{"id":31842,"date":"2013-10-09T11:15:30","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T15:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=31842"},"modified":"2013-10-09T11:15:30","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T15:45:30","slug":"batman-arkham-origins-video-game-news-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=31842","title":{"rendered":"Batman: Arkham Origins – VIDEO GAME NEWS & UPDATE"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment\u00a0today announced that UK fans of the highly anticipated Batman<\/em>\u2122: Arkham Origins<\/em> videogame will soon have the chance to meet Roger Craig Smith and Troy Baker, the voices behind Batman and The Joker.<\/p>\n

To mark the launch day of the next instalment in the Batman: Arkham series, games industry veterans Smith (Batman) and Baker (The Joker) will be meeting fans and signing copies of the title at GAME\u2019s Stratford store between 09.00 and 11.00am on Friday, October 25th<\/sup>, 2013.<\/p>\n

Those who aren\u2019t able to make it to the launch day event can meet the duo at MCM London Comic Con (www.mcmcomiccon.com\/london<\/a>) on Saturday October 26 at the Batman: Arkham Origins stand. \u00a0Throughout the weekend at MCM, both will be signing autographs, making personal appearances and answering fan questions on their very own panel. As the UK\u2019s foremost cultural expo, MCM London Comic Con brings the best in anime and pop culture to over 100,000 consumers across the weekend.<\/p>\n

Batman: Arkham Origins<\/em> is developed by WB Games Montr\u00e9al and will be available for the PS3\u2122, Xbox 360\u00ae, the Wii U\u2122 system, and Windows PC.\u00a0 The handheld version is developed by Armature Studio, Batman: City Origins Blackgate\u2122 and will be available for the PlayStation\u00aeVita handheld entertainment system and Nintendo 3DS\u2122 handheld system.\u00a0 The games will release on all platforms worldwide on 25th October, 2013.<\/p>\n

About the voice artists:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Roger Craig Smith (Batman)<\/p>\n

Roger Craig Smith is one of the most recognizable voice actors in the entertainment business today, recently lending his voice as the lead villain “Ripslinger” in\u00a0Disney’s animated feature PLANES,\u00a0which debuted in August 2013. \u00a0He takes on the role of Bruce Wayne and Batman for the very first time in\u00a0 Batman: Arkham Origins<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Troy Baker (The Joker)
\nRapidly becoming one of the most prominent names in videogames, Troy has performed in some of the most critically and commercially successful games of this generation.\u00a0 Batman: Arkham Origins<\/em> marks the first time in the franchise that Troy has taken on the role of The Joker.<\/p>\n

About MCM Expo Group<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

The MCM Expo Group hosts the UK’s largest and most popular comic conventions and pop culture events, including the twice-yearly MCM London Comic Con, the largest show of its kind in Europe attracting around 80,000 visitors per event. Featuring film, sci-fi, comics, videogames, anime, cosplay, manga and more, MCM Comic Cons take place across the UK and Ireland, with events in Belfast, Birmingham, Dublin, Glasgow, London, Manchester and Telford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment\u00a0today announced that UK fans of the highly anticipated Batman\u2122: Arkham Origins videogame will soon have the chance to meet Roger Craig Smith and Troy Baker, the voices behind Batman and The Joker. To mark the launch day of the next instalment in the Batman: Arkham series, games industry veterans Smith (Batman) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2309,2308,9161],"class_list":["post-31842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-batman","tag-dark-knight","tag-joker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31842"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}