Remember the news about free downloadable content coming to Batman: Arkham Asylum? Well, it looks like Warner Bros. has something to reveal. Today, Warner Bros. and Eidos revealed the additional downloadable content for Batman: Arkham Asylum entitled the Insane Night Map Pack, which offers players two new Challenge Maps to hone their FreeFlow Combat skills and test their Invisible Predator prowess.

In the Totally Insane FreeFlow Combat map, players’ will be tested to their fullest as scores of escaped lunatics bear down upon Batman as they make their escape through the asylum’s secure records facility. These fast-moving foes will challenge all but the most practiced players, with quick reactions and expert timing needed to fend off wave upon wave of insane inmates, bent on taking down the Dark Knight.

In the Nocturnal Hunter Invisible Predator map, players take on a wholly different approach, practicing their predatory skills to remain in the shadows, utilizing the Arkham watchtowers and Batman’s arsenal of gadgets to gain the upper hand on The Joker’s army of goons patrolling below. The Insane Night Map Pack will available on September 17.

Eidos Interactive, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and NVIDIA Corporation today announced that the Games for Windows LIVE release of Batman: Arkham Asylum will feature NVIDIA PhysX technology, which allows for the creation of incredibly realistic worlds full of interactive materials and objects.

As a result, PC gamers will get to experience intense realism and fully immerse themselves in Batman’s journey into Gotham City’s asylum for the criminally insane.

“Supporting NVIDIA PhysX technology has allowed us to add that little bit extra to the PC version of the game,” said Sefton Hill, Game Director at Rocksteady Studios. “As Batman interacts with the world, the aging asylum creates a more immersive, believable world which really draws the player in.”

Hardware accelerated by supported NVIDIA GeForce GPUs, PhysX technology provides an even deeper level of engagement for players of Batman: Arkham Asylum? by utilizing the processing power of the NVIDIA GPU to render stunning in-game physics objects in the environment that not only add to the overall look of the game, but create an immersive and believable world.

To take advantage of PhysX technology in Batman: Arkham Asylum, players must have a compatible NVIDIA GPU and a copy of the Games for Windows LIVE version of the game, which will be available beginning September 15th, 2009 in North America.

Superannuation reports that last Wednesday Eidos filed a trademark registration for Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, suggesting that a long-rumored sequel is indeed on the way.

However, Eidos hasn’t exactly been shy about talking on the sequel. Back in May, Eidos president Ian Livingstone said that developer IO Interactive was working on the sequel. “We’ve already got Kane & Lynch 2 in production, which just goes to show the belief we have in it as a long-term franchise.”

More info should be revealed shortly.

A recent blog post by The RAM Raider suggested that Eidos is tampering with the review scores of the upcoming Batman: Arkham Asylum game, or rather, “artificially hyping up” its forthcoming release. However, Eidos is claiming that there’s no truth to the matter of “tampering with the review scores”.

“With regards an article posted on RamRaider alleging that Eidos has fixed review scores for Batman: Arkham Asylum, we want to state that no discussions have been held about review scores with any magazines,” said Jon Brooke, Head of UK Marketing, Eidos. “In short there is simply not one shred of truth in this article, except for the title of the game.”

However, back in April the developer stated that it does expect big things from the game. So why would they temper with the review scores?

“We expect Batman Arkham Asylum to not only be the biggest game of the summer but one of the stand-out games of the year,” Brooke told MCV. “It’s as close to perfect as we’ve ever come, it looks amazing, plays beautifully and has a rich twisting storyline with enormous replayability. I’m confident enough to say that it will set a new benchmark for licensed games and it’s going to establish itself as one of our best games ever.”

[Eidos: No truth in Batman review score fixing claim via Video Gamer]

Take an in-depth look into Gotham’s home for the criminally insane!

With the new Inside The Asylum behind the scenes video, Eidos Inc. and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment go deep within the walls of Arkham Asylum to showcase Batman’s most notorious enemies as well as the creators of the Batman: Arkham Asylum videogame.

The all new video features insightful interviews with Game Director Sefton Hill and Lead Narrative Designer Paul Crocker from Rocksteady Studios as well as famed Batman: The Animated Series and Batman: Arkham Asylum writer, Paul Dini.

And the awesomeness continues. After revealing characters such as Bane and Harley Quinn, it’s time for the vixen of ivy-ness to show whats she’s got in the latest trailer for Batman: Arkham Asylum.

“Batman: Arkham Asylum offers players the chance to battle Gotham’s worst villains with Batman’s physical and psychological strength in a graphically distinct and story-driven game,” said Martin Tremblay, President, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment when the game was announced. “We look forward to working with Eidos on expanding DC Comics’ world-renowned character Batman in the game space with a noticeably different feature set in an incredibly dark interactive environment.”

A little while ago, fans of the series found clues left by its developer hinting at its development. Now, it seems that Eidos Montreal have helped us finish the puzzle and it’s spelt LHI4F.

Today, it was announced by Eidos-Montreal that they are currently in the early stages of developing Thief 4.

“We’re in the early development stages for Thief 4, but this is an incredibly ambitious and exciting project for Eidos,” said Stéphane D’Astous, General Manager at Eidos-Montréal. “While it’s too early for us to offer any specific game details, right now we are focused on recruiting the very best talent to join the core team at the studio and help us make what we believe will be one of the most exciting games on the market.”

In case you were wondering if the rumors were true, it seems that the game has indeed been delayed and the Bat-signal wouldn’t be shining on your console anytime soon.

In a press alarm sent to us today, it was revealed that Batman: Arkham Asylum has, once again, been delayed and that it won’t be playable at your home until the end of the of summer ’09. In addition, it was said that, “this additional time will allow us to ensure Batman: Arkham Asylum is of the highest quality for gamers.”

“In Batman: Arkham Asylum Eidos and Warner Bros. are building a true action adventure game experience worthy of gamers and fans,” said Phil Rogers, CEO of Eidos Interactive when the game was announced. “Players become Batman, like he has never been seen before in a video game, as he fights through intense circumstances in Arkham Asylum utilizing his intuitive detective skills and aggressive melee attacks.”

In the words of the famous Robin – who isn’t in this game, apparently. “Golly Gee Willickers BATMAN!” Today, Eidos revealed that “FreeFlow Combat” trailer for the upcoming title, Batman: Arkham Asylum. The trailer showcases the Dark Knight utilizing the unique FreeFlow combat system to chain together unlimited combos seamlessly and battle with huge groups of The Joker’s henchmen in brutal melee brawls. Batman even takes on the immense Bane character in this action packed trailer.

Just when you though this game couldn’t be anymore amazing. In a press alarm today, it was revealed by both Eidos and Warner Bros. that The Joker will  be playable in the PlayStation 3 version Batman: Arkham Asylum, which was orginally revealed by scoures in Home – a PlayStation 3D open world program.

The character will be made available upon release as a free downloadable character through the PlayStation Network and can be played in the Challenge Maps within the game. Fans can get additional information in the June issue of PlayStation: The Official Magazine. (Click on image to view Joker)

The series has hit some speed bump over the last two or three years, we’ve seen a strong revival in the last game Legend. But lately the game has been hitting some very had speed bumps, thanks to the recent review push back order by a member of the Eidos UK PR team. Sadly the news doesn’t end there because it seems that the Wii version of the game has stepped into a big mess. Now, we only had the chance to play the 360 version of the game (review on the way), but according to one of the fans that brought the Wii version of the game there’s a game stopping glitch in the Wii version of the game.

“The glitch apparently appears in the Coastal Thailand area, depending on how you attack that area. One member of the Eidos forums claims to have found a solution to the problem and provides a way to proceed through the level, but one must wonder why this issue was never discovered before the game released.”

There are still many reports going around reporting the same problem but we will be contacting Eidos about the problem. The Wii version of the game was released the same time as the nex-gen version of the game. Lucky there was no reports of this glitch in the other versions.

[Tomb Raider Underworld’ Wii Version Has Game Ending Glitch via Gamer Investments]

It sure does take alot of work to be the greatest Lara Croft you can be. In a new trailer just in from Eidos Interactive we get a inside look at what we can expect from the next installment in the Tomb Raider franchise currently in the works at Crystal Dynamics. In the early information we have been given, from top down you can tell that the game will be action-pack. While Lara will have her signature dual guns she will also have to depend on her physical strength and the environment along with her archaeological tools to complete her mission. Lara leads a quest that circles the world to uncover the secrets of the Norse underworld and a forgotten power that if unleashed could lay waste to all civilization. Tomb Raider: Underworld will hit the store shelves across the world on November 21st.

We already know that Eidos would be occuping long awaited titles like Tomb Raider Underworld and Just Cause 2. It comes as no surprise that Eidos will implan a new episode of Hitman, this comes with no exit date or even what platform that game will make it’s big exit on.

[Le prochain Hitman annoncé via Jeux-France]