

However, The Crown Prince of Crime turns the tables on The Dark Knight, trapping our hero inside the asylum with seemingly his entire rogues gallery. The game (penned by Harley Quinn creator Paul Dini) begins as routine with Batman ( Kevin Conroy ) delivering his arch-nemesis, The Joker ( Mark Hamill ), back into the bowls of the notorious corrections facility. As the title suggests, the game takes in Batman’s ultimate Hellscape, Arkham Asylum. Like many graphic novels, Arkham Asylum takes a high-concept and pushes in an adult direction. In other words, the games of this era are decidedly dark and violent. For better or worse, Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009) set the tone for every game featuring The Caped Crusader that would come after it.Consoles: PlayStation 3 (PS3), Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 (PS4), Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, MAC OS X.Developers: Rocksteady Studios, WB Interactive, Eidos Interactive.

However, the game would define this most recent chapter gaming in Gotham came next: A title that proved two beloved brands worked beautifully outside of their respective native mediums.

One which kicked off with LEGO Batman: The Video Game in 2008. In essence, the past decade of video games is a fluctuation between family-friendly gaming and strictly adult fare. 3, we look at an era of simultaneous brightness and darkness for games featuring The Bat.įor now, the video games covered in the following column represent the latest, and for some arguably most significant batch of Bat games. In this final installment, Pixelated Shadows: A History of Batman Video Games Pt. Throughout the latter part of 2019, 80 Years of The Bat examined decades worth of Batman material from every medium - including the history of Batman in video games.

Over that time, Batman has garnered generations of fans thus, always remaining relevant. Eight decades later, the character has a presence in every area of entertainment. Since his creation in 1939, Batman has managed to transcend his native medium of comic books. 80 Years of The Bat is a column created to celebrate the 80th anniversary of one of the most beloved characters ever created, Batman.
