Eidos Interactive announces the Prey in the Darkness Map Pack for Batman: Arkham Asylum


Wednesday 23rd September/...Eidos Interactive today announced the Prey in the Darkness Map Pack, a new downloadable map pack offering two additional Challenge Maps for the critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum™ action adventure title. The new content will be available in the United Kingdom beginning September 24th as a free download on PlayStation®Network and Xbox® LIVE Marketplace.

In the ‘Heart of Darkness’ FreeFlow™ Combat map, players will battle a mob of relentless and maniacal enemies at the Arkham Pumping Station. Even the most seasoned Batman: Arkham Asylum player will enjoy stepping into the boots of BATMAN to take down increasingly difficult waves of insane inmates. In the ‘Hothouse Prey’ Invisible Predator™ map, players will have to rely on their Predator instincts to silently and effectively take down enemies at the Abandoned Glasshouse.

In Batman: Arkham Asylum, developed by Rocksteady Studios and based on DC Comics’s Batman license, the DARK KNIGHT takes on his greatest challenge yet when he becomes trapped with all of his most dangerous villains inside the insane asylum of GOTHAM CITY - ARKHAM ASYLUM! Since its release on August 25th, Batman: Arkham Asylum has garnered the acclaim of gamers and critics alike, achieving an average score of 92 from reviews around the world*, earning it a Guinness World Record for ‘Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever.’

Batman: Arkham Asylum is rated “BBFC 15” and is available for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION3 for the suggested retail price of £44.99. Batman: Arkham Asylum is also available for Games for Windows at retail outlets for the suggested retail price of £34.99. For more information, please visit www.batmanarkhamasylum.com.

*Compiled by Metacritic.com, one of the web’s best resources for critical information about film, video, games, books and television.

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