Pandemic working on Batman game

by Terrence Stasse { Apr 3rd 2008 at 9:00AM }

According to an IGN post that has since been removed, Pandemic Studios is hard at work at a Batman game for release alongside the upcoming movie. IGN has been on the story for a while now and they were the ones who originally got wind that (then) current owners of Pandemic (Elevation Publishers) had acquired the rights to make Batman video games. With this latest leak it seems that a tie-in game for the Dark Knight movie is all but a guarantee, and rumors are that the team in charge of the game is Pandemic Australia (the same team who worked on Destroy All Humans). The actual post has been removed, but thanks to those intrepid posters at NeoGAF we have the full text, which follows after the break.

April 2, 2008 - Never one to turn down a good movie tie-in by way of a brand-new videogame, IGN has learned that EA has indeed tapped Pandemic to create a new Batman title. We first reported this as a strong rumor back in May of 2007, but now we know it's happening for sure.

Elevation Partners, who were owners of Pandemic and BioWare until the EA purchase, had gained the videogame rights to the franchise. We had rumored last year that EA would publish the title, but now that EA owns the aforementioned companies, the publishing aspect was a given.

Unfortunately, we don't have any specific platforms, a release date or even an official title, but given EA's history, we'd expect the game to be called The Dark Knight, released this July alongside the film, and hit just about every platform known to human kind.

Tags: batman, bioware-pandemic, pandemic

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Dick @ Apr 3rd 2008 9:54AM

Even though we know absolutely nothing about the details, all I can say is I Hope they Don't Screw it Up too bad.

botkiller @ Apr 3rd 2008 9:58AM

What comic is that batman picture from?

Terrence Stasse @ Apr 3rd 2008 11:36AM

Paul Pope's Excellent "Batman: Year 100"

baby sea tuna @ Apr 3rd 2008 2:20PM

Year 100! I'm actually reading that right now. Well, not *right* now, but...

goboColossus @ Apr 3rd 2008 9:58AM

I was smiling as I read the Title. I turned into a frowny face when I read movie tie in.

Seriosuly, Batman needs an original game that isn't tied down by a new film. If not Pandemic and Batman, Ubisoft needs to hurry up and make Splinter Creed / Assassin's Cell, so I can at least pretend to be playing the ideal batman game.

Neuromancer @ Apr 3rd 2008 10:09AM

Good thing they're not concentrating on getting Mercenaries 2 out the door.

chris @ Apr 3rd 2008 10:17AM

Botkiller,
That is from Batman Year 100, a four issue mini arc, written and drawn by Paul Pope.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_Year_100

LuckyEMS @ Apr 3rd 2008 10:22AM

ratatooue (sp?) was released on the most platforms ive seen

rvchamne @ Apr 3rd 2008 11:42AM

The picture is from "Batman: Year 100"

ZeroCorpse @ Apr 3rd 2008 1:41PM

Is anyone else getting sick of Batman?

I mean, I own first printings of a lot of Batman stuff, and I love the character, but I think he gets severely over-used by video games, animation, and movies.

It's like he's DC's only cool character-- Oh, wait.

He is.

Sunny @ Apr 3rd 2008 10:30PM

Yes, he is their best character. Overused? I don't think so...

Theres a video game once every year or two, but most of them are so bad that nobody really notices (re: Dark Tomorrow), so its like it never happened.

And the movies? Well, considering it took a big 13 year gap before we started getting good Batman movies again, then they can release one once every six months for all I care (if they're GOOD). And even then, when Dark Knight comes out it'll have been 3 years since the last film.

And Animation... I never really watched Batman Begins but I heard good things. Still haven't had the courage to try out The Batman cause I can't get past the art-style. Animated Series is one of my favorite cartoons of all time... if that kept going I wouldn't mind (as long as it stayed good...) Still, three series in 15 years... That's not overusing.