This "Arkham Origins" trailer came out at the end of last week, and I've just gotten around to seeing it during Sunday football.
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We see a young Wayne go from happy to miserable in one second as he watches the death of his parents, their funeral, then becomes hardened in school and a trained assassin while with the League of Shadows. Finally, we see him in the present - still getting knocked down - but knocking right back.
From the trailer, you get the sense the action-adventure game is going to be really different from the previous two - "Arkham Asylum" and "Arkham City." Batman's far from his prime and has a way to go before he's the famous crime fighter we know.
That makes sense considering the new game is a prequel and isn't being made by Rocksteady, the company which produced the first two games.
Instead Warner Bros. Montreal - the studio's two-year-old video game startup - is in the driver's seat, and the game doesn't look like it will disappoint.
The stunning visuals in the trailer come from Blur Studio in collaboration with Warner Bros. Interactive.
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