Batman: Arkham Asylum Delayed

Well, it appears that Batman fans are going to have to wait a couple of more weeks to delve into Arkham Asylum's horrors. I was looking through the Gamestop release date list earlier today and noticed that they had moved Arkham's release to June 23. Double checking on IGN and Gamespot this seems to be confirmed. I hadn't seen any official announcements of this two and a half week delay so I thought that everyone deserved a head's up.

If I were a speculating man, and I am, I would say that this was done to seperate it from an action game heavy period of time. Infamous will drop on May 26 followed closely by Prototype on Arkham's old release date of June 9. A little more than a week ago all three of these major titles were to drop on the same day. Since then they have done their best to get some distance between one another.

Well, it appears that Batman fans are going to have to wait a couple of more weeks to delve into Arkham Asylum's horrors. I was looking through the Gamestop release date list earlier today and noticed that they had moved Arkham's release to June 23. Double checking on IGN and Gamespot this seems to be confirmed. I hadn't seen any official announcements of this two and a half week delay so I thought that everyone deserved a head's up.

If I were a speculating man, and I am, I would say that this was done to seperate it from an action game heavy period of time. Infamous will drop on May 26 followed closely by Prototype on Arkham's old release date of June 9. A little more than a week ago all three of these major titles were to drop on the same day. Since then they have done their best to get some distance between one another.

Umm, this is really old news....it was in game informer on like...the 12th or 13th..

Then I must have missed it. The last I looked a couple of days ago it was listed for June 9 still. My bad.

Good to hear that it's getting a chance by moving its street date...especially when stiff competition like Infamous and Prototype are around it.

"Good to hear that it's getting a chance by moving its street date...especially when stiff competition like Infamous and Prototype are around it.

Nonetheless, I'm still not expecting this game to be anything worthwhile.

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Well, demos are up in most display PS3s I've come across. All that is available is a couple of challenge rooms but it seems solid enough. I'm really going to be playing it for the story more than anything else. As long as the gameplay isn't God awful I will be pleased.

"Well, demos are up in most display PS3s I've come across. All that is available is a couple of challenge rooms but it seems solid enough. I'm really going to be playing it for the story more than anything else. As long as the gameplay isn't God awful I will be pleased."

I've played through the demo a couple of times at work and it seems solid. I'm getting the collector's edition so the battarang alone is going to make it worth my while.

"I've played through the demo a couple of times at work and it seems solid. I'm getting the collector's edition so the battarang alone is going to make it worth my while."

It's a challenge room. Pretty much just beating down increasingly large groups of thugs with more and more complex moves. Doesn't show much but it does make it seem like the system has some depth to it if you want to dig in.

I'm looking forward to this game, I'm kind of happy the release was pushed back though. Now I have a chance to get some games I wasn't sure about before, because I will have the extra cash.