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$40 Batman: Arkham Knight DLC Pass Revealed, Offers Six Months of Content

Plus, a digital-only premium edition for the Batman game is also announced.

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Warner Bros. and Rocksteady Studios on Tuesday announced a DLC Season Pass for their upcoming Caped Crusader game, Batman: Arkham Knight.

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According to a message posted on Twitter, Arkham Knight's Season Pass will offer up new content for six months after the game's release in June, meaning through the end of the year.

This content will take the form of "story missions, supervillains, and more," the developer said.

A subsequent press release from Warner Bros. reveals that new Batmobile skins, "advanced" challenge maps, alternate character skins, and new drivable race tracks are also included with the Arkham Knight Season Pass.

A special Arkham Knight Premium Edition will also be available. This comes with the game and the DLC pass, and will be sold only through digital channels.

The Season Pass will cost $40, while the Premium Edition will run you $100.

Originally scheduled to launch in 2014, the new Arkham Knight release date is June 23 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. Earlier this week, Rocksteady released a thrilling new trailer for the game that also confirmed it will have a Grand Theft Auto V-style character switch mechanic.

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Kind of an odd misleading headline. Intentional? There is a huge difference between offering six months of content and offering a few hours of content over a six month period that people can rip through in one sitting.

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$100 premium edition eh?

Think I get the $0 pirated edition.

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@RedDragonGecko: me too bro

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@RedDragonGecko: Straight up scumbag. "oh i want this game but I dont want to support all the people that put in months of hard work into it"

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@fartingonzebras@RedDragonGecko: Maybe companys will get the message that gamers don't want to be taken advantage of monetarily if we give them no money at all.

Of course if you prefer that business model I've got a great deal for you!


Need a pencil? Great heres one for $10! Buy Wait! If you preorder you get the Eraser, a $5 value absolutely free!


For just another $7 we will give you lead for your pencil!


Or you could wait six months and get the whole thing for $2

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@RedDragonGecko@fartingonzebras: Maybe it's the wrong message. As in, "I'm looking for excuse to steal the game".

I'm all for boycotting games where I don't agree with EULA. I don't buy them. I don't play them. I ignore them. At best, I buy game but boycott DLCs.

Your approach sounds more like this: "I want to drive Ferrari, but their pricing is outrageous. I'll steal one instead, and maybe manufacturer will get the message".

Sitting on two chairs, not cool. Not master-race worthy.

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@RedDragonGecko: Scumbag.

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Looks like I'm getting this in 2016.

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Why would you pay for something before you know what you're getting?

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@Shadow4020: isn't that the point of pre ordering lmao because you watch the trailers and information that sort of leaked about it which pumps the excitement to hardcore fans to order the game before release or maybe because they are just fans/hardcore fans.

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@herves1994@Shadow4020: preorders can be cancelled. Games can be traded or sold. Typically, DLC and Season passes can't do any of that. You're all in with a Season Pass.

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you know i really want this game but this making me hate before its even out. i might not even buy this game simply because this ist right here is a bit to much.

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Nice pay extra for shit that should already be in game **** that and **** you warner bros...

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Warner Brothers seems to be getting a little bit ahead of themselves with their DLC and microtransactions considering this and Mortal Kombat X.

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@BigPrimeNumbers: MK x has microtransactions that for most people are pointless. They are not bad they are actually done well compared to Dragon Age Inquistion and other EA games. DLC is not a problem because the so called Characters that are on disk are not actually finished and are missing more then half there assets. You are getting ahead of yourself.

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Ugh, enough of this "Season Pass" BS.

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because people play Batman for the races /smh

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@OmegaFlare18: hahahaha

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I'm still gonna buy this game but I won't buy this season pass. I don't care about skins. If there's story content, I'll get those separately if its reasonable. Skins is just a waste of money.

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I will never buy a "season pass." I'm not paying $80-$100 day 1 for a game that I haven't even played yet and mystery content.

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@xg4bx: I would buy a season pass after i played the game and if i thought the extra content would be worth it.

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I think this could be worth it. Rocksteady is likely going to try and keep this game alive as long as they can because it is the only game they can work on until WB says otherwise. It is not like they have another game in the works. Either way its better then the COD season passes we get now a days.

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@Deadlysyns87: I got the season pass for Arkham Origins. Just gave me a few extra (and glitchy) predator maps and skins that I used once. Wasnt worth it imo.

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Different dev.

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I really don't want to be a part of this gen.

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So is it $40 or $50? Haha, still not buying but articles contradicting with the title

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@Holy-Rapture: Thank you. I thought I was the only one who caught that.

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what a greedy company, finding new ways to rip-off their customers, huh?

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They just Confirmed at the same time the Arkham knight Game of year edition

Save your money folks

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@aquaxnoctis: Where did they confirm the GOTY edition?

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I'd like to take a look at this content before I even consider purchasing it

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hell no, retail game at 60 enough for me

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even though im getting Arkham Knight for free ill wait to buy the seasonpass to see if we REALLY get well done campaign dlc cuz Arkham City only had 2 campaign dlc Catwoman & Harleys Revenge

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The day after I pre-purchased on Steam. Dunno what I was thinking, in hindsight. Shoulda just waited for the GotY edition.


WB really are one of the worst game publishers.

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@Dragon_Nexus: There is no need to pre-order digital content. You only pre-order physical content or hardware.

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@sorotsorot@Dragon_Nexus: Even that is not necessary, unless you really want the plastic statue.

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@Dragon_Nexus: Nobody should pre-order any game anymore - we should not encourage money-grabbing behaviour!

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Will we get this Batbobile skin?

<< LINK REMOVED >>


Anyway, now this game is not a day-1 purchase anymore!

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I'll buy it at the same price as Arkham Asylum and City, heavily discounted. Not worth it right now at all.

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As much as I'm eager to play Arkham Knight, all of the past DLC from Arkham City and Arkham Origins turned out to be complete trash. I don't have faith in DLC this time around. Not for 40 dollars. At least, the recent Evil Within gave a solid amount of content for the 20$ asked, two mini-campaigns and a third unreleased one. For 40$, I'd expect 60% more content of what Arkham Knight will deliver, which should be around the 20 hour mark if compared to it's predecessors. And I doubt we'll get 12 more hours of content.

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Last time I got the season pass for Origins I got exactly 1 story DLC and it wasn't very long. Pass. Easy Pass. Season Pass.

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Even though I have Arkham Knight pre ordered I have doubts about promised future DLC. I was disappointed with Destiny, Unity, and Isolation in terms of "promised DLC". I love all the games I mentioned but I think these season passes are only worth it if you personally feel it is.

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I won't be buying this game then either, sad... Looks like I'm basically done with gaming, seriously. Mighty No. 9 has day 1 DLC and now this sh*t? 6 months for $100? Sounds like a rip off to me, I can spend less than that on an MMO and get far, far more play time.

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I feel like publishers are ready to say screw it, the new price of games is 100 bucks, 60 for the base, and 40 for the trickle down support of it throughout the year.

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it's Warner Brothers.. not surprising

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Not sure why people are surprised. They did a similar thing with Arkham City due to all the DLC.


I will get it next year for a highly reduced price that has all the content. I have enough of a backlog as it is and there are plenty of games to play this holiday season.

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I'll just wait till it drops 30 dollars, then I'll buy it at "full price. "

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