Batman: Arkham Origins Announces Season Pass

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has just announced the Season Pass for Batman: Arkham Origins, the next installment to the best-selling Batman Arkham videogame franchise.  The Batman: Arkham Origins Season Pass (for PlayStation®3 system, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Wii U™ system or PC) will be available at launch for $19.99 ($30 value) and grants purchasers access to five of the game's upcoming downloadable content packs, one of which includes two exclusive skins. Players who purchase or pre-order the pass will gain access to the following content: Gotham by Gaslight Batman Skin and Brightest Day Batman Skin; New Millennium Skins Pack, Infinite Earths Skins Pack; Arkham Origins Initiation: Play as Bruce Wayne before he became Batman, and face his final test to prove himself worthy to his greatest teacher, Kirigi; and an all-new story campaign. Developed by WB Games Montréal, Batman: Arkham Origins is based on DC Comics' core Batman license and features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline set several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City.  Taking place before the rise of Gotham City's most dangerous criminals, the game showcases a young and unrefined Batman as he faces a defining moment in his early career as a crime fighter that sets his path to becoming the Dark Knight. As the story unfolds, players will meet many important characters for the first time and forge key relationships. Batman: Arkham Origins will be available for the PS3™, Xbox 360®, the Wii U™ system, and PC.  Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate™, the handheld version developed by Armature Studio, will be available for PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system and the Nintendo 3DS™ handheld system.  The game will release on all platforms worldwide on October 25, 2013.