Batman: Arkham World spotted at VGAs

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Rocksteady teases new project.

Something going by the name of Batman: Arkham World was teased at this weekend's Spike VGA event in Los Angeles.

Developer Rocksteady Studio's CG acceptance video for its Best Character award saw The Joker holding up a script marked "Batman: Arkham World" before saying "Whoops! Spoilers." Take a look below.

Hardly an official confirmation, but intriguing nonetheless. Given the title, could it be an MMO perhaps?

Arkham City, released last month, also picked up gongs for best Xbox 360 game, best action/adventure game and best adapted video game.

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MatMan562 #1 5 months ago

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Personally, I really doubt the game even exists and it was just used as a joke. Arkham City just about made sense, for Arkham World to make sense the inmates would have to take over the whole planet or something. We shall see though
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Bennyjj81 #2 5 months ago

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Wouldn't the ending of Arkham City make that particular event implausible? Anyone that's finished it should know what I mean without spoiling it.
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binster #3 5 months ago

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Or, it was a joke?
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metamorphic #4 5 months ago

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How about just get rid of the whole Arkham element and have Batman take cases in Gotham itself, like a real detective superhero?
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Skirlasvoud #5 5 months ago

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No! Don't you dare Rocksteady!
I forbid you to even consider any kind of DLC or even sequel until you fix your CURRENT product!

Your forums are still full of people with crashing PC games and lost saves. Focuss on those first!

Edited by Skirlasvoud at 12/12/11 @ 20:48
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ThadiusCole #6 5 months ago

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Arkham world is mentioned in arkham city as a joke by random thugs post game completion. Something like "whats next arkham country? arkham world? Arkham Planet?". So I would say that yes a third game is probably in the works, but no way is it called Arkham World.
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Ironic_War_Criminal #7 5 months ago

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Found my new years resolution: Beat up videogame journalists when they start reporting obvious jokes as news.
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retr0gamer #8 5 months ago

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Forest, Ice, Lava and Industrial worlds confirmed in the new batman game
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killemoff #9 5 months ago

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It's a joke, delivered by none other than... the Joker!

The irony, i know.
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man.the.king #10 5 months ago

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3) Batman: Arkham World
4) Batman: Arkham Universe
5) Batman: Arkham Milky Way
6) Batman: Arkham Multiverse
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agparrot #11 5 months ago

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Arf.
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Stuz359 #12 5 months ago

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Surely the next step would be a next gen Gotham City?
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MattRobson #13 5 months ago

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drop the arkham bit, just do a nice big gotham game, less cameos from bit part villains focus on three maximum. thanks.
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marmaduke #14 5 months ago

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@Bennyjj81 Come on man. There's a lot of very obvious talk of Lazarus Pits towards the end of Arkham City, and Harley Quinn is still around. So...
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dudefella #15 5 months ago

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:') oh Eurogamer, this really is not news at all. That was obviously a joke. An MMO perhaps? Perhaps not because DCUO already exists? Hnnng video game journalism
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Sodding_Gamer #16 5 months ago

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It was a joke. It was confirmed by rocksteady themselves YESTERDAY. Keep up EG.
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Silent-Hal #17 5 months ago

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This would actually make sense if they based it on Batman Incorporated.
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higgins78 #18 5 months ago

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It still - joke or not - has someway to go before it tops Mario who has been roaming the GALAXY for some time now, both in Mario Galaxy and Mario Galaxy 2.
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man.the.king #19 5 months ago

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gotyourmoney

That works too!

Although I'm not sure what "Bludhaven" means.
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Silent-Hal #20 5 months ago

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I'm confused as to whether Bludhaven still exists. It was blown up during Infinite Crisis, but now they're saying that in the 'New 52' universe none of the Crisis books actually happened.
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Phantom_Dynamite #21 5 months ago

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Arkham - State sounds better, you can have that one Rocksteady
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The_Inquisitor #22 5 months ago

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I recall a joke in the actual game were you hear one of the guards saying something of the sort.
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Inmediasress #23 5 months ago

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Some extra content to Arkham city would be nice, since the game felt like it was striped of at least half of it.
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darkmorgado #24 5 months ago

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@Silent-Hal Welcome to DC, where any semblance or respect for continuity is blasted out the window every few years by the collective weight of their history.
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jogyourmind #25 5 months ago

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Eurogamer the most gullible people ever?
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binster #26 5 months ago

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Oh by the way : http://www.vg247.com/2011/12/13/batman-arkham-world-mention-reference-good-fun-only-says-warner/#.TudZHME4cIQ.twitter
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