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Aside from a teaser trailer presented at last year’s Spike VGAs (above), Warner Bros. and developer Rocksteady have been as stealthy as Batman regarding details for the upcoming Batman: Arkham Asylum 2. They’ve been so quiet, in fact, that we don’t even know if Arkham Asylum 2 is the game’s actual title. But a new set of domain registrations from Warner Bros and caught by superannuation may shed light on the title and even some plot details.

Among the interesting title choices, we see several references to “Arkham City,” which makes sense given how the trailer showed asylum inmates spilling over into Gotham. Some others hint at this as well, including “Ashes of Gotham,” “Broken Ground,” “New Arkham,” “Rise of Arkham,” “Seige of Gotham,” and “War in Gotham City.” Then we have domains that look like titles, but don’t fit the same theme, like “Grand Delusion.”

Batman: Arkham Asylum, the critically acclaimed video game from Square Enix (why didn’t we know this?), won two BAFTA awards last week, including Best Game. BAFTA (British Academy Video Game Awards), held annually in London, is like the Oscars for video game achievement.

Batman: Arkham Asylum was written by Paul Dini, the creative force behind Batman: The Animated Series as well as a writer on Lost. He’s won five Emmy Awards for his work. Is it any surprise that a game he penned is winning tons of awards? Might we even see a correlation between a highly qualified writer and the success of a game?

We aren’t surprised, and we do see a correlation.

Congrats, Batman: Arkham Asylum, and let us know when you bring out the sequel.

Sharing: It’s Win/Win

Batman: Arkham Asylum has taken out the top honours at the BAFTA awards, wrestling Best Game from accolade powerhouse Uncharted 2. Personally, we don’t mind that Batman pipped Uncharted 2 to the post — as we noted in our Most Overrated Games of 2009 feature, Uncharted 2 was far from perfect.

A lot of games recieved well recieved recognition tonight at the Bafta’s, although nothing compares to recieving the covented ‘Game of The Year’ award – Batman Arkham Asylum prevailed tonight recieving this award while up against such AAA tiles as:

* Assassin’s Creed II

* Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

* FIFA 10

* Left 4 Dead 2

* Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

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The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) held the 13th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards (IAA) show on February 18, 2010. The 13th Annual IAA recognizes the best games of 2009, as well as lifetime industry pioneers.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves swept many awards including Game of the Year. Brutal Legend was distinguished for its strategy gameplay elements and Soundtrack. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was recognized for its online play and action. Scribblenauts swept the portable game awards categories, as well as Outstanding Innovation in Gaming. Batman: Arkham Asylum received a fair share of awards as well, including Outstanding Achievement in Game Design.

See the complete list of winners here, as well as the three distinguished game industry pioneers.

Rockband, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Batman… Did you really think they’d leave poor “Pottah” out? Not a chance. In fact, never to be outdone, he, like Dumbledore before him, is coming out May 2010 for the PC, Wii, 360, DS, PSP, and PS3.  Here’s the trailer, along with some fancy screens. Altogether now: Ooohh… Ahhh…

Koku Gamer writes: "Last week I posted a question to all of you to let me know what games you had played and enjoyed from the past year.

Here’s the top 5 list of what you all thought were great games from the past year:

#5: Muramasa

#4: Mario & Luigi-Bowser’s Inside Story

#3: Uncharted 2

#2: Ghostbusters

#1: Batman-Arkham Asylum

"

GB writes: "Everyone knows to expect a new sports game every year, but what if there was a new Halo or Uncharted every year? This year at the Spike TV Video Game Awards, we saw the announcement of the new Batman Arkham Asylum, the sequel to a game that released just three months ago. There was no set date for release however, there is a large chance we could see the game in late 2010. The question I pose to you is this; do you want your favorite franchises on a yearly basis?"

One aspect that sets apart PC gamers from their console counterparts is the wide breadth of very differently performing systems the games are played on.

In "On the PC, Only the Maximum Settings Are Canon," The Slowdown take a look at how settings affect visual design, storytelling and narratives, and whether low-range settings can be considered "canon" from the point of view of the developer.

In taking a look at the various methods of delivering key ideas visually to the player, the article discusses the various textures, posters, decals and video monitors of several games, including side-by-side examples from Batman: Arkham Asylum, BioShock, Left 4 Dead and Portal.

Finally, the article asks, does it really matter if the graphics are not at the very max?