A Batman: Arkham spin-off is hitting the Vita and 3DS to coincide with the release of the just announced Batman: Arkham Origins. The spin-off is called Batman: Arkham Origins Black gate, and will be a 2.5D Metroid-style game developed by Armature Studios (made up of former Retro Studios employees). No info beyond that yet, and nothing as far as screenshots and videos go.
PS Vita Firmware 2.10 was announced! New features: - folders! up to 10 apps per folder (finally!) however: - Video playback support in the browser (Another thing I wanted!) - group messaging Enhancements: - Email – add multiple addresses per contact and display HTML messages - Photos – zoom-in in HD - Sound – auto mute - Email – search message body - PlayStation Plus – upload Game Saves via a 3G network connection Release date: Tomorrow (10th of April) Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel
I hope it is better than the ios version and not an infinity blade clone, a 2.5D metroid game sounds cool.
The first or the second? The first one is nowhere near as good as the second and has nothing on either of the Arkham games. The second one though? It's an excellent game.
I kinda have mixture feelings about 1st one and 2nd one. I love both ones. But as a gameplay side, I think infamous 2 is a lot better. Also story is a lot more better I would say. However, even though I loved locations in infamous 2, I loved all these trains and dirty ally ways and stuffs. To me infamous 2's setting was too bright. City seemed too clean
First screens shots for batman ps vita has been revealed... And since its going to be 3ds port, looks bad. Not even bothering to touch this game at all. What a shame
Well i always was a Sony Fanboy, i have played all the Sony consoles but this Vita meh.. Good design, good specs (for portable), but lack on games. For me 3DS > PSV.
I think it looks pretty good. There's no confirmation as to whether it's a 3DS port or not. As far as we know, the Vita could be the lead platform. Some screenshots for everyone else (from Game Informer via NintendoEverything): And there's also this screenshot from Eurogamer (much lower quality though):
Looks decent, I would have preferred something in full 3D though (Even if it was more of a linear game, somewhat like Arkham Asylum, if it had that smooth combat from AA and AC it would be amazing!). I guess that wouldn't have worked well enough on the 3DS though, soo...
Some details on Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate (also from Game Informer via NintendoEverything): - Warner Bros. wanted to have a 2.5D-style Arkham game in the style of Metroidvania - The company chose Armature because the studio was familiar with that style of game - Takes place after the end of Origins - Set on the isolated island at the Blackgate Penitentiary - Prison uprising has occurred - Intro level in Gotham - Batman goes to Blackgate in order to put a stop to the riot - 2D animatics with full voices tell the story - Batman moves through a side-scrolling game world - He’ll pick up near gear and take on enemies along the way - Interconnected passages and prison secrets - Not focused on leveling up abilities like the console games - Instead, it stays true to the subgenre’s formula - All of Batman’s improvements came through gear pick-ups and upgrades - Team wanted to give players more of a sense of collection - Mostly set along a 2D plane - Takes full advantage of the visual three-dimensionality of the environments - Explore, fight, and interact with the foreground abnd background - Can grapple up to gargoyles on a background balcony while a crowd of armed inmates pass by - Enemies will go after Batman from all angles - Go to the foreground or background to tackle a designed foe - Combat similar to the console Batman games - Button taps to attack, counter, and use gear are in place - Freeflow combat system - Built from the ground up - Batarang: stun enemies or hit distant objects - Line launcher: cross wide gaps - Explosive gel variation: shoot from a launcher onto spots around the screen - This lets you get involved with entertaining takedowns such as dropping a chandelier on enemies from above - More gadgets will also be in the game - Has a version of the predator mode - Game has a few more layers of feedback - Ex: can see the sightlines of enemies - This lets you know if enemies can see you or not - Same kind of vantage points, floor grates, silent takedowns, glide kicks, weapon use, and breakable walls as in the console games - Game is split into various sections - Each can be accessed once you figure out a way inside - No save rooms - Modern checkpoint system - Can manually save whenever you desire - Can defeat the bosses in any ordder if you find out where you want to go - “We don’t want you to break the game, but if you can exploit it in a certain way that we haven’t thought of, that’s awesome. So it’s conceivable the players will have abilities that don’t necessarily jibe that great with the boss. We’ve taken some cues from other games where if you have a particular item against a boss, you’ll just rip them a new one, but we don’t tell you what that item is” - Will have detective mode - Tap a button and the screen fades into a digitized overlay with detailed info - Green enemies: enemies haven’t seen you - Red enemies: enemies are onto your location - Move a reticle around the screen to focus Batman’s attention - Can use this to uncover secrets - Uncover clues and analyze dangerous situations in detective mode
On the last picture where Batman's holding the rope, I wonder if that was the Vita's lock screen if it would look like Batman was trying to pull down the folded over corner to try and unlock the Vita. On another note I pre-ordered Soul Sacrifice last week. I'm looking forward to playing it at the end of the month. Still really dissapointed we're not getting the Vita bundle here in the US. I wish they'd start releasing some cool Vita's over here.
Even though I am getting it day one, I won't be able to get ore order bouns since best buy does not do any ps vita pre orders
