WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LAUNCHES GOTHAM CITY IMPOSTORS

Gear Up for Unconventional Urban Warfare in an Original Download Only First-Person Multiplayer Shooter – Available Now for Xbox 360, PlayStation®3 system and Windows PC

BURBANK, Calif. – February 8, 2012 –  Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced the launch of Gotham City Impostors, an original, download only, multiplayer first-person shooter from Monolith Productions for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC.

Gotham City Impostors allows up to 12 players to battle for control of an unhinged Gotham City overrun by Impostors inspired by the DC Comics characters Batman and The Joker. The game can be purchased for 1200 Microsoft Points in the Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for Xbox 360, and for $14.99 in the PlayStation®Network, as well as for PC via the Games for Windows LIVE Marketplace, Steam®, Origin, GameStop’s 'Impulse Driven' download store and other leading digital resellers.

“Gotham City Impostors is a unique first-person multiplayer shooter that delivers a completely different Batman experience that is irreverent, fun and humorous,” said Samantha Ryan, Senior Vice President, Production and Development, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.  “The game is unlike any other on the market today and gives fans the opportunity to play the game in whichever way they want to play.  We can’t wait to see reactions from players wreaking havoc in Gotham City.”

Players can engage in deliriously fast paced, uniquely vertical, and completely unconventional urban warfare where progress supports leveling up and access to a mind-boggling array of customization options. Unlock new Bats or Jokerz costumes and build your own specific loadout from a huge assortment of traditional and homebrew weaponry, equipment, and perks. Gadgets such as the Glider Rig, Grappling Hook, and Spring Boots give gamers unprecedented mobility options, while support items like the Bear Traps, Boomerang, and Body Armor open up new tactical options.

The game features five maps and four modes inspired by DC Comics’ Batman license.  The maps include Crime Alley, Amusement Mile, Ace Chemical, The Docks and Gotham Power.  Gamers can choose from several gameplay modes – Team Deathmatch, Fumigation or Psych Warfare modes – and engage in all-out combat, or they can choose the Challenges mode, a single-player mode that allows players to safely explore the different maps and practice using different weapons, support items and gadgets.

A free downloadable content pack will be available in March.  It will include a new “25th Floor” map, as well as over 100 new customization options including weapons, support items, costumes and calling card elements.

Gotham City Impostors is rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB.  Fans can visit www.GothamCityImpostors.com for more information.

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WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT, TT GAMES AND THE LEGO GROUP ANNOUNCE LEGO® BATMAN™ 2: DC SUPER HEROES

(LEGO® Batman 2: DC Super Heroes)

The Highly-Anticipated Sequel to the Best-Selling LEGO® Videogame of All Time Returns with Help from Super Heroes including Superman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern

Burbank, Calif. – Jan. 5, 2012 – Batman is back to save Gotham City and the action will only build from here! Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games and The LEGO Group are teaming up once again to announce that LEGO® Batman™ 2: DC Super Heroes will be available beginning Summer 2012 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, the Wii™ system, and Windows PC, as well as the Nintendo DS™ hand-held system, Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held system, and PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system.  The game is the sequel to the best-selling LEGO® Batman™: The Videogame, which to date has sold more than 11 million units worldwide.

LEGO Batman™ 2: DC Super Heroes complements the brand new, recently released LEGO® Super Heroes: DC Universe toy collection.  The line includes five construction sets, such as The Batcave and three buildable, detailed action figures.

In LEGO Batman™ 2: DC Super Heroes, the Dynamic Duo of Batman and Robin join other famous super heroes from the DC Universe including Superman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern to save Gotham City from destruction at the hands of the notorious villains Lex Luthor and the Joker.  Batman fans of all ages will enjoy a new and original story filled with classic LEGO videogame action and humor as players fight to put the villains back behind bars.

“LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes builds upon the action and cooperative gameplay experience established in our best-selling LEGO video game to date, LEGO Batman: The Videogame,” said Tom Stone, Managing Director, TT Games. “We’re offering fans a rich and expansive Gotham City environment filled with cool characters, great customization options and plenty of surprises that families, young gamers and DC Universe fans can enjoy together.”

“LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes further extends and combines both the Batman and LEGO videogame experiences to create very fun gameplay,” said Samantha Ryan, Senior Vice President, Development and Production, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. “Fans of all ages are going to enjoy the action and light hearted humor that TT Games and LEGO provide.”

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes allows players to explore all new areas of Gotham City utilizing a variety of vehicles including the Batmobile and Batwing.  In addition, they’ll be able to fight for justice by mastering new gadgets and suits, such as Batman’s Power Suit and Robins’ Hazard Cannon, and using all-new abilities including flight, super-breath and heat vision.

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is being developed by TT Games and will be published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.  For more information, please visit www.videogames.LEGO.com.

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Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for Gamers

 

Are you shopping for gamers this holiday season? If so we’ve got a lot of great comics based on some of today’s most popular video games.  Here’s just a few comic gift ideas that are perfect for gamers:

BATMAN: ARKHAM UNHINGED -- Go deeper into the world of ARKHAM CITY with BATMAN: ARKHAM UNHINGED. A weekly, original digital series based on the video games BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM and BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY, each 10-page chapter ties directly in to the continuity of the game and follows your favorite characters through the bedlam.  And don’t forget that the first ARKHAM digital comic series –BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY – is now available as a collected hard cover.

UNCHARTED -- The critically acclaimed and best-selling PlayStation 3 video game jumps onto the comic page, featuring an all-new action-packed story written by Joshua Williamson (SUPERMAN/BATMAN) with fantastic covers by the legendary Tony Harris. It's just in time for the newly released Uncharted #3: Drake's Deception.

DIABLO -- From the world and legends of Sanctuary, the setting for the award-winning Diablo video game, comes the tale of a hero's birth. Jacob has fled from his homeland in the north, hunted by his kinsmen for the crime of murder. Led by the visions of an ancient prophet, pursued by his childhood friend, Jacob finds his destiny in a desert cave at the foot of a mountain carved in two by the sword of an archangel. If you can't wait for next year's new Diablo game, the comic series will hold you over.

GEARS OF WAR -- There are already 20 issues of this popular comic based on the best-selling video game franchise, with the next issue due out at the end of the month. The series is written by best-selling author Karen Traviss, who also wrote the original GEARS OF WAR game and several novels about the game.  You can catch up with the series through GEARS OF WAR collected edition books on sale now.  The opening six-issue arc (Book One) bridges the end of the first Gears of War game and the start of the second one, following the brutal adventures of Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad in the battle against the Locust.

END OF NATIONS -- This comic is based on the highly anticipated MMORTS game from Trion Worlds. Following a global economic collapse, the repressive Order of Nations has taken control. Resistance fighter Shane Barrett struggles against impossible odds to save his family and maybe the world. Gear up for the game with this great new comic.

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Get Your Copy of the New Uncharted Comic Today

(UNCHARTED #1 Cover)

If you’re a fan of the hugely popular UNCHARTED video game series then we’ve got just the thing for you – issue #1 of the new UNCHARTED comic book series is available starting today.  The six-issue series is written by Joshua Williamson with pencils by Sergio Sandoval and covers by Tony Harris. It takes place before both UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception and UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves games and finds Nathan Drake discovering that the legendary Amber Room was hidden by another great explorer, Sir Richard Byrd, where legend has it that many, many years ago, Byrd hid the Amber Room in the fabled Agartha (a legendary city that is said to reside in the earth’s core, often referred to as “The Hollow Earth”). Drake competes with a new adversary to find clues that will lead them on a journey to the center of the Earth.

Hank Kanalz, senior vice president of digital at DC Entertainment stated, “We’ve created a hi-octane, adventure comic that adds to the official canon of the UNCHARTED franchise. The book is entertaining for both fans of the game, and new fans who read the comic and then want to play the game.”

UNCHARTED is available at your local comic store today.

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New Superman Game Soars Up the Charts

If you haven’t downloaded the new SUPERMAN iOS game from Chillingo, what are you waiting for? The new iPhone game is getting stellar reviews and is consistently ranked in the top 10 among all paid apps on the App Store since launching last week.  Here’s what everyone is saying:

MTV Geek says "Superman, the new iOS game, is the best Superman videogame I have ever played.”

Top app review site 148 Apps gave the game 5/5 stars and states “For its well developed gameplay, extensive level offerings and superhero abilities, Superman is a iOS game that new and old fans will enjoy. Thus, I’d highly recommend checking it out.”

Kotaku picked the game as the “App of the Day” and proclaimed “The Man of Steel's new game, which is simply called Superman, is very good.”

You can download the new SUPERMAN game here.

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