Batman: Arkham Origins’ senior producer on how — and when — to move the needle (interview)

May 20, 2013 6:15 AM Rus McLaughlin
Rus McLaughlin

Batman: Arkham Origins senior producer Ben Mattes and his team inherited one of the top-rated game franchises of all time. All they had to do was figure out where they could leave their own stamp on the winning Arkham formula ... and what they had to leave alone.

Batman: Arkham Origins hits the repeat button hard (preview)

May 20, 2013 6:00 AM Rus McLaughlin
Rus McLaughlin

Batman: Arkham Origins rewinds the Arkhamverse to early in the Dark Knight's career while carbon-copying the gameplay from its predecessors. It's a combination that might just work.

Rocksteady is out: WB Montreal developing the next Batman game

April 9, 2013 9:41 AM Jeffrey Grubb
Jeffrey Grubb

Can the boy wonders at WB Montreal step in to fill the boots of Batman: Arkham City developer Rocksteady Studios?

The gloriously flawed Sleeping Dogs is an interactive Hong Kong action flick (review)

August 14, 2012 12:01 AM Eduardo Moutinho
Eduardo Moutinho

Square Enix's Sleeping Dogs is a solid, mission-to-mission, open-world action experience. You’ll hurt a lot of thugs, drive a lot of cars recklessly, and work for a lot of shady characters — all while kicking and capping through a you’ll-see-everything-coming-by-a-mile storyline.

A quick history of Batman in video games

July 21, 2012 12:57 PM Jeffrey Grubb
Jeffrey Grubb

Batman's romp through interactive games has been spotty. We cover the highlights of the Caped Crusader's pixelated and polygonal adventures.

The many pixelated incarnations of Batman

July 20, 2012 2:00 PM Samir Torres
Samir Torres

Before Batman starred in some of the best 3D adventure games of all time, the Dark Knight made his debut as a two-dimensional detective.

Disney and others bring disruption to movie-licensed games

July 2, 2012 8:20 AM Jeffrey Grubb
Jeffrey Grubb

Editor's Pick Movie-licensed games are experiencing an extinction by evolution. Mobile apps and quality releases based on specific characters are displacing these often mediocre titles.

Halo, Red Dead Redemption, and other modern games given a retro makeover (gallery)

June 28, 2012 9:00 AM Mike Minotti
Mike Minotti

Halo, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Final Fantasy XIII, and more are given the retro treatment in this gallery.

Arkham City’s Game of the Year box art is slightly less horrible in the UK (images)

May 21, 2012 8:41 PM Evan Killham
Evan Killham

Images obtained from Reddit suggest that our friends in the United Kingdom will be getting a less cluttered cover.

Minecraft digs upwards and becomes most-played Xbox Live Arcade title

May 16, 2012 3:33 PM Omri Petitte
Omri Petitte

Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition became the most-played Xbox Live Arcade title in the first week of its release. Turns out digging for mono-colored boxes is actually fun.