Chapter 31: Reasons why Batman: Arkham Asylum Will Rule

- credit berbercarpet

So I promised a blog post and I will deliver.

Be warned, i've just finished playing 5 straight hours of Call of Duty: World at War so my brain is frazzled.

Basically as I've said before June is a great month for XBox games. The Ghostbusters game is released but also Batman: Arkham Asylum.

And Eidos have promised it will be the best Batman game EVER!

It looks awesome. The plot revolves around the Joker trapping Batman in Arkham Asylum and the caped crusader having to go round and kick butt. All the voices come from the Animated Series and the gameplay involves stealth and action. Imagine Metal Gear Solid combined with erm Batman.

Below are two preview videos that have been released about some of the villians in the game. Remember when Bane was in Batman & Robin the movie and sucked? Well Bane in this game looks badass!!!!!

He broke Batman's back in the comics and he looks like he could destroy him here too. There's also one of Harley Quinn who I've never truly appreciated but they slutted her out so that's cool. Enjoy.

Chapter 17: A Personal Preview

- credit chad davis

Let me tell you a tale right now dear reader.

I live in Stoke-on-Trent. (That's in England)

Stoke-on-Trent is effectively six towns mashed together under the banner of a 'city'. Stoke is also a bit like living in the 1970s as it hasn't caught up to the rest of the world yet. Also it rains...a lot. In fact, it never really stops raining. When it does stop raining, it snows instead.

After living here for 3 years i've encountered about 6 days worth of sunshine.

So i'm inevitably looking forward to the Summer. And whilst looking ahead, I decided to take a gander at some of the games i'm interested in coming out when the sun decides to shine.

It's refreshing right? I've neglected XBox posts for a while as I pine for an N64, (still am, anyone want to sell one?) so this is a nice change.

Anyway, one game i'm pretty hyped for now is Batman: Arkham Asylum.

One, it's a Batman game, my favourite superhero. Two, it's got the Joker in it. (and Mark Hamill doing the voiceover~!). Three, it actually looks pretty badass.

Here's the trailer:



Batman: Arkham Asylum comes out on XBox360 in the UK on 29th May.

Another game i'm excited for, along with the rest of the gaming world, is Ghostbusters: The Video Game.

The game features the voices and in-game likenesses of Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson in an original story penned by the writers of the original films, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.

It also has an all-new storyline set two years after Ghostbusters II, where the player battles and captures well-loved and brand new ghosts throughout New
York.

It comes out 19th June in jolly old Blighty.

Trailer for that is here:




Also coming up this year is of course Call of duty: Modern Warfare 2. That comes closer to the end of the year, pencilled in for a November release right now. But we can still be excited right? There are really no details on this game yet other than it's a sequel to the last Call of Duty by Infinity Ward.

So there you go, my preview. I'm a poor man and two games will most certainly fill my summer up. Discuss, comment, enjoy.