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Gotham City Impostors will be Bats’ darkest hour

Gotham City Impostors may not be a true Batman game but it could signal the beginning of the end for our most revered superhero. Having mulled over the details Kapow Games are a little worried.

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sarshelyam4746d ago

I've been reading Batman comics for as long as my old man has been buying them, and buying them for me (growing up in the late 70's), and I'm sorry but Batman was never designed by Bob Kane to be this dark and gritty manic-depressive that millennium babies know him to be.

Batman was always edgy, sure, but there was always a bright and comic nature to his universe and Rogues Gallery that made him a bit more charming. While I certainly love what Rocksteady has done with the Batman games, Gotham City Imposter's is far more of a throwback to the original source material than anything on the market these days.

Damn kids!

Deanways4746d ago

Understood, but the real argument here is that someone dressed as Batman packing firearms goes against the morality of The Dark Knight.

I know when I first heard the news of Gotham City Impostors I was a little bit thrown.

Batman should at least make a cameo at the end of the game telling the kids: "Don't play with guns. Batman doesn't and neither should YOU!"

sarshelyam4746d ago

Detective Comics #867 - 870 say hello. This is completely relevant and more than appropriate.

Deanways4746d ago

@sarshelyam - Interesting indeed. Want to write about Batman for Kapow? In the words of Sir Alan Sugar, 'You're hired!'

sarshelyam4746d ago

Look Dean, I don't want to come off as attacking you or the site. That said, considering the specialty of the site one would think there'd be a bit more research done. I've read Kapow a few times here and there, and for the most part I've enjoyed what I've read. This article, however, seems a bit misplaced amongst the source material.

I don't think I'm being hyper-critical here, nor is Batman my favorite hero to a degree that I'd blindly defend him and the source. That aside, I think there may be a touch of sensationalism in the story title, wouldn't you say?

It just seems like the entire "opinion" is based purely on the content of the game itself, and not the source of the inspiration which, for a comic-book video game blog, seems to be contrary to the mission of the site.

Maybe I'm wrong...who knows. Either way, no hard feelings, just a bit nit-picky I suppose.

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Warner Bros. Is Pivoting To Live-Service A Decade Too Late

Warner Bros. announced it's pivoting to live-service games, which could be a disastrous move for its devs

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anast182d ago

They really mean they are pivoting to slot machines on mobile devices.

CrimsonWing69182d ago

I don’t think there ever was a time for GaaS. Its entire resistance is revolved around making a game that generates recurring revenue constantly throughout its lifetime. It’s straight up a corporate scumbag design.

I watched the video seeing if anything changed since the initial Suicide gameplay vid before the delay and it looks the same. So weird watching all the characters just start a gun to their back and bounce super high shooting with no kick-back animation in an empty dead world. The voice acting is cringe and there doesn’t have any sense of atmosphere or immersion like the Arkham games.

And they expect you to pay $70 to $100 for this and then pay more for Battle Passes and items to make grinding less a chore. Yea, no thank you. I hope you learn a hard lesson with this one.

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Warner Bros. Eyes More Live Services as Mortal Kombat 1 Sells Nearly 3 Million Copies

Today, during Warning Bros' conference call, chief executive officer David Zaslav talked about Mortal Kombat 1, Hogwarts Legacy, and the company's gaming business.

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gold_drake189d ago

yea, because thats what people want, especially after those games sold millions and are not live service games haha.

so dumb haha.

Abriael189d ago

Genius executives at work. "hey, what we're doing is working great. Let's change it."

LOGICWINS189d ago

"Invasions" is technically free live service game with new content every 45 days. It's the best mode MK has ever had IMO. As a single player gamer, it gives me a reason to stick around after the story mode.

garos82188d ago

You have a terrible taste in games

-Foxtrot189d ago

I feel like their whole approach relies on how the Suicide Squad sells

Flewid638189d ago (Edited 189d ago )

Wait....why does live service = bad?

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CrimsonWing69189d ago

Oh great, looking forward to the sh*t future of gaming. Thanks industry!

PunksOnN4G189d ago

New mk sold less then the last in the same time frame the NEW MK is legit a live service game with its horrible monopoly board. I just wanted a normal title...

FatalityX77189d ago

It's not on older hardware, so that's why it seems less. No ps4/xbox one versions.

Sgt_Slaughter189d ago

I doubt older hardware would make a difference, given the ratios of sales of other multi-gen games

PunksOnN4G189d ago

Nah the new MK full of live service shit even the singleplayer monopoly board they gave use instead of a normal kyrpt says enough and sales reflect that also this MK is very combo heavy it not noob friendly what's so ever like others

Flewid638189d ago

Wasn't the last one a live service game?

MehmetAlperTR189d ago

More live services.. LOL.. i hope you ll see the deep.

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Total War: Rise of Mordor to Rebrand After being Removed from ModDB due to copyright claim

From GameWatcher: "Total War: Rise of Mordor has been removed from Mod DB following a DMCA takedown claim filed by Warner Bros.. Development of Total War: Attila's ambitious total conversion mod will continue, according to the developer, who is also looking into rebranding to avoid similar issues in the future.

"... we have received word from ModDB officials that Warner Bros has sent them a DMCA takedown request to remove Rise of Mordor from their databases. We are grateful to ModDB for giving us time to put our affairs in order before the page is taken down," read a post announcing Total War: Rise of Mordor's departure from Mod DB."

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