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Batman: Arkham City - The Rise of Catwoman

While the finer details of Batman: Arkham City, Rocksteady's highly anticipated sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum, are being kept hush-hush by the UK-based developer, the latest issue of Game Informer recently let a major (pardon the pun) cat out of the bag: in addition to the game taking place in a segment of Gotham City, Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman, will also play a central role in the game.

That's great news for fans of the infamous DC Comics femme fatale, but might not mean much to you non-comics-reading gamers out there. Have no fear: IGN has you covered, as we help pass time before the Fall 2011 release by catching you up on Catwoman's career on both sides of the law and her long, complex history with the Dark Knight.

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Based on the short summary provided by Rocksteady, we know Arkham City's story sees Quincy Sharp, Arkham's warden in the first game, now entrenched as mayor of Gotham City. With the former Arkham complex in ruins thanks to the Joker, Sharp converts a large portion of Gotham's slums into a new facility run by Dr. Hugo Strange.

Strange has only one rule for its legion of insane patients: don't escape. This leaves dangerous villains like Joker and Two-Face free to battle it out to become insane king of the urban jungle, and you can bet your britches that Batman will find himself smack dab in the middle of the war. The insertion of Catwoman into the crazy mix is where things get really interesting, as it's unclear whether she'll serve as friend or foe to Batman in the game. If the comics are any indication, it will probably be a mixture of both, which is why we're so excited about her involvement.

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Catwoman made her comics debut alongside none other than the Joker in 1940's Batman #1, and has more or less remained the daring, acrobatic and sexy cat-burglar depicted in that first appearance, even as subsequent writers have added new depths and layers to her personality.

Like the Dark Knight himself, Selina's character underwent her most dramatic overhaul in Frank Miller's seminal 1986 work Batman: Year One, which recast her as a down-and-out prostitute who's inspired to don a costume and take up high stakes burglary by Batman's debut on the scene. The vast majority of subsequent writers have since ignored Miller's revision of Selina as a hooker, however, and the modern version of the character is more of a rags-to-riches anti-heroine who used a career in crime to pull herself up from a rough upbringing.

After spending much of the two decades after Year One serving as Batman's female, criminal opposite and sometimes love interest and ally, she underwent her second major revitalization courtesy of writer Jeph Loeb in his and artist Tim Sale's two follow-ups to Year One - The Long Halloween and its sequel, Dark Victory. Those two works placed Selina in the center of Batman's war on the Falcone crime family, where she flip-flopped between helping the Caped Crusader and pursuing her own criminal interests, with Loeb greatly playing up the sexual tension between the pair. Later, Loeb would bring that tension up to a boiling point in Hush, the first canonical story to have Batman reveal his identity to her and the pair embrace their love of one another. The affair was short-lived, however, although it did coincide with Selina's next great transformation into the heroic protector of Gotham's downtrodden East End.

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In 2001 writer Ed Brubaker pushed Catwoman further than ever before to the "good" side of "good vs. evil," having Selina serve as the guardian of her East End neighborhood. There, she used her considerable criminal talents for the benefit of Gotham's most unfortunate citizens, engaging in a memorable feud with the villain Black Mask and occasionally reigniting the flames of her tumultuous relationship with Batman. Her feud with Black Mask would ultimately lead to Selina murdering the villain, a move that helped splinter her and Batman's relationship/alliance and push the femme fatale back closer to her roots as a villain.

Recent stories have since played up Catwoman's moral ambiguousness and her old penchant for crime for crime's sake, with Bruce Wayne's disappearance in Grant Morrison's ongoing Batman saga leading to Catwoman's alliance with fellow villainesses Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy in the Gotham City Sirens series.

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So what does all this mean for Catwoman's role in Arkham City? For starters, you can bet on plenty of sexual tension between Batman and Catwoman, as well as constantly having the lingering suspicion that she's playing all sides – Batman, Two-Face and Joker – against one another for her own benefit.

Will she be out to help Batman, or seduce him into helping her achieve some nefarious goal? Like we said at the onset of this article, it's probably a mixture of the two, which should help grant Arkham City's storyline some exciting new depth. Whether she's fighting alongside the Dark Knight or throwing obstacles in his way, Catwoman is sure to be the breakout star of Rocksteady's blockbuster Batman franchise.

That's pretty much all you need to know about Catwoman. How excited are you that Selina Kyle is being inserted into the Arkham City mix? What kind of role do you think she'll play? Will she help Batman or work to thwart his efforts to save Gotham? Sound off in the comments below...

Source: IGN

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id Software: "PC Gaming Is Not Dying"

Texas-based development studio id Software, creators of popular shooter franchises such as Doom and Quake, believe PC gaming is not on its deathbed.

Studio President Todd Hollenshead recently told IGN he believes that given the popularity of Blizzard's World of Warcraft, along with PC technology significantly outpacing the hardware found in home consoles, PC gaming will continue to be a force in the industry.

"Because of the great games you have coming out on the consoles, and for a period of time, the consoles were pretty competitive technically with the PC, it has receded in prominence," Hollenshead admitted during QuakeCon.

"It's probably getting back to the point right now where technically on the PCs you're going to be able to start doing more and more things that you can't do on the consoles."

"It's also hard to say PC gaming is dying when the biggest game franchise, World of Warcraft, is a PC game."

Hollenshead later said that even though PC games aren't as prominent at retail stores anymore doesn't necessarily mean the platform is going away anytime soon. He believes PC gaming's current struggles are only temporary.

"If it's just boxed games at retail, it's certainly in third place behind the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 right now, but that doesn't mean it's doomed to continue to recede or can't come back," he said.

"These things happen over time and every time consoles come out, people proclaim the death of PC and then it may struggle for awhile and have its issues, but it tends to be resilient."

Id Software Creative Director Tim Willits told IGN in a separate interview that PC gaming is shifting form:

"It's definitely changing," Willits said. "The biggest struggle that we have with PCs is, as everyone knows, is that piracy is out of control." Willits said PC gaming is starting to move towards online clients and cloud-based gaming.

"The technology is awesome and the hardware is always awesome, but you see more and more games that are skewed towards these dedicated, client architectures and cloud gaming.

"I can definitely see a shift in combating piracy, and working on games that are more social. Look at Facebook, there are more people playing that silly Farmville than play Call of Duty.

"PC gaming is not dead, but it is a bit different than it was in the past."

Source: IGN

- THGhost.

Clone Wars Introduces Darth Maul's Brother and... George Lucas?

There had been several panels devoted to The Clone Wars since Star Wars Celebration V began a couple of days ago – including one in which we learned the Republic Commandos will make their debut on the series -- but today was the big day as far as a ton of info about Season 3

Some of these reveals were made by George Lucas himself, during his panel with Jon Stewart. It turns out that Baron Papanoida, a character played in a cameo by Lucas in Revenge of the Sith, will appear in an episode of Season 3, with Lucas' children as the visual influence for the Baron's kids. A scene of the Baron's episode was shown, in which a huge gun battle breaks out in a cantina – and, quite humorously, Baron Papanoida turns out to be a bit of a bad ass, whipping out two guns he skillfully uses.

The second reveal made by Lucas involved fan-favourite Darth Maul, as it turned out his impact will be found on The Clone Wars this year in a big way – as we meet his brother. Lucas spoke about Asajj Ventress, noting she came form a planet where a powerful class of women ruled, while the men live in an enclave. Darth Sidious turned one of these men into his apprentice, Darth Maul (yes, this is a scenario that will nullify some previous expanded universe stories). We saw a clip where Count Dooku meets with an alien woman who introduces him to Maul's brother, named Savaage (hopefully I have that spelling right!).

Carrying an ax like weapon, he is much larger and more physically imposing than Maul, with yellow skin and long horns, along with the same black face tattoos as his brother. Says Dooku, "He certainly is a sight to behold." The woman replies, "And the fiercest of his kind. He shall serve you well." Dooku simply states, "Yes, he shall," as Savaage kneels before him.

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Later in the day, Clone Wars supervising director Dave Filoni had much more footage to show us during the full Clone Wars panel – beginning with a very compelling sequence in which Battle Droids stage a full assault on Kamino. We saw a couple of different new Battle Droids here, including the Aqua Droids, who rise out of the ocean onto the Kamino platforms using large tentacles, resembling a metallic octopus. Both Grievous and Ventress lead the attack, with Grievous ordering his men to kill all the Clones. There was some jaw-dropping destruction in this clip, as the clone children run in terror while the cloning tanks are destroyed and buildings collapse under heavy firepower from the droids.

Filoni said Ventress is, "back in Season 3 in a big way," remarking, "It hasn't gone well for her. She's fighting for respectability," as he noted that "Dooku keeps stringing her along," while Sideous barely recognizes her, except as a cog in his war machine. He then added, "But if she ever became powerful enough to make her seem like a threat to Sideous, it cold go badly for her."

This led into the next clip, in which we see Ventress land on the planet Dathomir. She's clearly badly hurt, holding her side and weakly walking forward. Suddenly a group of women, all wearing red, ninja-like outfits and wielding energy-formed bows, leap down and surround her. When one of them calls her a stranger, she replies, "I'm not a stranger." The women are going to attack her, when suddenly they are ordered to stop by the same woman from the Dooku/Savaage clip. She orders Ventress to be taken to the village, as Ventress collapses in her arms, calling her "mother."

After the clip, Filoni confirmed we just saw Ventress encounter the Night Sisters of Dathomir, from the expanded universe – also noting that the leader we saw was not Ventress' biological mother, but "a collective mother" to these women. Filoni recalled the day Lucas, during a meeting, "started to get extensively into these witches." Filoni smiled, saying, "That's always a very good day. 'Oh, not Jar-Jar today? Oh, very good!' Filoni revealed that, "According to George, they're not necessarily force users – they're something else. They have different powers than Sith or Jedi."

The next clip was prefaced by Filoni with the question, "Just how good a swordsman do you think Count Dooku is?" In the clip, we see Dooku is sleeping, as nearly invisible figures quietly drop down into his quarters (they have a slight shimmer to them – think of a variation on when the Predator is cloaked). One of them shoots a needle like dart into Dooku's neck. He pulls it out and leaps up, but is clearly shaky and begins to have his eyesight fade. Straitening up, he declares, "I do not need my eyes to see!" He uses the Force to bring his lightsaber to him, and the attackers ignite green and blue lightsabers of their own – beginning a very cool, impressive fight that seems influenced by the Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon/Darth Maul battle, as Dooku holds at bay what look to be three attackers in total, using both his saber and strong Force blasts to keep them at bay.

Other information Filoni shared during the panel included:

In Season 3, "We really get into this whole Balance of the Force issue." Filoni said they will also get into more specifics on what it means to call Anakin the Chosen One.
Don't look for any use of Aurra Sing's history from the Expanded Universe as a failed Jedi apprentice, with serious parental issue. Bringing up Asajj Ventress, he said they didn't want to, "take any pasty, white, bald girl and give her a really bad childhood. We'd be kind of repeating ourselves." He noted that Lucas specifically told him, "Aurra Sing doesn't use the force on our show and she doesn't use lightsabers," and said he preferred it that way, since, "it allows Ventress to stand on her own in a much better light," while showing Aurra's different deadly skills.

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Filoni said he felt especially bad giving evasive answers to kids about what's to come – so it's worth noting he told one kid Boba Fett "is around," in Season 3. When another kid asked Filoni if any characters from the original trilogy "like young Han Solo or young Chewbacca" might show up, Filoni replied, "There will be some connections to the classic trilogy in Season 3."
Finally, we were shown what Filoni called the "mega-trailer" for Season 3 – and what a trailer it was. It certainly made the season look epic in scope, as we see more of the attack on Kamino and Commander Cody angrily declaring, "This is personal for us clones." We see Cad Bane meeting with Jabba the Hutt and then fighting Obi-Wan, seemingly getting the better of him as he grabs Kenobi by the arm and uses a weapon to send a shock through him, as Obi-Wan cries out. And in one big moment, the hologram of Darth Sidious is speaking to Dooku and Ventress and Sidious declares, "Eliminate her!", with Dooku quickly turning and shooting force lightening at his would be apprentice – It seems likely this is the incident that leaves Ventress hurt and Dooku targeted, though why these women then offer Dooku Savaage as a new apprentice is still uncertain. We also see the leader of the Night Sisters ask Dooku if he's heard of the Sith named Darth Maul. When he replies yes, she say, "What if I could offer another of his kind?"

The Clone Wars Season 3 premieres September 17th on Cartoon Network.

Source: IGN

- THGhost.

Duke Nukem Forever Lives?

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You've waited 13 years already, so what's another few months? Reports are suggesting that the comically delayed and subsequently cancelled Duke Nukem Forever has been resurrected, with Borderlands developer Gearbox tasked with taking the project to the finishing line.

Having begun in 1997, development on Duke Nukem Forever had seemingly halted after the game's development staff at 3D Realms were let go in May last year. Due to 3D Realms failure to complete the game it was sued for breach of contract by publisher Take-Two, a matter that was resolved earlier this year.

But that's not where Duke Nukem Forever's story ends, it seems. A report on Kotaku suggests that Duke is alive and that Gearbox would be taking the game to completion. Sources at both Take-Two and Gearbox are remaining tight-lipped, although it wouldn't be the first time that the Borderlands developer was associated with the cigar-chomping action hero; Gearbox was outed as the company behind Duke Begins, a project that was scrapped before it ever saw the light of day.

The reports claim that more could be revealed at September's PAX, and that a playable demo could even emerge as soon as this year.

The story of Duke Nukem Forever is a strange and unique one – could this be the final twist in the tale? We'll bring you more as we hear it.

Source: IGN

- THGhost.

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