Sometimes games sneak up and emerge from the shadows into greatness. Sometimes they announce themselves with a bang and then spend months throwing marketing material in your face. Batman: Arkham Asylum did a little bit of both. It hasn't been a massive hype campaign but there have been many videos and a fair amount of screenshots to whet our appetites. It seems that anybody who knows and enjoys the Batman universe, even just from the films, has been looking forward to the game's release with an increasing excitement.
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