Batman pre-order skins will release as DLC

By Johnny Minkley Published 5 August, 2011

Available to all "down the track".

Rocksteady has confirmed to Eurogamer that the full range of Batman: Arkham City skins being divvied up between retailers as pre-order bonuses will become available to all later on as DLC.

"The offer that we're making out with retailers for gamers is, this is an early access opportunity for you," Rocksteady's marketing manager Dax Ginn told us in London yesterday. "Absolutely down the track [the skins] will be available more broadly."

Six Batman skins were detailed earlier this week, with the Caped Crusader available in a variety of flavours, from 1970s to The Dark Knight Returns. There's no word yet on what they'll cost or when they might appear as DLC.

Ginn also revealed that Rocksteady was planning another big announcement for the title at Gamescom later this month. Eurogamer will be there when they do.

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Comments (20) Latest comment 10 months ago

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  • AMD500 #1 10 months ago

    Good, but I think they should be unlocked in the game, rather than having to pay extra for them at a later date.
    Edited by AMD500 at 05/08/11 @ 15:43

  • -cerberus- #2 10 months ago

    DLC? As 108kb unlock keys.

  • cous #3 10 months ago

    I agree, how i missed the days when we as gamers unlocked costumes as rewards for completing games. Sadly it has diminished into buying quirky costumes and experiencing 'unlocks' with acheivments and trophies ;3;

  • dsmx #4 10 months ago

    Yeah but AMD we live in an age where getting stuff for free is the exception rather than the rule.

  • GamesProgrammer Verified Games Team Programmer, Eutechnyx Ltd. #5 10 months ago

    Genuine question, but does anyone really play through a game again just to do it in a new skin?

    The only time ive done it is in God Of War 1 as the cow, but that was more to do with the fact that the cow suit gave unlimited magic.

  • Osahi #6 10 months ago

    The announcement is probably the unclusion of Robin in the singleplayer mode. Probably playable (the challenge maps ar downloadable content for pre orders) like Catwoman.

    I have my reasons to suspect this :p

  • henro_ben #7 10 months ago

    I'm finding it harder and harder to care about preorder dlc.

    The more they spread it over mulitple retailers the less important it becomes, half the time I can't even be bothered to type in the code to unlock whatever pointless geegaw it's come with.

    I'm obviously becoming old and bitter!

  • Embar #8 10 months ago

    In Wolverine: Origins you could unlock all the Wolverine costumes he's used throughout the years.

    I used the Jim Lee blue and yellow Wolverine costume to replay the fight against the sentinel, recreating one of my favourite 90's Xmen cartoon episodes.

  • LazyNinjaUk #9 10 months ago

    Not particularly a fan of retailer exclusive content, but understand it is the way the industry is going now.

    What is annoying is that a lot of the time the window between retailer early access and full release to the public can get stupidly long, to the point where I've already completed the game and have lost interest.

    Fingers crossed Arkham City has the great longevity and appeal of the first game, so the wait won't feel so long.

  • Seoh #10 10 months ago

    I'd love to see something a bit more exotic too like maybe the Azrael batman costume

  • el_pollo_diablo #11 10 months ago

    Or from left to right;

    The shit one, the fat one, the fetish one, the blue one, the stylistically unsuited to this game one, and the one with the big ears.
    Edited by el_pollo_diablo at 05/08/11 @ 16:51

  • bad09 #12 10 months ago

    "Genuine question, but does anyone really play through a game again just to do it in a new skin?

    It's called replay value, we all used to replay our games to unlock stuff back before the internet killed our hobby and took fun and packaged it as DLC.

  • icematt12 #13 10 months ago

    Too think I actually considered paying £10 more just to get an extra costume.
    /sarcasm

    Could maybe get the bundle for that.

  • IncredibleKoosh #14 10 months ago

    @GP

    I did with MGS 1. Tuxedo Snake FTW

  • Death-Jester #15 10 months ago

    "...Batman: Arkham City skins being divvied up between retailers as pre-order bonuses will become available to all later on as DLC."

    Or to pirates on day of release :(

  • Ikaros_O #16 10 months ago

    The second Batman in the pic has really put some weight on...

  • mruottin #17 10 months ago

    Well, I think the Dark Knight Returns is the best comic of all time...
    so I think the second one is the ultimate interpretation of the whole character.

    ... so it's a no brainer fro me.

  • 32768Colours #18 10 months ago

    There's no word yet on what they'll cost...

    My guess is 1200 points for the lot or 240 points each.

    ...or when they might appear as DLC.

    Either day one or six months after I've traded the game in(!)

    God I love dlc!

  • Ashcroft #19 10 months ago

    Chubby skinny 1960s Batman, voiced by Adam West, or no sale.

  • drhickman1983 #20 10 months ago

    "Genuine question, but does anyone really play through a game again just to do it in a new skin?"

    Not just to do it in a new skin, but if I'm replaying a game it can make a nice change. Sometimes I would go out of my way to do so, such as in Resident Evil 2.

    This, of course, was back before this kind of thing was paid for. I'd never spend money on a skin.I'm still hopeful that Arkham City will be a good game, but making skins like these DLC rather than in game unlockables really does stink of money grubbing. As bad as Oblivion's horse armour.