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Watch Ten Minutes Of Batman: Arkham Asylum Gameplay

Charlie Jane Anders — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:12:10 PDT

Batman's rippling muscles, ninja-like stealth and resilience in the face of Gotham City's worst maniacs and psychopaths will make the Batman: Arkham Asylum video game an addictive experience... even if some dude was narrating your gameplay in Polish. [Kotaku]

Bane And His Pulsing Veins Burst From Arkham Asylum

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:30:00 PDT

A new clip from creepy Batman video game, Batman: Arkham Asylum, debuts the latest baddie for the bat: Bane the chronic Venom juicer.

Mark Hamill Brings Trademark Creepy Laugh To Arkham's Joker

Meredith Woerner — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:00:00 PST

The Joker was the most memorable character in Batman: The Animated Series, thanks to the voice of Luke Skywalker. Now uber dark Arkham Asylum game is working with Hamill to guarantee the chills.

Eidos and Warner Bros’ video game Batman: Arkham Asylum is certainly trying to guarantee the good by bringing on Mark Hamill to voice The Joker. Hamill has already proven himself, first as the new hope and later as a pretty stellar voice work actor for Batman: The Animated Series in the 90s and on.

Gravely voiced Kevin Conroy, who was recently in Gotham Knight, along with amazing past work on the animated series, will also be working the voice as the Batman himself. Should be fantastic, as Conroy really nailed the best Bat-voice in my book of angry whispers. (Certainly better than Christian Bale's Springsteen-with-a-cold growl.)

Check out this showcase of the many laughs of Hamill's Joker from Batman: The Animated Series:

[The Force]