Weekly Stealth Update for Aug 27, 2011

This week let's watch the Assassin's Creed: Revelations GamesCom demonstration, look at some screens and find out why Thief IV might be one of the best stealth games in years.

Weekly Stealth Update for Aug 13, 2011

Batman: Arkham City is for Teens this week, Assassin's Creed: Revelations' beta is launching only on the PS3 and Splinter Cell HD Trilogy launches on PSN but not in stores.

Weekly Stealth Update?

I'm thinking that a weekly podcast about the stealthy videogames news of the week is probably not the best way to expose this information. So instead I'm going to try a weekly update in which I lightly cover all the stealthy news of the week in one blog post.

We have some release date delays this week, along with an absurd amount of videos, and a videogame that's been turned into a board game.

StealthBit Podcast Episode 002

The second episode of the StealthBit podcast is up and better than ever... or worse, I can't decide. So listen to it and be a judge for yourself. Just don't judge too harshly, it might hurt my feelings.

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StealthBit Podcast Episode 001

So I'm starting this podcast because things have been become rather busy in my day to day life. Instead of updating the blog every day or so I will update it once a week with a podcast. Hopefully this will prove to be less time consuming. So let's jump right in.

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Robin Will Be In Batman: Arkham City

Robin's appearance in Batman: Arkham City has been confirmed by Sarah Wellock, European community manager but what hasn't been confirmed is if he'll be in the single player story or if he's just an unlockable for the challenge maps.

Batman: Arkham City E3 Gameplay Video

Batman: Arkham City was one of the best games at this year's E3 and will probably go on to win multiple Game of the Year awards which is a good reason why you should watch this gameplay demonstration presented by Geoff Keighley and Arkham City director Sefton Hill. The demo seems to start at the beginning of the game in which Catwoman is captured by Two Face. There's some playable combat on her part and then we get to see Batman glide across the open city.

Batman Controllers Sell Out Despite Hideous Design

These Batman controllers were created to celebrate the future release of StealthBit darling, Batman: Arkham City. It's too bad that the controllers are some of the ugliest I've ever seen. Despite there obnoxious design Power A (the creators) have managed to sell out of the darn things.

Catwoman Becomes Playable In This Batman: Arkham City Trailer

In this unexpected video interview, Dax Ginn (marketing manager for Arkham City) reveals that Catwoman will be a playable character during Batman: Arkham City's main storyline. Rocksteady also released a trailer showing off her cool abilities.

The Penguin Confirmed For Batman: Arkham City

The Penguin or Oswald Cobblepot as hardcore Batman fans know him, has been confirmed to be a major villain in the upcoming sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City.

Batman: Arkham City Director On 40 Hour Game Length

Sefton Hill, director of Batman: Arkham City, spoke with The Guardian about the games' 40 hour length.

Harley Quinn Voice Actress Replaced By Tara Strong

Arleen Sorkin won't be returning to voice Harley Quinn in Batman: Arkham City, the sequel to 2009's game of the year; Batman: Arkham Asylum, instead she will be replaced by Tara Strong.She is a strong (no pun intended) voice actress whose worked on other Batman Properties such as Batman: The Brave and the Bold and as Batgirl.

Arguably News: Batman: Arkham City Map, Modern War Gear, Grey Fox

In the first segment of what is arguably news I point you to a high resolution map of the Akham City blueprints that were seen in Batman: Arkham Asylum, another chapter in the Modern War Gear series and something that was seen in Hideo Kojima's Twitter.

Arkham Asylum's Batman Materialized Into Black, White Plastic

The expertly crafted figure based on Batman from the critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum stands tall and watchful in its monochromatic tones.

Batman: Arkham City Fully Explorable From The Start

Batman: Arkham City is going to be a big game. So big in fact that it's going to be five times larger than Arkham Asylum. But what good is a large world if you can't explore it? No good, that's why almost all of Arkham City is going to be accessible right from the start of the game.

Arkham City Multiplayer Was A Possibility

Batman: Arkham City is a game that won't have multiplayer and with good reason-it doesn't need it. Marketing game manager, Dax Ginn expressed that the idea of multiplayer was taken into consideration and may be possible in the series' future.

80% Of Arkham City's Story Is On The Streets

Batman: Arkham City is going to be a linear experience in a fairly open ended world. According to Rocksteady the majority of the game takes place out in the open.

Play For Japan Gets Stealthy

Play For Japan is a website created to help raise money for the relief efforts after Japan was hit by the recent earthquake and tsunami. The website is a collection of auctions that will go towards helping Japan get back on it's feet after this terrible disaster.

As many of you know, Japan is the place where many of our favorite games come from. If it wasn't for Japan we wouldn't have the games industry we have today, and we wouldn't have games like Metal Gear Solid and Tenchu, that stealth players like us love so much. If you can afford some of these auctions (like the insane number of Metal Gear Solid auctions or this piece of Batman: Arkham Asylum art) please take the time to bid, and if you can't afford them then just donate what you can here. Every little bit does count in a crisis like this.

Play For Japan

Batman: Arkham City Is Longer Than 8 Hours

Batman: Arkham City is going to be longer than 8 hours according to Rocksteady's marketing game manager Dax Grinn. The reason why is because the game's testers can go through it at around 8 hours and they know exactly what they have to do.

Batman: Arkham City First Gameplay Trailer!

Watch the first ever gameplay trailer for Batman: Arkham City. Watch Batman glide, dive, glide and then grapple onto a nearby building. Watch him kick, punch and sneak behind thugs. Watch him grapple onto helicopters and get a free ride.