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PaulHellard
10-07-2009, 09:56 AM
OK,

Batman has come a long way from the movies, comics and the TV series that had him walking up walls with the Boy Wonder. (You know the shot with the camera on its side).
These days Rocksteady Studios creates games with fight scenes worthy of those explosive BIFF! bubbles and a whole lot more. Batman: Arkham Asylum won an amazing number of awards including the BAFTA Game of the Year for 2009. That calls for another look at our take on the amazing game production.
Click the image! Tell us what you think.

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Piek
10-07-2009, 10:18 AM
Thanks for this. Easily my favourite game of this Gen.

INFINITE
10-07-2009, 10:49 AM
Wow awesome! Thank you for this production focus, very interesting. :thumbsup:

okazaky
10-07-2009, 11:10 AM
Thanks for the article!
Arkham Asylum is really amazing and in my personal opinion the best xbox 360 game on the market.
Congrats to everybody who was involved in this masterpiece!

Best regards,
Daniel

bardur
10-07-2009, 11:16 AM
Thanks for this Production focus :D
Great stuff

Batman is one seriously amazing game - the art is just stunning!! and no wonder why :D
i haven't even played through the whole game yet - so i have a whole lot of good game play time ahead of me :bounce: :D

Magnus3D
10-07-2009, 11:34 AM
The game is definately awesome! i'm playing it on my PC and it's a ton of fun. Love the amount of detail on all the models. It would be fun if they made a game at this quality based of the old cheesy Batman & Robin series. :D

:thumbsup:

Great work all of you involved in it!

/ Magnus

danshewan
10-07-2009, 11:58 AM
Another vote for best game on the market at the moment. Stunning visuals, great gameplay, and some of the best voice acting I've ever heard in a game.

DuttyFoot
10-07-2009, 01:20 PM
thanks for posting this, rocksteady studio did an amazing job. this game is awesome, i love it.

DDS
10-07-2009, 02:06 PM
thanks guys. Working on this has been a wicked experience!

bmwolf
10-07-2009, 02:15 PM
Congrats Albert! It was such a great game, you and the rest of the team did one hell of a job. I cannot wait to see what you guys do next. One of my favorite games ever.

undoz
10-07-2009, 02:27 PM
The concept and the character looks amazing.

JookBoxer
10-07-2009, 02:35 PM
I wish there were more "the making of..." documentary videos for games... cool stuff..

bmwolf
10-07-2009, 02:50 PM
I wish there were more "the making of..." documentary videos for games... cool stuff..

I agree. Other developers should take note. I loved the "making of" videos included on the PS3 disc. The game was packed with extras and polish. Well worth $60.

DuttyFoot
10-07-2009, 04:55 PM
thanks guys. Working on this has been a wicked experience!

based on the ending, are we to look forward to a part 2 :)

I agree. Other developers should take note. I loved the "making of" videos included on the PS3 disc. The game was packed with extras and polish. Well worth $60.

there was a making of version for ps3?, really. i wonder if there was such a thing for the 360.

bmwolf
10-07-2009, 04:57 PM
there was a making of version for ps3?, really. i wonder if there was such a thing for the 360.

Yup! In HD to boot! PS3 version also allows you to play as the joker in the challenge rooms. I have both a 360 and PS3 and decided the PS3 version was the better version to buy this time.

DuttyFoot
10-07-2009, 05:08 PM
Yup! In HD to boot! PS3 version also allows you to play as the joker in the challenge rooms. I have both a 360 and PS3 and decided the PS3 version was the better version to buy this time.

just did a quick search and found an unboxing of the collectors edition for the 360 that comes with a batarang and a making of dvd. if i had known i would have gotten the collectors edition instead, darn it LOL

Mrguy
10-07-2009, 05:18 PM
Really amazing game, Rocksteady did an amazing job.

The characters have so much thought put into them. SO AMAZING!

Larry_g1s
10-07-2009, 06:07 PM
Wow Beefy! Great designs.

MrPositive
10-07-2009, 06:35 PM
thanks guys. Working on this has been a wicked experience!

Awesome job Albert! Which character models did you get to create?


On a side note: Not sure how much it helped Albert with this production, but he's constantly involved in the free Hardcore Modeling and Game Artists Challenges. Members take note.

SheepFactory
10-08-2009, 02:09 AM
Hands down one of my fav games this year. Congrats to everyone who worked on it.

Edgemaster
10-08-2009, 05:22 AM
Sweet Production Focus! I played the demo on xbox 360 over and over again. And after reading this today I had to get the game. So now I am enjoying the full game on my xbox 360.

mindrot
10-08-2009, 12:08 PM
Looks great. Tons of atmosphere.

I must admit I'm not too crazy about the characters (not that I dislike them) - though they were made very well the proportions in general are odd... especially with Batman... he looks more like the Hulk with all those muscles... a bit too beefy me thinks...

...anyway... I've gotta buy this soon.

~M~

DimitrisLiatsos
10-08-2009, 02:04 PM
One of the best looking games i 've pplayed lately....

Kudos to all the people involved in it's production.....really hard work shows all over the game.

:bounce:

DDS
10-08-2009, 03:19 PM
Awesome job Albert! Which character models did you get to create?

I started in the company 8 months ago and I was plugged straight away on the next project, although at some point I remade Jokers and Ivy's hair, and general improvement around the overall game. No characters from scratch on this one!

Thanks everyone!

WyattHarris
10-08-2009, 03:25 PM
thanks guys. Working on this has been a wicked experience!
You worked on this Albert? Now I know why the game looks so stellar. The realistic approach to the character designs really makes them stand out among the competition and Batman has never looked better. I'd take this version over the latest movie incarnation.

I've got quite a few friends who are also playing this game and we pretty much all agree this is the best game we've played in a long long time. Being a serious fan of "Batman the Animated Series" just made it that much more enjoyable. Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamil are iconic as Batman and Joker.

pierechod
10-08-2009, 07:19 PM
who says articles like dont make an impact on sales!

you should get commission.

Saw, read the article ....ten mins later bought the game.

Hope its as good as people say.

mindrot
10-08-2009, 09:37 PM
You guys should be proud as you've made one kick ass looking game... I must get this :bounce:

~M~

DuttyFoot
10-09-2009, 01:16 AM
who says articles like dont make an impact on sales!

you should get commission.

Saw, read the article ....ten mins later bought the game.

Hope its as good as people say.

you will not be disappointed, trust me. the challenge modes are sweet

biggyninja
10-09-2009, 11:54 PM
Nice Models. Looks sweet. Is there any chance you could let us know how the animation was done?....

greannak
10-10-2009, 01:18 PM
Wow awesome! Thank you for this production focus, very interesting.

Rla
10-10-2009, 06:13 PM
Holy smoke, luv the work...im still battling render time...two thumbs up!!

FistOfGod
10-10-2009, 07:12 PM
Great article and the game does look pretty awesome. Congrats to everyone at Rocksteady!

DDS/Albert - Get to da choppa! ;)

Waylon

vinkas
10-11-2009, 10:39 AM
I liked the characters :)

cristian101
10-12-2009, 12:00 PM
Batman Arkham Asylum looks awesome the graphics are very detailed. The graphics are so good that it looks like the cartoons are brought to life. I love the way it looks specially the way the hero Batman looks. These characters are brought to life the way they look


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CrEEp3r
10-12-2009, 05:45 PM
I LOVE Harley Quinn, it looks very very nice. She looks never better at any Movie / Series :). The punk-style and the different Parts of Clothes are cool!

Hmmm, im asking myself if Rocksteady is searching Leveldesigners for next Year ;) hehe...

Im buying this Game as fast as i can, i also played the Demo and it rocks! :) Thanks for that!

PaulHellard
04-01-2010, 03:50 AM
I've had a look to the Vault of amazing stories about the games of 2009.

I'm giving our production focus on Batman: Arkham Asylum another look.

This is because it was such a cool game, the artists were so easy to talk to, and the game has been so very popular with the gaming public. Game of the Year from BAFTA for instance.

SpinQuad
04-05-2010, 06:10 PM
Can we possibly get a more in-depth look behind the Titan transformation sequences? I thought they were executed quite well in the game.

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