Batman Arkham Games

Batman Games:  Arkham is a series of action-adventure video games based on the DC Comics character Batman, developed by Rocksteady Studios and WB Games Montréal, and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The first two Rocksteady games were written by veteran Batman writer Paul Dini and featured voice actors Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill reprising their roles as Batman and the Joker, respectively, from the DC Animated Universe (DCAU). Conroy and Hamill returned to voice their characters in the fourth main installment of the series, Batman: Arkham Knight.

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The first game, Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009), focuses on Batman trying to prevent the Joker from destroying Gotham City after he takes control of Arkham Asylum, and he is forced to contend with numerous other villains he has incarcerated along the way. The second game, Arkham City (2011), is set a year later after Professor Hugo Strange expands Arkham into a massive super-prison enclosing a neglected segment of Gotham City; Batman is incarcerated and must uncover the secret behind Strange’s sinister scheme, “Protocol 10”, while slowly dying from an illness inflicted by the Joker.

The third game, Batman: Arkham Origins (2013), serves as a prequel set several years before Arkham Asylum, in which a younger and less-refined Batman must deal with eight deadly assassins contracted to kill him by crime lord Black Mask on Christmas Eve, while also encountering the Joker for the first time. The fourth installment, Batman: Arkham Knight (2015), is Rocksteady’s conclusion to the series. Set one year after the events of Arkham City, Arkham Knight sees Batman facing Scarecrow along with the mysterious Arkham Knight (and his militia), who have seized control of Gotham City in a plan to destroy Batman, both physically and mentally. The franchise has also seen the release of various mobile games, and the virtual reality game, Batman: Arkham VR, which was once again developed by Rocksteady.

Lego Batman Games

Batman Games In Order

From now until September 26th, you can grab six Batman games for free on the Epic Games Store. These include Rocksteady’s three Batman Arkham games, as well as three Lego Batman games from Traveller’s Tales. To get your hands on the games, just log into the Epic Games Store and claim them free of charge.

Of the six, the three Arkham games are probably the most interesting. Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City are two exceptional games, with a great mix of combat, stealth, and exploration gameplay. Although Batman: Arkham Knight didn’t quite hit the highs of its predecessors, it’s still well worth picking up for the low, low price of $0.

I’m going to level with you and admit that I haven’t touched any of the Lego Batman games personally, but the Lego games have always offered a charming take on their source material, even if their design can be a little bit simplistic at times. At any rate, if you’re not spending any money then you haven’t got much to lose from giving them a go. Lego Batman: The Videogame, Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, and Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham are the three games available for free as part of the deal.

If nothing else, it’s nice to see Epic ignore the Joker’s famous advice, “If you’re good at something, never do it for free.”

Batman Video Games

They’re only available on PC, so Xbox and PS4 owners don’t get any freebies here, and they’re not the newest games on the block, but that should just mean that they’ll run well on a less-than-brand-new PC.

The bigger problem might be the time limit. You’ve only got until 3:59 pm on the 26 September to snag them, but once they’re yours you can keep them forever. That’s got to be worth a few clicks, right?

Batman Arkham Games In Order

Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009)

Batman: Arkham Asylum, the first game in the series, is written by veteran Batman writer, Paul Dini and developed by Rocksteady. Batman trying to stop his archenemy, the Joker, who instigates an elaborate plot to seize control of Arkham Asylum and trap Batman inside with many of his incarcerated foes. With Joker threatening to detonate hidden bombs and unleash Titan, an experimental chemical based on Bane, around fictional Gotham City, Batman is forced to fight his way through the asylum’s inmates and put an end to the Joker’s plans.

Batman: Arkham City (2011)

He must uncover the secret behind the sinister scheme, “Protocol 10”, orchestrated by the facility’s warden, Hugo Strange. Meanwhile, the Joker is dying due to the unstable properties of the Titan formula in his blood. After he injects Batman with his blood, Batman must work to find a cure. Mark Hamill, who reprised his role of the Joker from the previous game, stated that Arkham City would be his last performance as the Joker, although he returned to perform the role again in Batman: Arkham Knight.

Batman: Arkham Origins (2013)

Batman: Arkham Origins, a prequel set five years before the events of Arkham Asylum, is developed by WB Games Montréal and written by Assassin’s Creed and Prince of Persia writers Corey May and Dooma Wendschuh. The game is the first in the series to feature multiplayer gameplay, with that content developed by Splash Damage. The story follows a younger, less refined Batman, who has a bounty placed on his head by Black Mask, drawing eight of the world’s deadliest assassins to Gotham City on Christmas Eve while he also encounters Joker for the first time. Roger Craig Smith and Troy Baker voiced Batman and the Joker, respectively, who replaced Kevin Conroy and Hamill from the previous two games.

Batman: Arkham Knight (2015)

Batman: Arkham Knight, a sequel set one year after the events of Arkham City, was developed once again by Rocksteady and was released on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows on June 23, 2015. The game sees the return of the supervillain Scarecrow, who unites several of Gotham City’s greatest villains, including Penguin, Two-Face and Harley Quinn, to destroy Batman. It is intended to be the final Arkham game by Rocksteady. Kevin Conroy reprised his role as Batman in the game.

Potential Batman: Arkham Game (2020)

On September 22nd, 2019 WB Games Montreal tweeted for the first time in four years on their twitter page. In celebration of Batman Day on the 21st, they shined a bat signal on the side of their Montreal headquarters and stated in their tweet “@WBGamesMTL is proud to celebrate Batman’s 80th anniversary with rest of the world during #BatmanDay #Batman80”. Along with this tweet, they posted a video of the bat signal on their building with flashes of symbols that fans recognize to be The Demons Head which represents The League of Assassins, despite this fans could not make out what the other three symbols are with certainty at the beginning of the video.

Since late 2018, teases of the Court of Owls have been made by writers and developers yet in the video there was no sign of them, however, minutes after the tweet made by WB Montreal, writer Scott Snyder who has worked on multiple DC projects such as Batman: Gates of Gotham tweeted “ Wait for it… #bewarethecourtofowls” but deleted the tweet minutes later. Speculation on an official announcement has been pointed towards the Sony State of Play on Tuesday, September 24th by fans and reliable insiders.