[False]PSM3 Confirm Arkham City Multiplayer

[Luke]

Love it or hate it, multiplayer is coming to Batman: Arkham City.

Confirmed in this months issue of the popular UK magazine PSM3, they have proceeded in claiming that "Multiplayer is a certainty, but no details on this yet". This comes after a rush of rumors and discussion that Catwoman will feature as a playable co-op character and with no mention of Robin or Nightwing this is looking even more credible. Keep in mind that no details have been confirmed and we aren't 100% ruling out the possibility of VS multiplayer.

This wont be Rocksteady's first attempt at multiplayer. Their Playstation 2 frantic fps shooter Urban Chaos: Riot Response also featured net play of 8 players. There is no doubt that we will be seeing a lot more info on this feature soon.



Stay tuned for more info and don't forget to check back tomorrow for info on the Batman Arkham City articles featured in OXM and OPM.

PSM3 Is now available to buy from all good news agents and online. Do not ask for scans of the issue.

[The A-Team]

Oh please sweet merciful Jesus give me some Nightwing/Batman co-op action!! I'll even settle for Robin!

On the bright side, even if they aren't in the game, they could always be added in via DLC later. Would be awesome to see different suits too. Like the armored suit you could choose for Batman, or the classic suit. Or the new-ish suit, or even be able to play as Bruce Wayne for the hell of it!

Thanks for the news there Luke, this made my week!

[The Joker]

There won't be nightwing nor Robin. Just, Catwoman and maybe someone else.

[CmX]

This is awesome! I'm gunning for Selina!

Please no Robin! Hopefully there won't be any exclusives this time around either.

[WayneBruce]

Really interesting news, and i'm sure its going to be amazing, Rocksteady would'nt have included it otherwise!

[Luke]

So now its confirmed, what does everyone want to see from multiplayer? If Rocksteady announced it was going to have a VS multiplayer how do you think they would approach it?

[The A-Team]

Well, it's multiplayer, so you can't just do some simple stuff like "Pick a character and fight". This is where I think Nightwing, Robin and Catwoman can come in handy. Okay, so Robin and Nightwing hasn't been confirmed, but this is Arkham City. It's Batman. He's climbing, swinging and gliding through the place, who else can keep up with him? Two-Face? Riddler? Please.

I think even if Nightwing or Robin isn't used in the story, they could add them into multiplayer and have them as selectable characters. Maybe even a Batgirl skin! But that would seem a little weird with Batman, Robin, Nightwing and Batgirl all being heroes fighting each other.

Maybe there are other heroes or villain's that can keep up with Batman's agility and whatnot, but I don't really know who to think of. They'd have to be in the singleplayer if it were to make sense. Unless they were going for more of a "Screw it, we're doing this for fun!" approach, which I support entirely.

They had shooting mechanics designed into Arkham Asylum, with The Joker, so I could see them fixing that up and adding in machine guns and whatnot. It would be interesting. There are a certain amount of people playing bad guys with guns and other weapons, and one Batman(Maybe Catwoman or Nightwing or whatever, but we don't even know if they exist yet in multiplayer yet) and you have to either: Take them all down, or get to an objective without dying. Maybe a rescue mission? Maybe a "defuse a bomb before it goes off and kills everyone" mission?

I think it would be incredible if they added in objective modes where one character is Batman, and everyone else is out to get him, or stop him from doing something.

It would be awesome to see Hush as a multiplayer character. Really hope they've got a whole bunch of character skins to use.

That's what I'd like to see them do. Oh, and let's not forget sneaking! Adding stealth elements into multiplayer is only fair for Batman, and it would be excellent fun!

[WayneBruce]

Well, it's multiplayer, so you can't just do some simple stuff like "Pick a character and fight". This is where I think Nightwing, Robin and Catwoman can come in handy. Okay, so Robin and Nightwing hasn't been confirmed, but this is Arkham City. It's Batman. He's climbing, swinging and gliding through the place, who else can keep up with him? Two-Face? Riddler? Please.

I think even if Nightwing or Robin isn't used in the story, they could add them into multiplayer and have them as selectable characters. Maybe even a Batgirl skin! But that would seem a little weird with Batman, Robin, Nightwing and Batgirl all being heroes fighting each other.

Maybe there are other heroes or villain's that can keep up with Batman's agility and whatnot, but I don't really know who to think of. They'd have to be in the singleplayer if it were to make sense. Unless they were going for more of a "Screw it, we're doing this for fun!" approach, which I support entirely.

They had shooting mechanics designed into Arkham Asylum, with The Joker, so I could see them fixing that up and adding in machine guns and whatnot. It would be interesting. There are a certain amount of people playing bad guys with guns and other weapons, and one Batman(Maybe Catwoman or Nightwing or whatever, but we don't even know if they exist yet in multiplayer yet) and you have to either: Take them all down, or get to an objective without dying. Maybe a rescue mission? Maybe a "defuse a bomb before it goes off and kills everyone" mission?

I think it would be incredible if they added in objective modes where one character is Batman, and everyone else is out to get him, or stop him from doing something.

It would be awesome to see Hush as a multiplayer character. Really hope they've got a whole bunch of character skins to use.

That's what I'd like to see them do. Oh, and let's not forget sneaking! Adding stealth elements into multiplayer is only fair for Batman, and it would be excellent fun!

Really like these ideas, there are some villains who can keep up with Batman
i.e: Deadshot,
KGBeast (who i think would be excellent),

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man-bat,
hush & even Mr. Freeze (to an extent). So in terms of physical prowess theres a lot to choose from.

[KHRIS]

Love it or hate it

LOVE IT!!!!

I think this is a great idea. And agree with the people who really want Robin or Nightwing. Cant imagine why people wouldnt want them.

This is great news!

[FinalHero]

I like of the idea of multiplayer, but I do NOT want story mode co op. I just think that would ruin the game and the experience you have running around the city as Batman finding clues and kicking ass. If you had a partner it would be a crowded and you would have to wait for him to keep up and he might die alot. So that doesn't appeal to me.

But what I would love is co op challenges. Where you and your friend get to pick different Batman heroes and fight groups of thugs and villians.

[Scarecrow]

Sounds great, to me at least. Though it is now very likely to happen, I still will be keeping my fingers crossed for a playable Catwoman over both Robin or Nightwing.

I think it would be incredible if they added in objective modes where one character is Batman, and everyone else is out to get him, or stop him from doing something.

I find this to be a rather interesting and possible element they could be able to pull off in which six of us are armend henchmen working for yet another infamous crime leader, all given the same objective: taking out the bat within a restricted area... until the tables are turned that is.

[Thedorkknight]

Sounds great, to me at least. Though it is now very likely to happen, I still will be keeping my fingers crossed for a playable Catwoman over both Robin or Nightwing.

I think it would be incredible if they added in objective modes where one character is Batman, and everyone else is out to get him, or stop him from doing something.

I find this to be a rather interesting and possible element they could be able to pull off in which six of us are armend henchmen working for yet another infamous crime leader, all given the same objective: taking out the bat within a restricted area... until the tables are turned that is.

Oh, duh! That could totally work. It'd be like the predator challenges, only even more fun.

[EmmaQuinn]

I suppose thats not too bad, depending on the way that they do it.
Vs or co-op. What would you prefer?
I'd prefer co-op..

[I Am The Dark Knight]

I knew it I jusst knew that multiplayer is going to be in the game, now this are news, after one month of nothing but the hub this is actually worth to see, I believe this is just going to be multiplayer and not co-op

[Hayley]

If they bring in Nightwing as a possible Co-Op partner I wouldn't mind. I don't think Robin would fit in with the atmosphere of the game.