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BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS GAMESCOM PREVIEW

Platforms: PC. Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U
Date: October 2013
Genre: Action-adventure, beat ‘em up
Publisher: Warner Bros.
Interactive Entertainment

on Christmas Eve in Gotham City. This new
addition to the roster is Firefly, a pyromaniac
costumed criminal who wields a flamethrower
and takes to the air using his jetpack.

At gamescom 2013 we got to see some new
content for the upcoming Batman: Arkham
Origins. Our recent hands-on preview from
E3 2013 provided most everything you need
to know about the title, but we would be
remiss if we didn’t fill you in on all the latest
updates from our most recent experience.

In the gamescom demonstration, Batman
was struggling in a race against time to
disarm several bombs that Firefly had
planted on Gotham Bridge, which links the
city’s two islands together. The police were
en-route to the scene, but if they arrived
before Batman’s task was done then Firefly
would manually destroy the bridge.

One of the principle announcements from
the latest demonstration was the reveal of a
new antagonist in the game, one of the eight
elite assassins who are hunting down Batman

We didn’t see the police in the demo, nor are
we su re what part the police department
will play in proceedings. What we do know
is that the plot of Origins is set prior to

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