Warner Acquires "Majority Stake" In Rocksteady Studios
Batman: Arkham AsylumBatman: Arkham Asylum was just too good. Warner had to have 'em.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group has announced their "acquisition of a majority stake in Rocksteady Studios," the developer responsible for last year's stellar superhero title. The team is located in London and specializes in developing action/adventure games and one of 2009's best obviously convinced Warner that Rocksteady was a darn good buy. "Rocksteady demonstrated its professionalism and extraordinary development abilities with Batman: Arkham Asylum," said Kevin Tsujihara, Warner Bros. president. "This arrangement is a great strategic fit and we are very pleased to solidify our relationship with this talented development team." Warner likes to focus on big game franchises; they've already worked to secure the rights to names like Mortal Kombat, The Lord of the Rings and Traveller's LEGO, so to add Batman to the list certainly fits with their business plan. Added Sefton Hill, Rocksteady games director:
"We are proud to strengthen our association with WBIE, a world class publisher that we have enjoyed working with since we began developing Batman: Arkham Asylum. The Rocksteady team is very much looking forward to creating more great games based on widely recognized Warner Bros. brands like Batman."
Some time soon, we hope to hear more about the sequel that is currently in development at Rocksteady. Fans of the original - and there are many fans - will definitely line up to snag it, and we're kinda hoping the team tries to make a great Superman game after all is said and done. Maybe they're the only ones who can do it...
2/23/2010 10:55:29 AM Ben Dutka
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just2skillf00l
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 11:52:06 AM
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inkme101
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 11:57:55 AM
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main_event05
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 12:42:34 PM
also, does his x-ray vision cause cancer?
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 3:33:19 PM
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just2skillf00l
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 12:11:10 PM
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BikerSaint
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 12:14:59 PM
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Just keep your hands off any of the gameplay...
SO.....repeat after me...
"PS3 gets the extra content"
"PS3 gets the extra content"
"PS3 gets the extra content"
"PS3 gets the extra content"
"Is that clear????????
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ace_boon_coon
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 6:06:15 PM
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 2:06:12 AM
but eh, that will never happen developers are too lazy.
oh well theres always valve, crytek and ID.
they know how to treat their fans.
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Mr Bitey
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 12:42:04 PM
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 2:11:12 AM
woops to late :(
i swear to god if $E screw up any of eidos games im going to fly over and force them to eat 10000 tuns of sushi!
keep $E minimum 1000KM away from hitman 5 at all times!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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swapnilgyani
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 2:25:55 PM
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I am actually not sure which one I'd prefer more
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 3:34:27 PM
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hellish_devil
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 6:25:46 PM
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BikerSaint
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 8:12:22 PM
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 2:08:57 AM
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lets hope we see more batman AA games, and less batman begins games.
and hopefully WB put monolith to good use and get them to make another F.E.A.R but like the first NOT the second that sucked!
and add another condemned game, the first 2 were brilliant! among the best horror games ever made!
O, and dont forget a new mortal kombat game, but please not a reboot.
i saw the concept art and while it looks ok i really dont like it as much as the previous stuff.
just do another mortal kombat deception and than a new mortal kombat shaolin monks and ill be happy.
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godsman
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 11:22:44 AM