Warner Bros. and DC today announced Batman: Arkham City Game of the Year Edition. The expanded version is scheduled for release May 29th in the US and Sept 7th in the UK, for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Batman: Arkham City is one of the highest reviewed titles of 2011 and with the release of the Batman: Arkham City Game of the Year Edition, fans can extend the multi-award winning experience as the Dark Knight with Harley Quinn’s Revenge, the final chapter in Batman: Arkham City that adds more than two hours of fresh gameplay to the critically-acclaimed interactive title. Also included on disc will be all five previously released downloadable content (DLC) packs.

Fans who already own an original boxed edition of Batman: Arkham City can experience the new gameplay by downloading the Harley Quinn’s Revenge Pack, which will be available in all international markets beginning May 30 in the PlayStation®Network and in the Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for Xbox 360.

The Harley Quinn’s Revenge mission sends players back into Arkham City to face their final challenge as they interchange between playing as both Batman and Robin. Gamers must utilise each of the characters' unique combat and investigative skills to uncover Harley's vengeful plan and shut the gates on the urban mega-prison forever. In addition to experiencing a new storyline, fans can explore new environments and face-off against Harley’s all new gang of thugs.

The DLC included on disc includes the Catwoman Pack, Nightwing Bundle Pack, Robin Bundle Pack, Challenge Map Pack and Arkham City Skins Pack. All told, Batman: Arkham City Game of the Year Edition packages new gameplay content, seven maps, three playable characters, and 12 skins beyond the original retail release:

· Maps: Wayne Manor, Main Hall, Freight Train, Black Mask, The Joker’s Carnival, Iceberg Long, and Batcave

· Playable Characters: Catwoman, Robin and Nightwing

· Skins: 1970s Batsuit, Year One Batman, The Dark Knight Returns, Earth One Batman, Batman Beyond Batman, Animated Batman, Sinestro Corps Batman, Long Hallowe’en Catwoman, Animated Catwoman, Animated Robin, Red Robin and Animated Nightwing

Screenshots: http://www.joystiq.com/screenshots/batman-arkham-city-game-of-the-year-edition/4980616/#/0

A little too late on the DLC in my opinion. They should have dropped it a month or two after release, not 6 months later. And is a GOTY edition really necessary for one story DLC and a bunch of stupid challenge maps?

Only slighty worse than the actual box art, only slightly.

Have to agree on waiting too long for dlc. Game has a learning curve with the skills and would be easy to forget them after so long. Lucky for me I just played it a little while back.

As for goty, it'd be fine if it was around $30-35

I think the one thing they usually have going for them is to lure in the achievement whore, they seperate the achievements. Arkham Asylum had 4 sets of achievements, 2 for PC and 2 for 360. If a person was crazy enough, they could get themselves 4000 GS from one title. I have a feeling they'll do the same here. Separate achievements for the GOTY version. I think they'll full price this version at $59.99 though since it has the new DLC and all the challenge maps/DLC characters included.

This is why a lot of people dont buy games when they come out if we wait a few months we can actually get the complete product.

This is why a lot of people dont buy games when they come out if we wait a few months we can actually get the complete product.

and cheaper