Batman committed to Arkham Asylum
Last week ended with the Associated Press reporting that Pandemic Studios was – at one point – indeed working a game based on the Batman blockbuster The Dark Knight However, the report said that development had halted prior to the $400 million-grossing film’s releases – costing Electronic Arts an estimated $100 million in game sale
Today on its Web site Game Informer confirmed a new Batman game is in the work– at a publisher other than EA’s The September 2008 issue of the Minnesota-based magazine touts Batman: Arkham Asylum a new Eidos Interactive action title based on the DC Comics which inspired the film – Besides Batman, the game will feature the Joker and “an army” of other supervillain and will be set in the titular madhouse featured in many Batman comics and graphic novel – including Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Return
