Before Joker took over the Asylum, and waaaaay before a huge portion of Gotham got walled off as a giant prison camp, Black Mask hired a bunch of supervillains to kill Batman. The prize: $50,000,000 dollars. Granted, this is a game that we know the ending to: Batman makes it through, I knowm spoilers. Origins has some huge shoes to fill, what with Arkham city being considered one of the best games of 2011, especially when one considers that Rocksteady is no longer developing the game, and Kevin Conroy isn’t doing the voice any longer. Watch the trailer and let us know what you think:

 

It’s kind of cool seeing the characters in a more infantile form, but the redesign has me a little skeptical. Time will tell.

Headed to current systems in October, Ps3 users get exclusive access to play as Deathstroke with a pre-order.