The Batman: Arkham Origins panel has just ended at San Diego Comic-Con 2013 and a lot of interesting information was released during it. However, one tease really stood out: When asked about the existence of Robin in the game, the panel replied:
There's no Robin at this point in the timeline. This is year 2 of his career. As for Batgirl, you're gonna have to see the game. #ArkhamSDCC
— Batman Arkham (@BatmanArkham) July 18, 2013
Now, that's a pretty strong hint isn't it? I'd certainly love to see Batgirl in Arkham Origins, but I'm still hoping for at least a few little hints or references to Robin.
As well as this, another interesting piece of information from the panel is the reveal that DC Comics assassin, Copperhead will be appearing in the game. Copperhead has recently appeared in mainstream comics as a member of the Secret Society in Justice League of America, except the version in the game will be female.
Today the full cinematic trailer for the new Batman game, Batman: Arkham Origins, was released to the internet. The almost five-minute long trailer is completely made up of Cinematic footage with no gameplay, Personally, I love this trailer and the footage it shows but it would be good to see some gameplay soon, since, let's be honest, the game won't all look like this.
Anyway, enough talk, here's the trailer!
Pretty cool, right? The characters we see in the trailer are ( in order ) Black Mask's henchmen, Batman, Deathstroke, Deadshot (I'm pretty sure) and Black Mask.
This is the first Arkham game not made by Rocksteady studios and their role is replaced by WB Games Montreal, who have done a pretty good job on the cinematics. It's also the first game in the series that allows you to roam the streets of Gotham city, whereas the previous game were set within Arkham facilities.
It's been said that Kevin Conroy is returning for the game, even though previously he'd claimed he wasn't involved, but Batman doesn't speak in the whole trailer, so I'm not completely sure.
Batman: Arkham Origins is released on the 25th of October this year and if you pre-order now from Amazon you get a playable Deathstroke DLC for every console the game is playable on (except the WiiU) with unique weapons and challenge maps and two costumes for the character.
