copy this week too... a shame about the delay, but it happens; at least it'll give Rocksteady a few extra months to polish it up even more.
2 years ago
It occurs to me that I didn't have any idea what the release date was before I read this article, so I'm OK with this. I'm really looking forward to the game, but somehow I never checked when it was coming out.
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Australian Release Date:
  3/09/2009 (Confirmed)
Standard Retail Price:
  $119.95 AU
Publisher:
  Namco Bandai Partners (Atari)
Genre:
  Action Adventure
Year Made:
  2008
Players:
  1

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