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Arkham City. The road to 100%.

Fifteen years after Gotham opened its gates: familiar voices, a demanding completion file, and the original Collector’s Edition.

The anniversary film · 35 seconds. The story is also available in the slides and text below.

The Anniversary Film

Back inside Gotham.

Batman: Arkham City reached North American PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 players on October 18, 2011. This feature marks that console anniversary, with Rocksteady’s city as its starting point.

Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill returned as Batman and the Joker, with Paul Dini contributing to the story. Our five slides follow that creative connection into the long route to 100% completion.

The Photo Essay

Five frames from Arkham City.

A completion file with six parts.

Perfect Knight — Day 2 spans the story, side missions, upgrades, collectibles, New Game Plus and Riddler’s Revenge as Batman. It is a particular completion milestone; later DLC and other characters have their own challenges.

Every medal adds up.

Batman’s original ranked maps offer 72 medals; his original campaigns offer 108. The slides pair those figures with an illustrative combat image, keeping the challenge totals tied to Batman’s original content.

Wanted for the Archive

The original Arkham City Collector’s Edition.

The original 2011 boxed Collector’s Edition, bringing the game together with its Kotobukiya Batman statue and art book.

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