Since before the game was officially announced, rumors had been circulating that the sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum would feature some form of multiplayer. Rumors intensified with the revelation of Catwoman and speculation about co-op, but as it turns out the rumors were totally false.
“There have been a number of rumors circulating about a multiplayer mode in Batman: Arkham City so let me start by saying, once and for all, that Batman: Arkham City is a ‘single-player only’ experience,” said Rocksteady studio director Sefton Hill. “Our thought process behind this was fairly simple: when we investigated adding multiplayer we asked, ‘If we use all of the energy that is required to create multiplayer and instead focus this on the single player, would that deliver a better overall game?’ With the game now coming to the final stages, I can honestly say it would not have been possible to deliver Arkham City the way we wanted to if we’d have added multiplayer.”
“So it might not be the fashionable choice, it might not get us an extra tick on the box, but we are convinced, and we hope that gamers will agree when they get to play the finished game, that we have made the right decision,” he concluded.
Source: IGN
