The Penguin is added to the list of villains in Batman: Arkham City

It will be Robin in Batman: Arkham City? Yet there is nothing official about it, but Rocksteady has confirmed that another character of the franchise will be in the next Batman game: Oswald Cobblepot, better known as the Penguin.

The confirmation of the inclusion of the Penguin comes from the official Australian Playstation Magazine. The appearance of the Penguin will be linked to the many puzzles scattered by Arkham City, as it will appear once players can solve one of them. Of course, once it is on the screen, your first task will be told his henchmen to go kill Batman.

Dax Ginn, developer Rocksteady, also provided a bit of information about how the study recreated the Penguin in Arkham City.

"The way in which Penguin has always been portrayed is that it is all a Knight noble and well spoken, given those delusions of grandeur", he said. "So we have made it a horrible piece of work, but it retains the illusion of grandeur." "Dressing well, but in bad taste"

Batman: Arkham City come on October 18 in North America, on October 19 in Austalia, and on October 21 in Europe.

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New voice for Harley Quinn in Batman: Arkham City

Arleen Sorkin pretty much owns the role of Harley Quinn -- well, she did. Sorkin, who helped create the character in the early 90s on Batman: The Animated Series, won't be voicing Harley in this fall's Batman: Arkham City (despite carrying on the role in the first game). Instead, veteran voice actor Tara Strong will take her first stab at Harley.

Strong has been doing cartoon and video game voice overs since the late 80s. Some of her roles include X-23 in Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Rikku in Kingdom Hearts 2 and Sheegor in Psychonauts. She also voiced The Huntress in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold animated series.

A brief Q&A with Strong has been posted on the official Arkham City site, in which she says she wants to "honor" Harley's established voice -- but until we actually hear her rendition, we can't help but morn the loss of Sorkin.

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Much of Batman: Arkham City passes through open scenarios

Batman: Arkham Asylum was considered the best game based on superhero comics of all history, so, its sequel Arkham City, it has very high standards and expectations through the roof.

To further increase the Hype to the rededor of this game, Rocksteady has revealed that you most of the adventure of Batman: Arkham City takes place in the streets of Gotham, with much larger and more open scenarios that his first delivery.

The interiors are dedicated to specific missions, but 80% of the game takes place in the streets. This means that you can start the game and explore from the very beginning. However, freedom will not have impact on the history, the argument is really important to us.

Rocksteady Studios ensures that the game will not be type sandbox despite freedom of action that we will have at all times. Arkham City will be a very big city full of content relating to the Batman universe that will make your mouth water to more fans of the comic.

Our aim was not to the largest open world only by doing so. We wanted to fill it with content, and there is no better world than the universe's Batman for inspiration.We have 97 people in the team, compared to the 65 of the original. For this reason we have decided that we needed more artists and animators to a wider world. It has been a great technical and creative challenge for the team.

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Batman: Arkham City pre-orders at GameStop include challenge maps

The official Batman: Arkham City website was recently updated with details on retailer specific pre-order bonuses. It appears GameStop has the best hook-up at the moment, offering "Joker's Carnival Challenge Map" in exchange for your down payment. The only other bonus noted at this time is Best Buy's nondescript "combo pack."

We contacted WBIE for details this morning, but have yet to receive any specifics. As always, we'll update when we learn more.



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