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These Are Probably The First Batman: Arkham City Screens

Batman, Catwoman, and a gnarly-looking Two-Face. These are probably real, right?

Let me be clear, right off the bat (sorry); we have no idea who leaked this gamut of screenshots supposedly from Batman: Arkham City, the follow-up to Rocksteady’s terrific Arkham Asylum. The screenshots were first spotted on an anonymous Flickr account, where they found their way to NeoGAF and, surprisingly enough, our own Arkham City wiki page. Several hours later, the screenshots were taken down from the anonymous account, replaced with a single picture of The Joker.

The point is, these screenshots were not released through what we would call “official channels.” There is every possibility that these pictures featuring Batman, Two-Face, Harley Quinn, The Joker, and Catwoman are an elaborate fake.

But they’re probably not.

And thank goodness for that, because these screenshots look ill. I’ve posted the whole gallery at the end of the article, but here are the most interesting shots of the bunch, complete with a pithy caption.
 

 By taking Arkham off the island, it looks like we're going to see an even wilder breed of Joker street punk. Car doors hurt!
 By taking Arkham off the island, it looks like we're going to see an even wilder breed of Joker street punk. Car doors hurt!
== TEASER ==

 Man, that's a really good messed-up face.
 Man, that's a really good messed-up face.


 What if Arkham City is a larger open world environment than Arkham Island? An even more vertical place for Batman to climb up and jump down could be awesome.
 What if Arkham City is a larger open world environment than Arkham Island? An even more vertical place for Batman to climb up and jump down could be awesome.


 Bow-Chika-Meow-Meow.
 Bow-Chika-Meow-Meow.
 
What do you folks think? What's your favorite part of these new screens? And what do you think they suggest about the kind of game Batman: Arkham City could be?


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@cide said:
" @Luminal said:
" These screenies look way to polished to be fakes "
I take it you haven't played the PC version of Arkham Asylum? It looks that good "
I think you need to reread Luminal's post.
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I'm in love with Harley Quinn I want to make her my wife.

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Just wow.  Those shots are looking good as all hell.  Didn't play the first (yes i know shame on me) but looks like i'm going to have too. This series is really looking good.

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from the looks of the pics i say it will kick some real ass  ^^

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sorry if someone already has pointed it out, but there is the same image (the detective mode picture) twice in the gallery

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@Sharpless said:
" @Besetment said:
" Odd, in one of the screen shots it looks like Harley is just standing there next to Batman, talking to him. She's missing most of her face paint, too. What's going on here? "
She's not missing any face paint. The lighting and shadows just make it less visually prominent.  Also, I hate Harley's design (too generically slutty) and Catwoman needs to holster her boobs a bit. Come on, Arkham team... I know it's a video game, but reel it in a bit. You don't need to bare skin to look sexy. "
Yeah, the catwoman cleavage is a tad over the top, which is too bad, because the rest of her outfit's design is actually sorta cool. I like the more practical stitched leather and goggles look over the usual latex fetish thing.
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@ryanwho said:
" @Chris2KLee said:
" Guessing Catwoman will fill the co-op role here. Was hoping for Nightwing myself, or maybe the Grey Ghost. "
I been wondering when they're just going to start skipping Robin completely and going straight to Nightwing and Red Hood. Cus it seems like the Batman people continually want doesn't include his colorful boy sidekick. "
Which is sad, because I think Robin is an important part of Batman lore. I think the general public's problems with Robin is they only have the Burt Ward 1960's TV Robin in their heads. Recent renditions of him, like Tim Drake and Damien have been far more interesting. Tim Drake in particular would have been a good Robin choice for this game, since his tech background and choice of weapons (the bo staff mostly), would have made him a different but complimentary co-op partner.
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@Besetment said:
" Odd, in one of the screen shots it looks like Harley is just standing there next to Batman, talking to him. She's missing most of her face paint, too. What's going on here? "
She's not missing any face paint. The lighting and shadows just make it less visually prominent.
 
Also, I hate Harley's design (too generically slutty) and Catwoman needs to holster her boobs a bit. Come on, Arkham team... I know it's a video game, but reel it in a bit. You don't need to bare skin to look sexy.
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@Luminal said:
" These screenies look way to polished to be fakes "
I take it you haven't played the PC version of Arkham Asylum? It looks that good
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Odd, in one of the screen shots it looks like Harley is just standing there next to Batman, talking to him. She's missing most of her face paint, too. What's going on here?

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Looks good, though I wish they would stylize Harley Quinn some more. This one looks a bit too much like girls I know.

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the only thing they need to do to make this game better: batmanbatmanbatman.com

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These screenies look way to polished to be fakes

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Awesome! I've been waiting for this. 
 
Harley Quinn looks a lot better on Arkham City than the previous game, although I do wish she would wear her original one-piece costume. Catwoman on the other hand is so-so for me because I've always hated this version of her, but having said that, I'm glad she made it to this new Batman game.

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Halley Berry Catwoman > Michelle Pfeiffer Catwoman.

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Cannot wait for this game and the pictures seems fairly legit. I especially love the one of the guy about to get destroyed by batman flying down from a building head first

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Cool!
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Lot's of comments on this one, easier to sneak one in for a quest here. 
 
Also, Arkham City seems cool.

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@MajorToms: She looks more like she did in Jim Lee's Hush arc to me.
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this game looks awesome already and I've seen like seven screenshots.

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Not sure I like Catwoman's look.

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The detail on those characters are brilliant.

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The screenshots look great, i love love love Two-face, and i think it's great that he will be in the game (hopefully). But heres to hoping that they wont make it a co-op game (catwoman and batman).

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@Chris2KLee said:
" Guessing Catwoman will fill the co-op role here. Was hoping for Nightwing myself, or maybe the Grey Ghost. "
I been wondering when they're just going to start skipping Robin completely and going straight to Nightwing and Red Hood. Cus it seems like the Batman people continually want doesn't include his colorful boy sidekick.
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Guessing Catwoman will fill the co-op role here. Was hoping for Nightwing myself, or maybe the Grey Ghost.

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Catwoman design is very tastefully and believably done. You know you're all going to check this out just because of that.

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batmanbatmanbatman?

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been waiting for screenshots for awhile

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@Ranveer:  
It's a somewhat recent development (just after Hush, when Two-Face was becoming a villain again), but yeah, the entire left side of his body is scarred.
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I like what they did to Harley. Not a fan of Catwoman, though.

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Two-Face is more grostesque than in The Dark Knight. Is the entire left side of his body disfigured too? He was not like that in the comics. Anyway  game looks great, can't wait.
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Why does Harlequin look like an emo chick in this game?

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Arkham City sounds and looks amazing. I can see some people being disappointed because it's not going to be the surprise hit that Arkham Asylum was, but this may turn out to be a lot better. And that's saying something.

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i really like the catwoman design. oh man so excited to see how they handle her relationship with the batman. and please please please let me go up those skyscapers. i want to stand on the very edge, zoom out, just see batman's silhouette and wait for lightning.

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I caaaaaaaan't wait.

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Fantastic. Two Face is looking pretty gross. Can't wait to hear him.

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I really don't get the Catwoman complaints. You really need every female to look embarrassingly overly sexual like Harley Quinn, looking like a rejected outfit for Tira from Soul Calibur? Seriously boys, watch a little porn, take care of business, and keep your soft porn fantasies out of my batman. Some people have friends and it'd be nice if this game wasn't embarrassing to play around them. 
PS watch Batman Returns again, Catwoman looks kind of stupid. The white stitches and shit. Ug. Good casting choice, but the outfit was fucking corny.

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 Oh damn. That is the hottest Catwoman in videogames ever. Well, I guess that's not quite an accomplishment.

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Another great game that I hope will be great once more. Great screenshots :D

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Holy crap! Those faces look so much better, it's also perfect that Catwoman looks like a mix between Babs and Halle Berry.  Also, while I didn't mind Harley's dominatrix nurse outfit, that one looks a lot more appropriate to the universe they have set up.  
 
Lastly, if there is a reference to beating up hordes of Juggalos this could be the best game ever.  

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I hope it actually has a real sandbox and 100% freeroam.  I also hope the combat is good this time.

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It will feature co-op. I call it! 
 
Catwoman and Batman. 

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<3  Quinn

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@Lukeweizer said:
" Please God, no co-op. Don't dish it on there like every other fucking game out there now. Just cause Halo 3 had co-op, doesn't mean every fucking game has to. Please Rocksteady, don't ruin Batman. "
When I think of co-op my first thought isn't Halo 3.
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Batman will be fighting ICP fans.

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@The_Laughing_Man said:
" Got rid of the domanatrix look for harley. "
I'm not complaining
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Look very nice!

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@LiquidPrince said:
"I wish catwoman looked a little sexier. "

Me too, when i think of Catwoman i tend to think of the classic Michelle Pfeiffer version from the movie.  This looks like the complete opposite of that.  Oh well, aslong she's got a sexy voice makes advances on Batman throughout the entire game then i'll be happy. 
 
Not sure about the new Harley.  She looks like a teenager almost in that shot. 
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 Not a fan of Cat Womans face, other than that Rocksteadys modellers are second to none.

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I'm ok with co-op as long as it can also be local and not only online,but for fucks sake don't make multiplayer as in assassins creed brotherhood way