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Rocksteady's open world action game is finally available for Windows users, and with all the settings cranked it looks incredible. Support for a range of advanced graphical features is included, letting you flip on DX 11 effects for an enhanced experience. To enjoy all the highest end effects, it also seems you'll need close to top of the line hardware if you want a decent framerate...

If Robin's brief appearance in Batman: Arkham City -- in which Batman yells at him for showing up and then dismisses him on an errand -- isn't enough for you, you'll be able to put the Boy Wonder through his paces in his own DLC, out today on PS3 and Xbox 360, with the PC version presumably available alongside the game this week.

The Robin Bundle pack costs 560 Microsoft Points ($6.99) and contains two new challenge maps and two "alternative" Robin skins. Don't worry, Batman will be equally impatient with all of them.

#batman Along with the long-awaited PC release of Batman: Arkham City in North America today, Warner Bros. and Rocksteady have delivered the Caped Crusader's trusty sidekick to us as well, neatly tied up with a pair of brand-new challenge maps and a couple of skins. More »

Released earlier in 2011 on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham City is now available for Windows users. The game follows the dark knight as he once again tangles with an impossibly large cast of villains. Across the open expanse of Arkham City Batman can soar between rooftops, pounce on groups of thugs and upgrade a wide range of combat abilities to become an even more effective crime fighter...

Batman Arkham City is Now Available on Steam in North and South America! Other regions will release soon, please check the game page for more details.

No escape from Arkham City…the sprawling mega-prison in the heart of Gotham City, home to its most violent thugs and infamous super villains. With the lives of the innocent at stake, only one man can save them and bring justice to the streets of Gotham City… Batman.

#batman When it comes to bringing action found in popular comics, anime and video games to life, the Thousand Pounds Action Company sets a pretty high standard. They've done videos based off of DC Comics, Naruto Shippuden and Street Fighter and now they're adding the Dark Knight's latest video game to their portfolio. More »

#batman In case you wanted a reason to go goof off in Arkham City again, the folks at Rooster Teeth have taken the time to show us how to activate Big-Head mode in Rocksteady's gritty comic book adventure. More »

#batman So, Batman: Arkham City is a leading contender for Game of the Year and, as would follow, its reviews have been very positive. Anyone who hasn't bought it yet is probably just scrimping and saving, waiting for just the right sale to finally get them to commit to saving Gotham City. More »

Wondering how to take Batman's already Arkham-sized head and make it into something more Gotham-sized? The Rooster Teeth folks have figured it out, releasing a tell-all video (watch out for the F-bomb!) on Batman: Arkham City's "Big Head Mode," which can apparently be applied using the Cryptography Sequencer.

The guys warn that the mode is only available in "Normal or higher" difficulties, though it'll also work in New Game Plus mode. Essentially, through some trigger holding and analog stick movement, the Big Head mode Easter egg will activate, rendering all forms of Batman and Catwoman (as well as enemies) with enormous noggins and puffy hands. And yes, in case you can't watch the video above just yet, it is absolutely adorable.

[Thanks, Geoff.]

Are you having trouble with your Batman: Arkham City getting eaten on the Xbox 360? It appears that some of you out there are. Fortunately, WBIE has heard your cries, and is looking into fixing the issue, but it needs your help. In a forum post on the Arkham City community website, the game's deve...

Batman: Arkham City players have been experiencing save data loss on Xbox 360 since the launch of the game. Publisher WB hasn't had anything to say regarding the extremely unfortunate bug until last night, when it published a survey on its official forum asking afflicted users for details.

In the survey, WB seeks information about the Xbox 360 model, storage method, and system software used to play Arkham City. If you can overcome the rage from having your save data randomly destroyed, please email support@wbgames with the answers to the questions listed after the break. It might help Rocksteady tune its cryptographic sequencer, which it will then point at a computer to fix the issue.

I was using a "phat" Xbox 360, running the latest release of the system software (not a preview), and had only the Catwoman DLC installed when I lost all my progress, in case anyone there happens to be reading.

Last week, we asked IGN readers around the world to have their say on Batman: Arkham City. What did they think of the game? What would they like to see in future titles? By voting in our series of polls, we got a pretty damn good idea. Around 30,000 votes were cast for each poll and the results are ...

#batman Wrapping up work on their epic Batman: Arkham City, the developers at U.K.-based Rocksteady Studios set out to party hardy. First up was a 250-lap go-kart race. Then they went to Wayne Manor's real-life stand-in and turned on the Bat-Signal. More »

According to several posts on Batman: Arkham City's official forums, users are experiencing a bug that causes their Xbox 360 save files to be deleted without warning. In an ongoing thread, many users report dozens of hours of progress lost thanks to the bug...

Batman: Arkham City's official November 18 launch date for PC in North America has been slightly shifted to November 22. Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment also stated the PC version will be available November 23 in Australia, November 24 in France and Benelux, and other European territories beginning November 25.

Although WBIE wouldn't confirm, a major South African retailer has stated the game won't launch on PC until December in the region.

The PC launch will occur just as the "Robin Bundle Pack" hits the digital distribution circuit.

Warner Bros. has delayed the release of Batman: Arkham City on PC by one week. The PC version was previously announced with a November 15th release date in North America, but will now be coming out on November 22nd instead. In Europe, the PC version will be released on November 25th...

It's no secret that Batman: Arkham City was loved at the offices of IGN, with the gaming receiving an amazing score of 9.5, solidifying itself as one of our highest rated games of the year. We feel that this is a sequel that has managed to improve upon its predecessor in every way. So you know h...

Rocksteady Studios' Batman: Arkham City is already a blockbuster hit. The critically acclaimed game has become a global smash, in part, due to the depth of voice acting that brings the story to life. Some of the Hollywood actors who bring the complex cast of characters to life discuss the new game...

#batman There's a whole subcategory of fan-made Batman movies out there on the interwebs. Some of them rock while other will make you wince. I'll let you decide where the video above falls. What I do love about it, however, is how it uses Rocksteady's video games as its jumping-off point. Other Bat-fan movies try to recreate the look and feel of the Tim Burton or Christopher Nolan takes on the Dark Knight. This is the first one I can remember that uses video game tropes in its presentation. The life bar, the flurry of bats and the attack prompts all harken back pretty clearly to the Arkham games. The whole film is pretty much a series of fight scenes, which is pretty game-like in itself. More »

#gutcheck The rather wonderful Batman: Arkham City will, thanks to its wealth of extra-curricular content, still be spinning in many people's disc drives this week. No matter. Publishers Warner Bros. think now is the time to drop some fresh downloadable content for the singleplayer-only game. More »

Batman: Arkham City isn't even a month old, but the first batch of widely available downloadable content hits your marketplace of choice today. The Nightwing pack will set you back 560 Microsoft Points or $6.99 and give you two new challenge maps (one combat and one invisible predator) and two Night...

Eager Trophy and Achievement hunters likely already know the deal: today is Halloween and Calendar Man, a Batman villain obsessed with holidays and dates, is looking for a little company. If you talk to him in Batman: Arkham City on twelve different specific holidays (you can see the exact dates on a calendar next to his cell in the basement of the courthouse), you can earn the Story Teller Achievement/Trophy.

Of course, you could cheat your way through this by changing the date on your console, though we'd hardly condone that. The Batman is not known for taking shortcuts.

A NeoGAF thread links two pieces of reporting that seem to strongly hint that the Dark Knight's latest video game adventure may be getting extended in the near future. More »

#batman Today is Halloween. So if you're playing Batman: Arkham City and you don't believe in cheating by changing your system's internal clock, go talk to the Calendar Man today. More »

WARNING: Some of the following answers contain spoilers...

#batman Artist kay-too sought to "emulate the art style of the marketing for Batman: Arkham City" with this cute piece. More »

Nightwing, the original boy wonder grown into twenty-something slugger, will be available as Batman: Arkham City DLC come November 1. The pack includes Dick Grayson in Nightwing costume, two additional challenge maps, Wayne Manor and Main Hall, and an Animated Series Nightwing skin for $6.99.

As was accidentally revealed a couple weeks back, the "Robin Bundle Pack," featuring the Dark Knight's third Robin (don't ask about the second, it's a sore subject), Tim Drake, will hit on November 22 for $6.99.

[Thanks, Garrett M.]

#batman Feast your eyes on the grown-up laughing young daredevil as he throws down on the thugs of Arkham City. The clip highlights his specialized weaponry and shows off his acrobatic fighting style, too. You'll be able to start playing as Dick Grayson in new Wayne Manor and Main Hall challenge maps next week. More »

#batman A team of props builders from forum The FX lab have wanted to build a Batman suit for a long, long time. With the success of first Arkham Asylum and now its sequel, Arkham City, they finally found the inspiration/motivation. More »

Batman: Arkham City has shipped about 5 million copies in just seven days. That's a crazy number, but what's even crazier is the fact that the Batman: Arkham City Collector's Edition didn't come with a proper game case. It's just a disc in an art book sleeve. No offense, Warner Bros., but that's kin...