Batman Arkham Origins

Batman: Arkham Origins, developed by WB Games Montreal, is an earlier chapter in the Arkham series, set several years before Arkham Asylum and Arkham City. It presents a younger, less polished Batman during a turning point in his early years as a crime fighter, before Gotham's worst villains have fully emerged. The game's online services were shut down in December 2016, but the single-player campaign remains fully playable offline.

The story takes place over a single Christmas Eve, with eight of the DC Universe's deadliest assassins hired to kill Batman. Along the way he crosses paths for the first time with figures who will define his future, among them Black Mask, Penguin, Deathstroke, Bane, Deadshot, Anarky, Captain Gordon, Copperhead, Firefly and the Joker. An expanded Gotham City stretches across new and increasingly hostile districts to patrol and protect.

An enhanced Detective Mode introduces a Case File system that digitally reconstructs crime scenes for real-time analysis. FreeFlow combat returns and adapts to lethal new enemy types such as the Armored Enforcer and the Martial Artist, while fresh gadgets including the Remote Claw and the Concussion Detonator open up new tactics in a fight.