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Rocksteady began developing ideas for a sequel months before Arkham Asylum 's completion, hiding hints to the sequel within the game.Īrkham Asylum was released worldwide for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles in August 2009, followed by a Windows version a month later. Built on Unreal Engine 3, Arkham Asylum 's production underwent several variations, refining both gameplay such as the combat system, and the central story, resulting in the removal of plot elements and some of Batman's main enemies, who did not fit the tone of the rest of the game. Among others, the game design was inspired by Batman-penned works of Neal Adams and Frank Miller, and Grant Morrison's Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth graphic novel. Combat focuses on chaining attacks together against numerous foes while avoiding damage, while stealth allows Batman to conceal himself around an area, using gadgets and the environment to silently eliminate enemies.ĭevelopment began at Rocksteady Studios in May 2007, with a 40-person team that expanded to 60 people by the project's conclusion after approximately 21 months. The player is able to complete side missions away from the main story to unlock additional content and collectible items. Batman can freely move around the Arkham Asylum facility, interacting with characters and undertaking missions, and unlocking new areas by progressing through the main story or obtaining new equipment. The game is presented from the third-person perspective with a primary focus on Batman's combat and stealth abilities, detective skills, and gadgets that can be used in combat and exploration.

Most of the game's leading characters are voiced by actors who have appeared in other media based on the DC Animated Universe Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, and Arleen Sorkin reprised their roles as Batman, the Joker, and his sidekick Harley Quinn respectively. In the game's main storyline, Batman battles his archenemy, the Joker, who instigates an elaborate plot to seize control of Arkham Asylum, trap Batman inside with many of his incarcerated foes, and threaten Gotham City with hidden bombs. Based on the DC Comics superhero Batman and written by veteran Batman writer Paul Dini, Arkham Asylum was inspired by the long-running comic book mythos. Although this is a set, you can see the two real art-deco buildings that inspired it: one in lower Manhattan, at 60 Wall Street, the other over in downtown Los Angeles – the turquoise terra-cotta Eastern Columbia Building, 849 South Broadway (see the real thing in quirky romance (500) Days of Summer and Predator 2).Batman: Arkham Asylum is a 2009 action-adventure game developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Eidos Interactive in conjunction with Warner Bros. Similarly with the ‘Gotham City’ Police headquarters rooftop, where the bat-signal is located. Meridian’s bizarre nouveau-ish apartment is a studio set, but you can see the room it’s based on in Prague Castle. You can see the exterior again as the nightclub in John Wick. The exterior, where the Batmobile arrives, and the imposing arched marble foyer with its double staircase, are those of the 1911 Surrogate’s Court, 31 Chambers Street at Center Street, Lower Manhattan, also the site of the climax of Romeo Is Bleeding.

The office of Dr Chase Meridian ( Nicole Kidman) is New York. The ‘Gotham’ backstreets, where Robin ( Chris O'Donnell) takes the Batmobile for a spin and encounters the dayglo street-gang, filmed on the old Hennessy Street set, a section of New York’s Greenwich Village built on the backlot at Warner Bros’ Burbank Studios.īut more ‘Gotham City’-scapes were found in New York, on Exchange Place, the ultimate concrete canyon, running between Broadway and William Street, a block north of Wall Street in Lower Manhattan.īatman Forever film location: the lobby of the office of Dr Chase Meridian: Surrogate’s Court, 31 Chambers Street at Center Street, Lower Manhattan It’s a section of Figueroa Street, downtown Los Angeles, dressed with a flurry of neon signs. ‘Pan-Asia Town’, scene of Two-Face’s opening robbery, is over on the West Coast. This time it’s the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture (previously The Braes), Welwyn Preserve on Crescent Beach, Glen Cove on the north shore of Long Island. ‘Wayne Manor’ undergoes another transformation, to a Long Island mansion.

#BATMAN ARKHAM ASYLUM FIGURES SERIES#

As the directorial reins were handed over to Joel Schumacher, the series came up with an eclectic mix of East and West Coast locations.

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