{"id":1621,"date":"2009-04-28T11:20:58","date_gmt":"2009-04-28T11:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=1621"},"modified":"2009-04-28T11:20:58","modified_gmt":"2009-04-28T11:20:58","slug":"the-joker-to-be-playable-character-in-batman-arkham-asylum-exclusively-for-the-playstation%c2%ae3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=1621","title":{"rendered":"The Joker to Be Playable Character in Batman: Arkham Asylum Exclusively for the PLAYSTATION\u00ae3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; Tuesday, 28th April 2009 &#8211; Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment together with Atari Australia announce that The Joker will be an exclusive playable character in Batman: Arkham Asylum for the PlayStation\u00ae3 computer entertainment system.\u00a0 The character will be made available upon release as a free downloadable character through PlayStation\u00aeNetwork for the PLAYSTATION 3 and can be played in Challenge Maps from the game.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Batman: Arkham Asylum, DC Comics\u2019 DARK KNIGHT takes on his greatest challenge yet when he becomes trapped with all of his most dangerous villains inside the insane asylum of GOTHAM CITY &#8211; ARKHAM ASYLUM!\u00a0 Batman: Arkham Asylum exposes players to a unique, dark and atmospheric adventure that takes them to the depths of Arkham Asylum \u2013 Gotham\u2019s psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane.\u00a0 Gamers will move in the shadows, instigate fear amongst their enemies and confront The Joker and Gotham City\u2019s most notorious villains who have taken over the asylum. Using a wide range of Batman\u2019s gadgets and abilities, players will become the invisible predator and attempt to foil The Joker\u2019s demented scheme.\u00a0 Batman: Arkham Asylum features an original story penned exclusively for the game by famous Batman author and five-time Emmy award winner, Paul Dini, whose credits include Lost season one and Batman: The Animated Series.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Published in North America by Eidos, Inc. and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and in Europe by Eidos Interactive, Batman: Arkham Asylum will also be available June 2009 on the Xbox 360 and PC.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM Software \u00a9 2009 Eidos Interactive Ltd.\u00a0 Developed by Rocksteady Studios Ltd. Co-published by Eidos, Inc. and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc. Rocksteady and the Rocksteady logo are trademarks of Rocksteady Studios Ltd.\u00a0 Eidos and the Eidos logo are trademarks of Eidos Interactive Ltd. All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners.\u00a0 All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>BATMAN and all characters, their distinctive likenesses, and related elements are trademarks of DC Comics \u00a9 2009. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<p>WBIE LOGO, WB SHIELD: \u2122 &amp; \u00a9 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; Tuesday, 28th April 2009 &#8211; Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment together with Atari Australia announce that The Joker will be an exclusive playable character in Batman: Arkham Asylum for the PlayStation\u00ae3 computer entertainment system.\u00a0 The character will be made available upon release as a free downloadable character through PlayStation\u00aeNetwork for the PLAYSTATION<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=1621\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1622,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1621\/revisions\/1622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}