FENIX Bazaar: One of the most acclaimed video game series of last generation could be getting a remastering on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 according to a report on Eurogamer, but will series creator Rocksteady be the one working on it?
Rumours are flying about the possibility of Batman: Arkham Insurgency. We discuss the new game, and recap the series to date.
After another listing a few weeks ago initially revealed it now Gamestop Italy has put up a listing for Batman: Return to Arkham HD Collection.
Me too. These are the best two games of the four by far. I look forward to revisiting them with sharper visuals and 60 fps.
Nice for folks who haven't played this series. They should have included Arkham Origins though, instead of just the Rocksteady games.
How can this story get approved when we already covered it 8 hours ago on n4g?
http://n4g.com/news/1901453...
"A Batman Arkham HD Collection has been leaked via a GameStop employee sending pictures of the unannounced anthology to Eurogamer."
I thought Warner Bros forgot they mentioned doing this HD collection a long time ago
I dont understand why we're putting the "HD" suffix onto remastered collections of games that were already in HD to begin with.
Its hd into hd. So 720p to 1080p next will be 1080p to 4k then 4k into 8k....
Id be more impressed with games from ps1 era remastered in 1080p
Pretty much like ratchet and clank even though it was a ps2 game
@ Warnut
umm imagine The legend of Dragoon, Breath of Fire 3-4, xenogears, Megaman Legends, FFs with that new Ratchet and Clank treatment *_*!
I'm with ya BosS. Just call them Remasters. Technically one can argue they're 720p or whatever being upgraded to native 1080p but regardless these were originally HD games. So call them Remasters at best.
I'm certainly not spending $60 on this but Arkham Asylum was a fantastic game. Easily one I'd likely go ahead and play again. Arkham City on the other hand was ok so I'd be less inclined to spend time replaying that. Be interesting to see just how much they've done to improve it.
But like the older TV's this is now FULL/TRUE HD. Think they looked good enough tho do we really need them again so soon.
I'm seeing stuff like this more and more. Whether they're lying or not, it's pretty shitty marketing and sleazy tactics IMO to draw attention. I never finished Arkham City, but Asylum was awesome. I'm curious to see how much better it looks, but I'm not paying a full $60 for it
read it as "higher definition".
still awkward, i give you that.
Batman collection is really not needed, all previous gen consoles got them.. I do understand it if they were one platform exclusives and very little % could play them but that isn't the case.
Ratchet isn't a remaster, it's a full scale remake like Halo 2 Anniversary and Gears UE. A remaster would be like the UC Collection or GOW3 where they just upscale it to 1080p and make it 60fps
Might be simply due to marketing they want to have it known writing the title that its HD.
For all we know they probably did some study saying that having HD in the title as consumers recognize its value faster or something who knows.
the first batman is still my favorite. yes it wasn't open world with a lot of side mission but it was more focused and much better batman experience
still this trend has to stop. we are far enough into next gen and the publishers have to stop porting games from last gen to this gen
sadly many buy these remasters/pc ports so it's easy money for publishers
"still this trend has to stop"
"sadly many buy these remasters/pc ports"
Yes it's always such a tragedy when people spend their money on things you don't want. Endeavor to persevere.
I don't know if I agree with that I don't think this is a "trend" as porting titles has happened in almost every major generation look at last gen we got a port of Splinter Cell the Prince of Persia series hit man and a whole lot of other games.
Before stating its an issue, also state in what regards to each party.
Does this hurt consumers? I'm not sure it does as I for one didn't play all the Batman games and I would find this yo be of value I could possibly purchase this later on.
Does it affect development? I'm not sure I could say that either because the team that's doing this remaster was likely never going to make a Batman game in the first place. It's also giving a publisher more money to support the next major title.
You're free to have your opinion as is anyone on here but at least support your belief with the real reasons. All I'm hearing is that they should stop in that it's easy for them. How would stopping help consumers? Why would it being easy for them hurt us? Is it being hard for them better for you? I don't fully understand exactly the point of that being stated as if they should be suffering in development or something..lol
@ Warnut
PS1 textures stretched out into 1080p? Yuck, they would look terrible.
Supposedly only includes the first two games... better be less than $40 then.
We'll see tomorrow...
Better be less than that. You can get each game for like under $10 now. Unless they're actual remakes then porting some years old games over to a new console and just upping the resolution some is not worth $40.
They are 1080p 60fps the originals were 720p 30fps and these come with all the DLC.
@Toiletsteak
So the hell what? It's not like adding resolution and framerate is some commodity that costs money. It's a graphics option that's just upped and it's ready to go. If I can make the PC version go from 720p to 1080p with a couple clicks so can they.
$40 is too much for something that only includes two games made years ago. I don't care who disagrees.
I got 'em both in the Humble Bundle a year or more back for like $6. Game of the year editions, too.
@toilet
Struggling to remember what dlc there actually was? To my knowledge the first campaign dlc for the series was Cold Cold Heart from Origins, then some for Knight, but wouldn't the only dlc for the previous 2 just be challenge maps & skins?
@toilet
I rarely look at a game and think that just because it comes with the DLC that it's worth it. I don't like DLC to begin with. If I didn't buy it before, why would it justify a higher price now?
@Oogly
Hell YES!! Thank you so much for that. I never thought of it that way and now I'm looking at these things completely different. I'm guilty of buying a few but not too many. Won't be buying them anymore
Origins had some game breaking and annoying glitches upon release but had the best story and boss battles.
I still have all of these games on Xbox 360. If they included Origins I would have picked it up, but as is I am skipping.
Outside of the glitches, it was better than Arkham Knight. Heck, even with glitches the PC version of Origins is better than the PC version of Arkham Knight.
Arkham Asylum and Arkham City are masterpieces. I'll pick it up when I can. Oh, it better be at 60fps.
IF Ratchet & Clank PS4 cant/wont be 60fps, what chance do you think the Arkham games have of doing so, really? Seems to me - while still good - neither PS4 and/or XB1 are quite the behemoth consoles fan boys hoped/wished they were prior to launch.
Ratchet was a remake,not a remaster.There already is a remaster of the ps2 trilogy of ratchets on ps3.
Where is the sense in that statement?! Why shouldn't they be able to run 5 year old PC ports?!
I don't think you actually get how a game raises in frames bud. When you play a couple PC games you'll realize why a game that is lesser can run at higher frame...
I would put these games on running 60 frames-per-second easily if your factoring they are not being remade on PlayStation 4 they're merely being transferred over to Ratchet & Clank is completely remade for PS4.
WB has bad habit of not properly vetting the studios that makes their ports.
As long as it isn't High Voltage, we will be good. Sadly, that has been the only studio that WB has been using to do ports. Hopefully they learned from the last couple disasters.
Its not a HD collection. Websites should not name it that.
If they're not doing it then hopefully it'll be Bluepoint Games.
How hard can it be to take the PC version, update it a little bit and then scale it properly to next-gen consoles? The Arkham games aren't really known for their high system requirements.
Also, if this isn't just a resolution and framerate bump, why no PC version? Arkham Asylum is excellent, but it's in dire need of a graphics upgrade. I mean, the goons you fight are visibly only half made, with the other side of the body mirrored.