Arkham Asylum Archives

Discovery Global Consumer Products to release the AR tabletop title The Arkham Asylum Files: Panic In Gotham City This game was created by the same team who brought you the 2008 award-winning The Dark Knight ARG campaign Why So Serious?, as they have created a new unique experience within the Batman universe Using a combination of a[...]

Yesterday, we had a chance to check in with The Batman mastermind Matt Reeves to see how things were going with showrunner Lauren LeFranc & HBO Max's upcoming Farrell & Cristin Milioti-starring The Penguin as well as his visions for the BatVerse moving forward (with The Batman 2, Arkham Asylum & GCPD spinoff series, and[...]

But then there's the Arkham Asylum-focused spinoff, which originally began as a series focusing on the Gotham City PD before a creative refocus forced a shift toward the infamous asylum Now, Variety is reporting from sources (though reps from all parties involved have declined to comment) that Antonio Campos (HBO's The Staircase) has boarded the[...]

Recently in Detective Comics, we learned that Arkham Arkham – or the Elizabeth Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane was built on land owned by Anatol Orgham, passed down the line to Loricius Orgham, who changed his name to Loricius Arkham, with his own descendent Amadeus Arkham building the institution. We also met the demonic-laced Shavhod,[...]

After seven years I felt ready to take a break from Gotham City, which meant that this book and the proposed Arkham Asylum 2, of which 25 pages were written, fell by the wayside I still have a nagging desire to finish both but it's not where my head's at right now and may never[...]

And so, in this week's Flashpoint Beyond #2… Flashpoint Beyond #2 scan The Psycho Pirate, a key figure in DC Comics' Crisis, has skipped out of Dark Crisis and is hiding in Flashpoint Beyond, in Arkham Asylum, where he feels sage Something for Thomas Wayne Batman to check out. Flashpoint Beyond #2 scan "The childminder has the lost children…[...]

Is Reeves referencing a third spinoff, along with Penguin and Gotham? Or is he saying that the Gotham spinoff will connect directly with Arkham Asylum? Is the Gotham spinoff shifting its focus? Image: DC Comics Speaking with SFX Magazine last month, Clark explained that the spinoff's storyline is very much in line with a classic Brian De Palma[...]

Trying to absorb criticisms made against Arkham Asylum, trying new ways to treat patients and having extraordinary results However a flash-forward shows that it ends in an armed siege featuring some of the patients who had seemed to have been most successfully treated. Detective Comics #1051 Detective Comics #1050 revealed that Psycho Pirate was a patient in[...]

We've been running plenty of Gotham Gossip pieces about the rise of Arkham Tower, the replacement for Arkham Asylum And how the foundations have been laid of late through recent Batman comic books. Detective Comics #1045 by Mariko Tamaki and Dan Mora With Mayor Nakano making plans to remade Gotham in the wake of Future State/Fear State[...]

Earlier in the month, Bleeding Cool teases some Gotham Gossip regarding the future – or lack of it – of Arkham Asylum in mainstream DC Comics continuity Arkham Tower which is to take its place And Dr Chase Meridian who was to run it And we get to see plenty in today's Detective Comics Annual[...]

And indeed it does so, mentioning the events of A-Day, starring a psychiatrist who survive the attack on Arkham Asylum, and looking at the inmates who also survived but escaped With her case files, her studies and her knowledge Basically, it has nothing to do with Fear State, there are no Magistrate, no Peacekeeepers, no[...]

Dan Watters and Dani last worked together on Coffin Bound from Image Comics back in 2019. Bleeding Cool loved that series immensely and so are totally down for their new project for DC Comics, Arkham City: The Order of The World, spinning out of the current Infinite Frontier Batman comic books, as inmates who escaped Arkham[...]

The finale of Harley Quinn #1 saw the return of Hugo Strange, who didn't die in the events of A-Day in Arkham Asylum, but is being set up by Simon Saint Industries to help engineer the events that will lead to the Gotham of DC Future State, a fascist governing police state. Secure And Fearless Engagement[...]

Look back on a vanished time and smile again at its magic where the modern era of comics was born! Batman: Arkham Asylum – The Deluxe Edition – October 12th 2021, 232 pages Written by legendary comics creator Grant Morrison and beautifully illustrated by artist Dave McKean, the timeless, genre-bending tale BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM is brought back[...]

The McFarlane Toys DC Multiverse variants continue as they unveil a spacial Arkham Asylum 2-pack for Walmart Con This special two-pack will feature both video game appearances from Batman: Arkham Asylum with a new deco Both of these figures have been released before but this time these two are duking it out Batman will now[...]

This time McFarlane Toys is diving into the video game world with the hit series Batman: Arkham Asylum with two new figures Both Batman and Joker are coming to life and are featuring their video game appearances The packaging is the same from the rest of the series and both include a collectible card and a nice[...]

We will be getting the one from the hit video game 2009 Arkham Asylum. This one is a little more intricate and bigger than the previous one, but I have always loved the design of it The best part of these displays is that they can stack on top of each other Looks like we will also[...]

Arkham Asylum is known for being the home of some of Gotham's most dangerous criminals From the dealing to the Joker, to Mr Freeze and the Killer Croc, these characters made the game a classic Prime 1 Studios is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the game series with a 21.5" statue! Two versions of Batman:[...]

European players will also get access to the Earth 2 Dark Knight skin for Batman: Arkham Knight, which so far has only been available for North American players. Players who already have the original version of Batman: Arkham Knight will also be able to download the skin for free early next year— and that's good for[...]

He brings the Clown Prince back to Arkham Asylum, though Joker pokes and prods at the Dark Knight the entire way there Upon arrival, a doctor further gives Batman hell for his methods of capturing the Joker However, a prison break occurs, and Riddler, Poison Ivy, Mister Freeze, Bane, and the Penguin join the Joker[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Rorschach wakes up in Arkham Asylum, and, true to his title, battles the other inmates almost immediately His stay in Arkham is interspersed with scenes from his last stay in a mental institution, which was shortly after the New York City Massacre perpetrated by Ozymandias' monster. Doomsday Clock #4 cover by Gary Frank and Brad[...]

Morrison says that Diana will face her greatest challenge in the book, and that his Wonder Woman: Earth One books will be a trilogy. Oh, and there will be Nazi punching… And also a sequel to Arkham Asylum, with Chris Burnham on art, at 120 pages Morrison compares it to Luc Beson, and says it will be[...]

This also seems to include the ability to fire of webbing traps, with built in sensors. Also, we get that great little stinger at the end of the trailer hinting at the inclusion of another fan-favourite Spidey character. Then there's gameplay elements. The gameplay style seems to mimic games from the Distinguished Competition more than previous Spider-Man games,[...]

Hot Toys finally revealed one of fans most anticipated figures in its 1/6 scale figure line, the Arkham Asylum Joker figure The figure itself features a newly sculpted smiling Joker head, authentic and detailed suit from the game, and a bevy of accessories including: a couple different pistols, handcuffs, chattering teeth, glasses, and 6 pairs[...]

This shouldn't be too surprising at this point, as news of a remaster of the first two Arkham games has been floating around for over a year now, but it's always nice to get the full story. Indeed, Arkham Asylum and Arkham City  have seen a current gen face lift in the now announced Batman: Return to[...]

It was said Arkham Asylum and Arkham City would be making the jump to modern consoles, strangely without Arkham Knight, the topper to Rocksteady's trilogy. Well, the package has resurfaced, again with out the final Rocksteady instalment As sent to Eurogamer, a GameStop employee took this image showing off a remaster of the first two games[...]

Taking your favorite series, and diving as deep as they can in the about 6 minutes, it unveils the history behind franchises and games, as well as little quirks about their production. And here is one on the now classic, Batman: Arkham Asylum It goes over the game's production, secrets, things that didn't make it into[...]

Arkham Asylum is recognized as probably the best Batman video game ever put to disc That is in no small part to the great Joker, voiced by Mark Hamill, who really gave that game a classic flavor I even know some who think that is the best work Hamill has ever done (I'm sure this[...]

Hey, look. Another rerelease! As per reports from IGN Italy and VideoGamer, the Rocksteady Arkham games are the next up to the plate to get remastered.

Here the cast including Ben McKenzie (James Gordon) and Donal Logue (Harvey Bullock) talk about Gordon's punishment and the place Arkham Asylum holds in the Batman mythos. [youtube]http://youtu.be/xBVFS_YRr64[/youtube] FOX has posted a new behind-the-scenes featurette about the most recent episode of Gotham, Guarding Arkham Here the cast including Ben McKenzie (James Gordon) and Donal Logue (Harvey[...]