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Back in August it was revealed that the Wii U version of Batman: Arkham Origins will not come with multiplayer mode, leaving some to wonder if this meant that the game would cost less for Wii U gamers. After all it did not make sense for Wii U gamers to pay the same price for the game as other platform owners, but at the same time be denied access to a rather big feature. Well the good news is that it turns out that the game will cost less for gamers who own the Wii U, according to a rep of the publisher for the game who confirmed the price cut to Kotaku.

The game will see a price cut of $10, meaning that the game will cost $50 instead of $60. Granted it might not seem like too big of a cut, but we guess something is better than nothing, right? It is unclear as to why the Wii U version of the game will not see multiplayer mode. Last we heard the developers wanted to focus on platforms with a larger audience, which does seem a little unfair. We’re not sure if this feature will be added in the future through a patch, but for now Wii U gamers should not expect to see a multiplayer mode if they were to get their hands on the game.

Batman: Arkham Origins For Wii U Will Be Priced Cheaper Due To Lack Of Multiplayer original content from Ubergizmo.

Batman: Arkham Origins’ release is creeping up ever so closely, which is why Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has decided to start talking a bit more about the game. Yesterday, Warner Bros. released a new trailer for Batman: Arkham Origins that took a look at the Deathstroke challenge pack, which comes as a pre-order bonus for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii U customers. Today, Warner Bros. is announcing details of Batman: Arkham Origins’ season pass. (more…)

Batman: Arkham Origins Season Pass Bundles 5 DLC Packs For $20 original content from Ubergizmo.

How awesome is this? This Batman cake has a secret identity, just like Batman himself. By day, it is a beautiful mild mannered wedding cake, but by night it is a dark and sugary guardian of Gotham.

Bruce Wayne can eat from the front half when attending the wedding, then at night he can get icing all over his cowl when no one is looking. It was made by New Zealand based Stiletto Studio who knows how to make an amazing wedding cake that even Two-Face would love.

Cut it in half and you can please the traditionalists and the geeks in one shot.

[via When Geeks Wed]

There’s cosplay and then there’s COSPLAY. If you’re serious about your costuming, and you’re into Batman, then you’ll want to start pinching your pennies now. Unless that is, you’re Bruce Wayne – then you can already afford to buy this stitch-perfect Batman cowl based on the one that Adam West wore in the 1960s TV series.

Each cowl is handmade by Williams Studio 2, and is as accurate as anything I’ve ever seen. It’s made from custom dyed Lastex, with a fiberglass shell, paint, foam, leather, and snaps to hold it in place. The pattern for this mask was made using a show-original cowl as a reference, and even the color of the eyebrow paint was Pantone-matched to the original.

Apparently, this thing is so perfect that Adam West himself owns one of these replicas. If you’d like one for yourself, you’re going to need to pony up $1,500(USD), but that’s chump change to Gotham’s number one billionaire, right? While you’re on a spending binge, why not grab an Adam West head to go with it?

The odds of Batman Vs. Superman being an interesting film just went up somewhat. Because Batman, who apparently will be kicking Superman’s ass judging from the speech we heard at Comic-Con, will be played by Argo director Ben Affleck.

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