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For:Xbox 360 Also On: PS3, PC Release Date: 27 August 2009

Batman: Arkham Asylum claims world record

NewsPosted 28/08/2009 - 4:08pm GMT+1

Guinness World Record for the 'Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever'.

Eidos has announced that Batman: Arkham Asylum has been awarded a Guinness World Record for the ‘Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever’.

Batman: Arkham Asylum has been given top scores across the board from National newspapers and specialist game reviewers. The game has broken the Guinness World Record in this category by achieving the highest average score of 91.67 from reviews around the world (compiled by Metacritic.com).

Gaz Deaves from Guinness World Records commented: “We are so pleased to be awarding Batman: Arkham Asylum a Guinness World Record. It is a fantastic new game and due to the reaction of gaming experts we believe it has a well deserved place in the Guinness World Records book.”

Batman: Arkham Asylum is available now for Xbox 360 and PS3, and will be released for Games for Windows LIVE PC on September 18.

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Karlius

Yay lol

Posted 08:21 on 01 September 2009

rbevanx

well wolverine is a superhero because he is made of metal.so Im a superhero as well thinklng about lt

Posted 08:04 on 01 September 2009

Karlius

Does that make my mam a Super Hero then? For one she puts up with me and makes the best bacon sarnies!

Posted 07:51 on 01 September 2009

rbevanx

There are a couple of superheros without super powers. There is Green Arrow, The Punisher and even the super villans like Lex Luthor and the Joker.

Posted 19:08 on 31 August 2009

JediKnight @ DarthKratos7

I agree with what you say. - it is certainly the most critically acclaimed crime fighting hero game. - or in The Dark Knight's case...freak fighting hero game!

However, I have no problem with the award it receives. - The game is fantastic. To me, this is the official "The Dark Knight" game that could have been released with the movie.

It has the right amount of dark theme, detective work, skillful learning curve and story that does Batman justice.

Being locked up in Arkham with Joker in command - he certainly is a Super hero!

Posted 18:37 on 31 August 2009

DarthKratos7

This game is a classic, and i'm expecting more batman games coming from Rocksteady! on the subject that batman is not a super-hero. I believe he is not. Now you could say that Batman is a hero or champion of Gotham city, but super?! just look at that term "super" you have "Super" then you have "hero". Meaning Hero is someone who has the will, strength and ability to fight against justice and save people etc.. now "super" means he has above and beyond ability's than any hero or human being. (Like Superman, spiderman and etc). To be a super hero you must have powers, and cant die easy. In Arkham Asylum, the bat mortality was frequently exposed during gunfire. Put it like this. The Bat is a highly trained martial artist with a arsenal of weaponry on his side, thanks to his immense wealth. he's also a crime fighting hero. so there you go. The bat is human like anyone else. Heck if you trained me in all the martial art moves out there, and give me all of his weapons. Then HEY I can be the bat too! lol..

Posted 06:44 on 31 August 2009

Wido

Im not surprised if the game has made a new world record. I have had the game since thursday thanks to Shopto.net, and I have only done 17% of the game and 9% of the challenges.

Its pushing towards a 10/10 in my books.

Posted 11:15 on 29 August 2009

ratmanmate

is batman a superhero? No, does batman have powers? No. I think the game should be awared the highest rated superhero like game.

Posted 22:46 on 28 August 2009

asapco @ guyderman

Do not forget his superhuman intellect, second only to, maybe, Sherlock Holmes.

Posted 20:20 on 28 August 2009

asapco

Congrats Eidos, Rocksteady and all third party contributors. Well deserved.

Posted 20:17 on 28 August 2009

dav2612 @ guyderman

Well put guyderman, I agree 100%.

Posted 16:30 on 28 August 2009

guyderman

In my eyes Batman IS a Super Hero - always has been and always will be.
No arguing that he is a hero but people say that he isn't a Super hero due to lack of powers. He has above human abilities wether it be agility, fighting skils, intelligence, will power and this is what makes the character a Super Hero - just because he has had to dedicate his life to achieving and perfecting these abilities as oppossed to a freak accident, mutation, coming from another planet etc is irrelevant - he still has beyond regular human abilities.

He is the one hero that Superman respects and fears - this alone earns him the title of a super hero.

Posted 16:28 on 28 August 2009