Batman: Return to Arkham
Batman: Return to Arkham sees the combination of two classic entries in the Batman: Arkham series make a return to modern consoles (PS4 and Xbox One) with improved graphics. Warner Bros. is remastering 2009’s…
Batman: Return to Arkham is an adventure developed by Virtuos, released 18 October 2016 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
What Batman: Return to Arkham is
Batman: Return to Arkham is an adventure game developed by Virtuos and released in 2016. It was published by WB Games. It is available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Batman: Arkham Asylum After the Joker assaults Gotham City Hall, he is caught by Batman and taken to Arkham Asylum, which temporarily houses many members of the Joker's gang, who were transferred after a fire at Blackgate Prison. Believing the Joker allowed himself to be captured, Batman accompanies him into the asylum. The Joker's plan is revealed as Harley Quinn takes control of the security and the Joker escapes into the facility, aided by a corrupt guard who kidnaps Commissioner Gordon. The Joker threatens to detonate bombs hidden around Gotham City if anyone tries to enter Arkham, forcing Batman to work alone. Tracking Quinn to the medical facility to rescue Gordon, Batman is exposed…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, drama, open world and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Batman: Return to Arkham holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 9 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 79, across 56 votes.
What it launched against
Batman: Return to Arkham launched on 18 October 2016, within three weeks of Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition and Sid Meier’s Civilization VI. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, Sid Meier’s Civilization VI.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Batman: Return to Arkham yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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