15 Years Later, Batman: Arkham City Remains Batman's Last Gaming Masterpiece

Batman: Arkham Asylum was released in 2009 at a time when superhero video games were usually relegated to being uninspired movie tie-ins. Some of them were good, like X-Men Origins: Wolverine , but most of them were either forgettable or downright bad. Arkham Asylum was something different — a superhero game based on an original idea from a renowned Batman writer, Paul Dini ( Batman: The Animated Series ). It was great, and set the foundation for its even greater 2011 follow-up. Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham City came out on Oct. 18, 2011.