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WBIE Registers Domains For Arkham Asylum Follow-Up

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Batman: Arkham Asylum 2: Arkham Harder not included.

Riddle me this: if a publisher shoots its game-reveal wad in front of a televised audience, does it dare change the name of the game revealed? Conventional marketing suggests that the answer is "no," but in the case of Batman: Arkham Asylum 2, the need of a name-flop seems downright dire -- and WB appears to get that.  
 
A recent rash of WB URL registrations spotted by super sleuth super annuation suggests that the Batman follow-up is receiving the re-direction that it screams for considering that it's not even based in the place its name indicates. As you'll notice, most of these domains seem like decent subtitle material and, at worst, fodder meant to throw us off the trail. But there's arguably one prominent theme in all of this mess: a Gotham city in trouble. This idea, at least, jives with what little we saw during the game's Spike Video Games Award show reveal.
 

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== TEASER ==The registrations: 

  • http://whois.domaintools.com/arkhamcity.com
  • http://whois.domaintools.com/batmanarkhamcity.com
  • http://whois.domaintools.com/batmanashesofgotham.com
  • http://whois.domaintools.com/batmanbrokenground.com
  • http://whois.domaintools.com/batmannewarkham.com
  • http://whois.domaintools.com/batmangranddelusion.com
  • http://whois.domaintools.com/batmanriseofarkham.com
  • http://whois.domaintools.com/batmansiegeofgotham.com
  • http://whois.domaintools.com/batmanstateofvillainy.com
  • http://whois.domaintools.com/cityofarkham.com
  • http://whois.domaintools.com/closearkhamcity.com
  • http://whois.domaintools.com/peopleforgotham.com
  • http://whois.domaintools.com/stopmayorsharp.com
  • http://whois.domaintools.com/waringothamcity.com
  • http://whois.domaintools.com/wheresbrucewayne.com

Ashes of Gotham strikes me as the forerunner. Even if it was a subtitle, it still gives the curious Wal-Mart fan the sense of the game's purported scale. State of Villainy wouldn't be too bad, either, I suppose, if the follow-up ends up being that a boss-monster heavy romp across a Gotham gone wild.  

I should note that it's possible these aren't connected to the sequel, but the Quincy Sharp reference seems to indicate as much. Apparently, the warden of Arkham in Batman: Arkham Asylum was created specifically for use in the game(s).  So, there you go.
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what does newark ham have to do with batman? who would ever even eat a ham from newark? 

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Ashes of Gotham is pretty alright. I just hope it's not "Batman: Arkham Asylum - Ashes of Gotham: Party: Origins".

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@ZeForgotten said:
" I like People Forgot Ham the most! What!? It's People For Gotham? .. meh "
I read it as "People Forgot (Mark) Ham(ill)" to be honest. :(
Best joker ever.
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If they don't use the "Ashes of Gotham" subtitle, I will be disappointed.

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@Verit said:
" @ZeForgotten said:
" I like People Forgot Ham the most! What!? It's People For Gotham? .. meh "
I read it as "People Forgot (Mark) Ham(ill)" to be honest. :( Best joker ever. "
If some people did forget about Mark Hamills joker then those people should get dragged out on to the street and then forced on their knees and then get a bullet in the backs of their heads. 
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Sweet loved the first one

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@alternate said:
it would actually be called straight out Arkham 2
Oh shit, I thought that said "Straight Outta Arkham." 
 
Which would be the best fuckin' title, EVER.
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I like Siege of Gotham. Damn, I hope they can recreate the brilliance of Arkham Asylum!

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Ashes of Gotham sounds cool, but I think Arkham City is a little more evocative...

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i have a feeling the new game will end up being called one of the 'city' possibilities above

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Way into Ashes of Gotham.

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@murse2008 said:
" I think it should be called Batman: Gotham City and then in the style of Metal Gear Solid 2 you should be Batman for the first few sections and play the rest of the game as Robin mwahahaha! "
That would be a major kick in the balls
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No one is more authentic than Batman and Kid Rock. 
 
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Gotta be honest. I'm surprised that cityofarkham.com and whereisbrucewayne.com were not taken already. 
 
Especially with the recent Batman arc being about how Bruce Wayne is nowhere to be found.

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Ashes of Gotham is my personal favorite. It gets Batman off Arkham Island and has the potential to increase the scale of the game.  I just hope that there are no Batmobile driving sequences.

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Batman: Where's Bruce Wayne?

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Looks like they've came up with some winners, i wonder which subtitle the game will recieve.
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@wrecks said:
" Arkham Unleashed. "
This, ive been Expecting this Title since it was announced.
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Where's Bruce Wayne should become Where In The World Is Bruce Wayne? 
Cairo of course being the correct answer.

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Love Ashes of Gotham.

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@InfamousBIG said:
" @alternate said:
it would actually be called straight out Arkham 2
Oh shit, I thought that said "Straight Outta Arkham."  Which would be the best fuckin' title, EVER. "
I agree "Batman: Straight Outta Arkham"
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city of arkham would be cool

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@Landon said:
" Almost all of these are better names than Arkham Asylum 2. Now, if only The Force Unleashed 2 will change it's name. "
"The Force Is Still Not Leashed" or "The Force Re-Leashed And Then Unleashed Again"
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the last once seems omenous ....maby u play as dick grason batman

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@ZeForgotten said:
" @Verit said:
" @ZeForgotten said:
" I like People Forgot Ham the most! What!? It's People For Gotham? .. meh "
I read it as "People Forgot (Mark) Ham(ill)" to be honest. :( Best joker ever. "
If some people did forget about Mark Hamills joker then those people should get dragged out on to the street and then forced on their knees and then get a bullet in the backs of their heads.  "
Basically, Mark Hamill IS the joker. Heath Ledger did a fantastic job as a joker in the Dark Knight but when I think joker, I think homicidal lunatic laughing every other minute while he uses an ironic "joke" weapon to kill people, like a punching glove or gun that shoots out a little flag that says "BANG!". I also preferred Hamill's joker because in the tv series and such, the joker is a tall lanky and skinny hoping around. Ledger's seemed rather bulky but whatever. :\
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Who the fuck came up with these domains and didn't think to add Batman: Gotham Asylum?  Those Rocksteady guys are slippin'.

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Gary Coleman died?!