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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!


 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?


Draceon Sept. 1, 2010 at 3:45 p.m.
Nice
AZChristopheron Sept. 1, 2010 at 3:45 p.m.
Meow!
Goldanason Sept. 1, 2010 at 3:46 p.m.
Saw these earlier. They look quite spectacular.
onimonkiion Sept. 1, 2010 at 3:47 p.m.
goggles catwoman best catwoman
The_Laughing_Manon Sept. 1, 2010 at 3:48 p.m.
Got rid of the domanatrix look for harley.
imayellowfellowon Sept. 1, 2010 at 3:48 p.m.
strange i thought the developer didnt want to continue using detective mode because people always stayed in that perspective and missed out on all the great looking visuals
MisterMouseon Sept. 1, 2010 at 3:48 p.m.
looks like some pretty cool screenshots
Shofixtion Sept. 1, 2010 at 3:49 p.m.
Very much Awesome.
The_Laughing_Manon Sept. 1, 2010 at 3:49 p.m.
@imayellowfellow said:
" strange i thought the developer didnt want to continue using detective mode because people always stayed in that perspective and missed out on all the great looking visuals "
They said they toned it down a lot. The screen shots show that its not as "Intense" as the first game. 
captain_claymanon Sept. 1, 2010 at 3:49 p.m.
yessssss 
all i want is more batman action with more vertical levels and batmobile/bat-jet thing 
Gregomastaon Sept. 1, 2010 at 3:50 p.m.
Y-E-S, YES!
InFamous91on Sept. 1, 2010 at 3:50 p.m.
lovely
Brodehouseon Sept. 1, 2010 at 3:50 p.m.
I like Catwoman playing the middle ground between Batman and villainy.  Hero Catwoman isn't interesting.
Yzzerddon Sept. 1, 2010 at 3:50 p.m.
What happened to detective vision being augmented reality instead of being blue color mode again?
ZmillAon Sept. 1, 2010 at 3:51 p.m.
nope, not real
Xealot42on Sept. 1, 2010 at 3:51 p.m.
I just got around to reading the GI article about this game today.  I am officially pumped.
RobotHamsteron Sept. 1, 2010 at 3:51 p.m.
i came...
Glakon Sept. 1, 2010 at 3:52 p.m.
Game looks greater and greater
I've started reading Batman comics recently, and playing through Arkham Asylum again gave me chills
Arkham City is looking great, like the fact that Catwoman and Two-Face are gonna be in it
The new Harley Quinn design looks great too
EveretteScotton Sept. 1, 2010 at 3:53 p.m.
@The_Laughing_Man said:
" Got rid of the domanatrix look for harley. "
You haven't seen a real dominatrix have you?
Evilsbaneon Sept. 1, 2010 at 3:53 p.m.
Bat Boner

Dig Deeper into Batman: Arkham City

The sequel to 2009's groundbreaking Batman: Arkham Asylum, Arkham City takes place in a secluded part of Gotham that's been transformed into an enormous prison colony for the city's criminals, and it is once again up to Batman to keep things in order.

US Release Date: Oct. 18, 2011

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