Arkham Asylum GotY Edition Features Special 3D Glasses
Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year EditionUpdate: And less than an hour after publishing this story, we receive confirmation that this Game of the Year Edition WILL be coming to North America. We have to wait until May, but it's coming.
Original Story:
If you didn't get a chance to experience one of last year's best and you live in Europe, Asia, or Australia, you'll definitely want to consider picking up this snazzy Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition.
Scheduled to arrive in the aforementioned regions on March 26, this special release of 2009's gem includes the option for full 3D plus Batman and Joker-themed 3D glasses. As if that's not enough, you'll also receive 6 new Challenge Maps and of course, an experience that's almost unrivaled in the action/adventure realm. You can view the video over at Joystiq, which is bound to get your blood pumping; those who have already played it will want to dive in again, and those who missed out will feel regretful. We're not entirely sure why the Game of the Year Edition has only been confirmed for Europe, Asia and Australia, but we're hoping they will announce it for North America at some point in the near future. After all, the game sold very well in this region, too, and I'm relatively certain there are plenty of big-time Batman fans here in the US. We're talking about the best superhero game of all time, right?
Anyway, we'll let you know if the 3D-enabled Arkham Asylum will come your way; in the meantime, Euro gamers have something to crow about.
Related Game(s): Batman: Arkham Asylum
3/16/2010 10:40:48 AM Ben Dutka
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PAKINIPS
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 11:07:05 AM
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Anyway those red and blue 3D glasses are next to useless and would probably worsen the experience rather than improve it, but hey 6 new maps sounds good and i still need to pick this game up
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Break_The_Mould
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 11:50:33 AM
The glasses commonly used in theatres (good theatres) are polarised, so as to seem just a darkened lens. This results in less loss of colour in the picture and also no tinting of your vision. The ones with AA:GoTY seem like the bog standard ones. Also if this 3D was on par with theatre 3D believe me when I say that the new 3D-enabled TVs would never have been manufactured (even if it's just a ploy for TV makers to make more money, no major companies would purposefully deceive consumers in this way), and they do it much better as they are optimised for 3D (through better refresh rate etc.). An example of this are the 3D movies on blu-ray released (e.g. Journey To The Centre of The Earth) where the glasses are so tinted that the viewing experience is highly unsatisfactory.
Hopefully, these glasses will surprise with the standard of 3D it provides :).
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vicious54
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 1:31:55 PM
How the two (different) glasses work are somewhat the same but they are nothing alike. The ones you get in theaters have different polarization in each lens so you won't see both images in one eye. Looks like the ones you get in this set are the older ones you got when you were little. The red and green lensed ones work by using two different colors to trick your eyes.
That's why you can't swap the two different pair of glasses for another.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 1:44:34 PM
*Swats vicious for beating me to that point*
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Cavan
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 11:43:23 AM
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coverton341
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 12:26:03 PM
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main_event05
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 12:36:21 PM
Also keep a close eye on Switzerland.
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coverton341
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 12:38:58 PM
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rogers71
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 12:45:07 PM
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Jawknee
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 12:56:51 PM
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johnld
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 3:57:40 PM
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Jawknee
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 6:23:40 PM
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BikerSaint
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 1:01:45 PM
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I like their cheese, chocolate, Army knifes, and watches.
But their yodeling.......nahh, not so much.
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Ultimadream
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 1:12:44 PM
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BikerSaint
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 6:33:09 PM
You're right,
it sound's like sh!t to me too.
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kraygen
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 1:42:35 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 1:46:37 PM
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Silent_J
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 1:52:27 PM
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Alienange
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 2:10:38 PM
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vicious54
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 3:59:13 PM
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Break_The_Mould
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 4:59:15 PM
-_BTM_-
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sunspider13
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 2:35:25 PM
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tlpn99
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 3:20:09 PM
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bearbobby
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 7:48:42 PM
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___________
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 2:17:32 AM
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since when can the ps3 play 3D games?
wont i need a 3D TV to take advantage of this?
well thats going to be kinda hard since none are in existence yet.
anyway, o wait i forgot something, cant pin point it but i feel like i missed something shocking.
oh well im sure ill remember, give me a hour or so.
HOLY SH*T I JUST REMEMBERED!!!!!!!!!!
i think i need glasses or something because the text up there says the US is not getting the game till may, and AU is getting it in 6 days.
yup, for sure i need glasses.
off i go to the optometrist!
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Break_The_Mould
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 10:56:06 AM
Talk about unexpected... but welcomed nonetheless. Even if the 3D is not amazing, it's still good to have as an extra, even if the glasses turn out to be cooler than the effect itself!
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