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Batman: Arkham Origins Gets Multiplayer Mode

Criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot. Until they find some friends, that is.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has revealed a new wrinkle to Batman: Arkham Origins, its prequel to Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, with the announcement of a 2 vs. 3 vs. 3 online multiplayer mode developed by Splash Damage (Brink, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars). Invisible Predator Online will pit Batman and Robin against two player-controlled teams of gun-toting henchmen, each consisting of three players, led by the competing Bat-villains Joker and Bane.

These aren’t just any ordinary henchmen, though – Joker and Bane have enlisted their Gang Elite to take down the Dynamic Duo, outfitting them with special gadgets like Enhanced Vision, which works like Batman’s Detective Vision to see other players through walls and objects but with limited battery power, and deadly themed weapons like the Joker gang’s “Surprise, You’re Dead!” proximity mine gift box or the Bane crew’s ultrasonic pulse that can zap enemies even through walls.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games

Kevin Smith Gets His Game On With Jason Mewes Playing Injustice: Gods Among Us

By John Gaudiosi, Contributor

NetherRealm Studios’ new fighting game, Injustice: Gods Among Us, is already getting rave reviews from gaming sites. It’s the second time the Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment-owned studio, NetherRealm, has worked with some of the most famous DC Comics super heroes like Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Arrow and The Flash in a video game. MK vs DC Universe was a hit years ago, but this new game rids the Mortal Kombat characters and delves into the Injustice comic book mythology that allows some of the most iconic super heroes to turn on each other in combat. It’s also worth noting that both of these games run on Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 3 technology.

From: http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2013/04/20/kevin-smith-gets-his-game-on-with-jason-mewes-playing-injustice-gods-among-us/

Warner Bros. Announces San Francisco Studio

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced that it is opening a new studio in San Francisco. WB Games San Francisco will be focusing primarily on “free-to-play, mobile, social, and browser-based games.”

“The Bay Area is the home of social and mobile gaming and WB Games San Francisco is Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s opportunity to expand our game development capabilities into the epicenter of the digital world,” said the newly announced studio head Greg Ballard.

The team will not only be working on their own original games, but will oversee publishing of mobile games developed by other studios under the Warner Bros. umbrella.

Taylor Cocke is a Bay Area based freelance games writer. Listen to him spout about bands you don’t care about by following Taylor on Twitter @taylorcocke.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games