Batman Arkham HD Collection revealed via leak

"A Batman Arkham HD Collection has been leaked via a GameStop employee sending pictures of the unannounced anthology to Eurogamer."

[PhoenixUp]

I thought Warner Bros forgot they mentioned doing this HD collection a long time ago

[BosSSyndrome]

I dont understand why we're putting the "HD" suffix onto remastered collections of games that were already in HD to begin with.

[HAHAHAHAHAHAHA]

Its hd into hd. So 720p to 1080p next will be 1080p to 4k then 4k into 8k....

Id be more impressed with games from ps1 era remastered in 1080p
Pretty much like ratchet and clank even though it was a ps2 game

[Minimox16]

@ Warnut

umm imagine The legend of Dragoon, Breath of Fire 3-4, xenogears, Megaman Legends, FFs with that new Ratchet and Clank treatment *_*!

[Seraphim]

I'm with ya BosS. Just call them Remasters. Technically one can argue they're 720p or whatever being upgraded to native 1080p but regardless these were originally HD games. So call them Remasters at best.

I'm certainly not spending $60 on this but Arkham Asylum was a fantastic game. Easily one I'd likely go ahead and play again. Arkham City on the other hand was ok so I'd be less inclined to spend time replaying that. Be interesting to see just how much they've done to improve it.

[RosweeSon]

But like the older TV's this is now FULL/TRUE HD. Think they looked good enough tho do we really need them again so soon.

[Muzikguy]

I'm seeing stuff like this more and more. Whether they're lying or not, it's pretty shitty marketing and sleazy tactics IMO to draw attention. I never finished Arkham City, but Asylum was awesome. I'm curious to see how much better it looks, but I'm not paying a full $60 for it

[bouzebbal]

read it as "higher definition".
still awkward, i give you that.

Batman collection is really not needed, all previous gen consoles got them.. I do understand it if they were one platform exclusives and very little % could play them but that isn't the case.

[kraenk12]

It's just ports of the PC versions, not even remasters tbh.

[Theparanerds]

That's what I've always been saying!

[WiseCrack10]

Ratchet isn't a remaster, it's a full scale remake like Halo 2 Anniversary and Gears UE. A remaster would be like the UC Collection or GOW3 where they just upscale it to 1080p and make it 60fps

[nowitzki2004]

lol thats true

[_-EDMIX-_]

Might be simply due to marketing they want to have it known writing the title that its HD.

For all we know they probably did some study saying that having HD in the title as consumers recognize its value faster or something who knows.

[showtimefolks]

the first batman is still my favorite. yes it wasn't open world with a lot of side mission but it was more focused and much better batman experience

still this trend has to stop. we are far enough into next gen and the publishers have to stop porting games from last gen to this gen

sadly many buy these remasters/pc ports so it's easy money for publishers

[Pongwater]

"still this trend has to stop"

"sadly many buy these remasters/pc ports"

Yes it's always such a tragedy when people spend their money on things you don't want. Endeavor to persevere.

[_-EDMIX-_]

I don't know if I agree with that I don't think this is a "trend" as porting titles has happened in almost every major generation look at last gen we got a port of Splinter Cell the Prince of Persia series hit man and a whole lot of other games.

Before stating its an issue, also state in what regards to each party.

Does this hurt consumers? I'm not sure it does as I for one didn't play all the Batman games and I would find this yo be of value I could possibly purchase this later on.

Does it affect development? I'm not sure I could say that either because the team that's doing this remaster was likely never going to make a Batman game in the first place. It's also giving a publisher more money to support the next major title.

You're free to have your opinion as is anyone on here but at least support your belief with the real reasons. All I'm hearing is that they should stop in that it's easy for them. How would stopping help consumers? Why would it being easy for them hurt us? Is it being hard for them better for you? I don't fully understand exactly the point of that being stated as if they should be suffering in development or something..lol

[IamTylerDurden1]

Not news to me.

Meh, i'm more interested in the Bioshock collection.

[cyberwaffles]

@ Warnut

PS1 textures stretched out into 1080p? Yuck, they would look terrible.

[DanielEndurance]

Supposedly only includes the first two games... better be less than $40 then.

We'll see tomorrow...

[OoglyBoogly]

Better be less than that. You can get each game for like under $10 now. Unless they're actual remakes then porting some years old games over to a new console and just upping the resolution some is not worth $40.

[Toiletsteak]

They are 1080p 60fps the originals were 720p 30fps and these come with all the DLC.

[OoglyBoogly]

@Toiletsteak

So the hell what? It's not like adding resolution and framerate is some commodity that costs money. It's a graphics option that's just upped and it's ready to go. If I can make the PC version go from 720p to 1080p with a couple clicks so can they.

$40 is too much for something that only includes two games made years ago. I don't care who disagrees.

[The 10th Rider]

I got 'em both in the Humble Bundle a year or more back for like $6. Game of the year editions, too.

[jb227]

@toilet

Struggling to remember what dlc there actually was? To my knowledge the first campaign dlc for the series was Cold Cold Heart from Origins, then some for Knight, but wouldn't the only dlc for the previous 2 just be challenge maps & skins?

[Muzikguy]

@toilet

I rarely look at a game and think that just because it comes with the DLC that it's worth it. I don't like DLC to begin with. If I didn't buy it before, why would it justify a higher price now?

@Oogly

Hell YES!! Thank you so much for that. I never thought of it that way and now I'm looking at these things completely different. I'm guilty of buying a few but not too many. Won't be buying them anymore

[IamTylerDurden1]

Jb, Arkham City does have story dlc. It's Harley story dlc.

[thejigisup]

I've held out buying these games simply knowing they'd do an upgraded bundle.

[MilkMan]

Im pretty much over B-man games at this point.
No thank you.

[hades07]

Origins had some game breaking and annoying glitches upon release but had the best story and boss battles.

I still have all of these games on Xbox 360. If they included Origins I would have picked it up, but as is I am skipping.

[MilkMan]

I agree 100% Origins was the best of the bunch, except for asylum.

[LAWSON72]

Could have included origins I know it is known as a weak entry but still...

[Rebel_Scum]

Origins is waaaay better than city imo. City was an open world mess.

[The 10th Rider]

Outside of the glitches, it was better than Arkham Knight. Heck, even with glitches the PC version of Origins is better than the PC version of Arkham Knight.

[Zizi]

Arkham Asylum and Arkham City are masterpieces. I'll pick it up when I can. Oh, it better be at 60fps.

[higgins78]

IF Ratchet & Clank PS4 cant/wont be 60fps, what chance do you think the Arkham games have of doing so, really? Seems to me - while still good - neither PS4 and/or XB1 are quite the behemoth consoles fan boys hoped/wished they were prior to launch.

[Movefasta1993]

Ratchet was a remake,not a remaster.There already is a remaster of the ps2 trilogy of ratchets on ps3.

[SO71D]

You might want to learn the difference between a remaster and a remake first.

[TwoForce]

Rachet & Clank is reimagining, not a freaking remastered.

[kraenk12]

Where is the sense in that statement?! Why shouldn't they be able to run 5 year old PC ports?!

[cyberwaffles]

Burned!!!

[_-EDMIX-_]

I don't think you actually get how a game raises in frames bud. When you play a couple PC games you'll realize why a game that is lesser can run at higher frame...

I would put these games on running 60 frames-per-second easily if your factoring they are not being remade on PlayStation 4 they're merely being transferred over to Ratchet & Clank is completely remade for PS4.

[ironcrow2386]

fair enough about AO but they could have atleast chucked AK plus DLC in aswell :/

[GeraltOfRevia]

Hopefully they're 1080p/60fps and include some improvements and behind the scenes videos.

[Petebloodyonion]

Nice to know that I already got the remaster Bundle a long time ago so I won't need to fork 40$ for this.

[higgins78]

@Movefasta1993

Ok, you score on a technicality, but the main point is still valid...R&C(PS4) running at 30fps does not give me hope for an Arkham Trilogy - remake OR remaster - running at 60fps via PS4/XB1. Face it, both consoles have struggled to operate at 60fps while running what you could describe as a 'next gen' game, barring MGSV however, that is the best and arguably only example.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not down on either console, I'm just stating what looks like (thus far) fact.

[KiwiViper85]

But you still cant compare the visuals of Ratchet and Clank, damn near a pixar movie, to a last gen 720p (although great looking) upscaled to 1080p.

They are in completely different leagues.

There have been plenty remasters running in 60fps on both consoles.

[higgins78]

Sorry, but this 'pixar' rubbish must end. R&C(PS4) is a good looking game, great even, but Pixar quality - or even "near a Pixar movie"...rubbish. I could make the argument for SM3DW(WiiU) looking vastly superior whilst running at a flawless - and I do mean flawless - 60fps.

[DigitalRaptor]

@ higgins78

The delusions continue.

SM3DW (Wii U) runs at 720p - a last-gen resolution and half that of 1080p. R&C (PS4) is way more detailed and has so much more going on in its environments that prevent anything more than 30fps being feasible. If SM3DW (Wii U) was on PS4, it would output in 1080p and run at a flawless 60fps and still look worse than R&C visually. Terrible example.

The fact that R&C (PS4) can even begin to be compared to Pixar is a testament to its superb visuals and the power of the PS4. Wii U has nothing that can even approach consideration for such comparisons. The fact that you think the visuals of Wii U games approach the best-in visuals of a console that is much more powerful shows how delusional you actually are. I don't know why I'm even bothering responding to somebody who thinks having less games on their Nintendo consoles is a good idea.

[kraenk12]

The R&C remake actually looks better than early Pixar movies.

[cyberwaffles]

That's actually an honest answer.

[KiwiViper85]

I watched Toy Story with my daughter on saturday, and Zootopia on Sunday. Damn what a difference. Toystory is so plain and untextured.

[Lionalliance]

Weird they didn't put the Origins one.

[TheUndertaker85]

"What the collection won't include, however, is Batman: Arkham Origins, which was made by Warner Brothers' Montreal studio. The rest of the series was helmed by Rocksteady."

[ZaWarudo]

Sad they didn't include Origins. I personally loved AO.

[Ezz2013]

AO is my favorite by mile.

[CorndogBurglar]

I won't buy this without Origins.

[quent]

I already own the hd remakes on pc ;), and I'm sure you can find them both for very cheap as well, btw we should want 1080p/60fps for our new games and not 1080p/60fps for our old games we've already bought and played.

[deathtok]

You're not the target audience for this release.

[TwoForce]

I agree. This one is for new audience.

[sullynathan]

I hope it isn't true. It would be a waste of a pack to only have two Arkham games and it doesn't seem like it will be 60 fps

[JBryant0619]

Did anyone play Blackgate? How was it?

[masterfox]

Maybe finally I will get to play a damn Batman game! lol

[Rebel_Scum]

Are we getting any new AAA games this generation? This has been the slowest start and its been more than 2 years.

[cyberwaffles]

2 years is still early if we have a 7-10 year development cycle. There are even good games out now. I'm sure the best titles will be saved for last just like every other console generation has been.

[2pacalypsenow]

But the arkham games are already HD?

[ooquis]

Petition.....Killzone 2 Remake, can i get a AMEN?

[cyberwaffles]

No, they need to make a new Killzone game. If they did make a new one (which I hope) then they're going to have to go balls to the wall with content.

It really is a quality shooter that deserves to be a killer-app. GG made one of the best engines ever made. It just needs more weapons, new gameplay mechanics, customization, new modes, etc to be successful.

Their problems has always been the barebones multiplayer and a forgettable campaign. Other than that the gunplay and graphics are amazing. I love the sense of atmosphere in the Killzone universe and really like the way the weapons look and feel.

Totally underrated series.

[ooquis]

I understand your view on this matter....but daaaaammmnnn i enjoyed killzone 2. Something like 50 hours + only on single player campaign, Them physics kept me coming back....thus the game never felt the same.

[Giru017]

No Origins, no buy. I understand that it wasn't a Rocksteady game, but it was amazing and leaving it out after it being a relatively straight forward PC port is just lazy

[Rebel_Scum]

Origins was a great game. Felt more cohesive than City in terms of the story. Just a bit rough around the edges.

[Giru017]

100% agreed. City was just LOL VILLAINS THROWN TOGETHER and was an overall dumb premise. Origins on the other hand had some serious tension built up and didn't just feel like a monster of the week display contest. I really liked it using the lesser known rouges and mercenaries and Joker was amazing in this game, kudos to Troy Baker.

[DillyDilly]

This is the worst collection of all time & Im not buying it until Origins is added

[MasterD919]

No reason to get this if there are literally no new pieces of DLC or any new content to enjoy. The master versions with all the GOTY DLC are already out there for dirt cheap.

[elarcadia]

I knew there was a reason I hadn't played any of these yet ;).

[Dark-Funeral]

WTF did happen to the website ??????

[ArnoDorian]

It Changed

[cyberwaffles]

I might pick this up. Played the demos in the past but never finished any of the games. I might check it out

Also the website redesign is nice. Just wish it was faster.