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Warner Bros. Prepping Downloadable, First-Person, Multiplayer...Batman Game? [UPDATED]

F.E.A.R. developer Monolith working on the Dark Knight's downloadable debut.

Impostors. Not Imposters. Apparently.
Impostors. Not Imposters. Apparently.

UPDATE: The official press release is out, bringing us fresh details--and the game's logo.

Gotham City Impostors pits an army of fake Batmans against an arm of fake Jokers (a clever narrative way of getting around Batman's inability to wield a gun) with a detailed customization system. The release claims players will have access to "insane costumes, homebrewed gadgets and a wide range of traditional and imagined weapons."

At the event in Los Angeles, Warner Bros. allowed judges (in this case, our very own Mr. Gerstmann) to play a map called Amusement MIle.

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You read that right.

Kicking off a series of pre-E3 events down in Los Angeles, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced Gotham City Impostors, a downloadable, first-person, competitive multiplayer Batman game. That's a mouthful.

Gotham City Impostors is in development at F.E.A.R. creator Monolith, targeted for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC this year.

That's about all we know about the game right now, though. Stay tuned for more details!

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Edited By wolf_blitzer85

Well shit if they can pull it off why the hell not?

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SO MANY BATMANS!

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@vacancy said:
BatmanBatmanBatman
now a reality!
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Craziness I tell you!

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I don't know about this. There are plenty of things to do with the real Batman, I don't understand why we have to unleash an army of wannabes. Kinda diminishes his exclusive nature, doesn't it?

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Hmm, seems like a massive stretch to have this Batman licensed but Monolith do typically do good work.

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Well, he has an army in Dark Knight Returns, so...

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I see WB has brought out the milking truck.

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Edited By SHADOWINFINITE

This is cool

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Missed April Fool's Day by about 6 weeks.  Better luck next year.
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So... Do you at least get to play as Regular-Ass Batman?

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Don't like the sound of this

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I have a giant boner for anything Monolith makes.

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BatmanBatmanBatman

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Alright..sounds pretty random.
Like they were actually making another unrelated game, but forced it around Batman suddenly.
(seriously an army of gun wielding Bat-men or "Jokerz"??)

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Guys! It's game where you don't get to play as Batman!

God this sounds stupid

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@JoeyRavn said:
Insane costumes!


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Metal nipples!
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Good luck, have ridiculous premise.

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wait wait. Did DC just make the "Batman Batman Batman" game? LOL

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Edited By thepantheon

RUSSIAN MARTIAN BATmANNNNNNNNNN

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...o...okay?

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@Andorski: Barista batman.
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Sounds like an interesting concept.

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COUNTER BATMENS WIN

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Fake Batman is better than no Batman at all.

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There is regular ass batman, russian martian batman, and green lantern batman.  Who is the fourth batman?

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Is there really room for this?


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Edited By Luck3ySe7en

If the focus is around imitation batman/joker gadgets, bombs, antics etc. then count me in. 

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batman,batman,batman.........batman,batmanbatmanbatmanbatman

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cant wait to see some game footage!

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Insane costumes!


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Part of me wants to be interested in this and not just join in with the naysayers, instantly dismissing the idea..  But it does very much sound like they're just abusing the franchise.  Take a popular series like Batman and mix it with a very popular game genre, regardless of whether or not it fits or even just basically works on any level.


Maybe the developers are actually really passionate about it.. but I can't see this as anything but corporate whoring.
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Odd little title considering they have a "Batman" team with guns. I think doing a cops vs. robbers thing could have been interesting with the Gotham City PD. We always talked about how in the multiplayer in Splinter Cell was very "Batman" like. Would be interesting if they go that route?

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@Jeff: What a coincidence. I just read a post by Crecente about this and was hopeful that we'd see something from you as well. Can't wait to here more about it!
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This is very likely to go real bad real fast...

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"Insane costumes"


So can I be Green Lantern Batman and Russian Martian Batman?
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BATMAN THEM TO DEATH.

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Monolith is behind it. I have faith it will be pretty good. Amusing at the very least. Would like some NOLF action though.

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Sure...

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Monolith's making this? This is bound to be awesome.

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This game seems like it could actually be pretty cool, from what I played of it. Neat implementation of gadgets. I'll write something proper up once I'm not, like, mid-event.

(Also the character customization will probably let you create something resembling a Russian Martian Batman, so... automatically A-OK in my book.)

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It could be kind of like the multiplayer mode in the second Splinter Cell game where one side it was the bad guys and to them, the game was a first person shooter, and to the good guys, they were Splinter Cell spys and it was a 3rd person stealth game    

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Despite how stupid this concept is, I'm interested.

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So... can you wear hockey pads?

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I don't think I'll pick this game up, but then again it's Batman so you never know.

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So I guess we'll get to wear hockey pads?

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A Batman game where you don't play Batman, weird.

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A Batman FPS?

That's a bit odd.

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Batman wielding an M4? Yup, I'm in.