Batman Arkham City Release Date March 11, 2011

A release date for the highly anticipated sequel to 2009’s Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, has been announced.  The first game was the sleeper hit of the summer it was released in, and offered an almost free-roaming enviroment where you could explore Arkham Asylum as the Dark Knight.

Recently it has been announced that Dr. Hugo Strange will appear in the game as one of the main villians.  Other major villians that have been confirmed in screenshots include The Joker, Two Face, Harley-Quinn.  There are also expected to be other appearances from other both well known and obscure characters from Batman’s long history.

In this game, Arkham Asylum has moved.  The prisoners are out roaming the city, and Arkham’s walls have been expanded to keep them confined to the area of Gotham that they are inhabiting.  Chaos and destruction follow in their wake, and you will have to enter that part of the city as Batman and put an end to it.

The Riddler’s challenges are also expected to get a return.  In it, you’ll have to find specially marked henchmen who act as his informants.  You’ll have to track these guys down to get the challenges, or you’ll be stuck having to find them yourselves.

Batman: Arkham City is coming October 18th, 2011 for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.