Batman: Arkham City

Batman: Arkham City
Developer(s)	Rocksteady Studios
Publisher(s)	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Director(s)	Sefton Hill
Producer(s)	Daniel Bailie Nathan Burlow
Writer(s)	Paul Dini Paul Crocker Sefton Hill
Composer(s)	Nick Arundel Ron Fish
Series	Batman: Arkham
Engine	Unreal Engine 3
Platform(s)	PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 Microsoft Windows Wii U OS X PlayStation 4 Xbox One
Release	October 18, 2011 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 NA: October 18, 2011 AU: October 19, 2011 EU: October 21, 2011 Microsoft Windows NA: November 22, 2011 AU: November 23, 2011 EU: November 25, 2011 Wii U NA: November 18, 2012 PAL: November 30, 2012 OS X WW: December 13, 2012 PlayStation 4, Xbox One WW: October 18, 2016
Genre(s)	Action-adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player

Aggregate scores
Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	96% (PS3) 94% (X360) 91% (PC) 85% (WU)
Metacritic	96/100 (PS3) 94/100 (X360) 91/100 (PC) 85/100 (WU)
Review scores
Publication	Score
1UP.com	A
EGM	10/10
Eurogamer	9/10
Game Informer	10/10
GamePro
GameSpot	9/10
IGN	9.5/10
Joystiq
OPM (UK)	10/10
OXM (US)	10/10
X-Play

Batman: Arkham City is a 2011 action-adventure video game developed by Rocksteady Studios and released by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles, and Microsoft Windows. Based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, it is the sequel to the 2009 video game Batman: Arkham Asylum and the second installment in the Batman: Arkham series. It was released worldwide for consoles, beginning in North America on October 18, 2011, with a Microsoft Windows version following on November 22.

Written by veteran Batman writer Paul Dini with Paul Crocker and Sefton Hill, Arkham City is based on the franchise's long-running comic book mythos. In the game's main storyline, Batman is incarcerated in Arkham City, a huge new super-prison enclosing the decaying urban slums of fictional Gotham City. He must uncover the secret behind the sinister scheme, "Protocol 10", orchestrated by the facility's warden, Hugo Strange. The game's leading characters are predominantly voiced by actors from the DC Animated Universe, with Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill reprising their roles as Batman and the Joker, respectively. The game is presented from the third-person perspective with a primary focus on Batman's combat and stealth abilities, detective skills, and gadgets that can be used in both combat and exploration. Arkham City expands Batman's arsenal of gadgets and combat attacks and offers a more open world structure, allowing the player to complete side missions away from the primary storyline.