If you can't get enough "Batman: Arkham City," Warner Bros. Interactive and NetherRealm Studios are serving up some butt-kicking combat on your iOS device. Out now on the iTunes App Store, "Batman: Arkham City Lockdown" doesn't look like an exact port of this year's hit game, but more like a fighting game set in the titular prison-city.
According to today's press release, the game is based on the "Arkham" franchise (obviously), but the focus appears to be "one-on-one" combat. I haven't had a chance to play the game yet, but given NetherRealm's pedigree ("Mortal Kombat"), I'm optimistic that the game might actually play well. Well, if it can get past the touch-screen hurdle.
"We here at NetherRealm Studios are huge fans of 'Batman: Arkham City,' and we were very excited to develop 'Batman: Arkham City Lockdown' to extend the franchise experience to iPad, iPhone and iPod touch," said NetherRealm's creative director, Ed Boon. "The app delivers a different take on Batman gameplay in which players must combat against some of the fan favorite villains in Arkham City."
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"Lockdown" features boss fights with major villains like Two-Face, The Joker, and Solomon Grundy. You'll also have a chance to duke it out with Deathstroke, who didn't appear in "Arkham City."
I have absolutely no idea at this point if the game's any good, but it's available for $5.99 on the App Store right now. That price point places it into the "Infinity Blade" level of iOS games, so here's hoping it's worth the cost of admission.
Will you give "Batman: Arkham City Lockdown" a try? If so, how do you like it? Let us know in the comments and on Twitter!
