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The HotSpot - Arkham City, Deus Ex - 3/8/2012

The HotSpot sits down with design leads on Batman: Arkham City and Deus Ex: Human Revolution to suss out what design essentials made these two games stand out.

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Neither Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham City nor Eidos Montreal's Deus Ex: Human Revolution walked home with the Best Game Design award at last night's Game Developers Choice Awards, but what do we care? Those games are crazy good! Tom Magrino sits down with Arkham City lead level designer Ian Ball and Deus Ex senior game designer (now Eidos Montreal gameplay director) to discuss design philosophies and the making of great games.

The HotSpot - Arkham City, Deus Ex - 3/8/12 by gamespot

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