Article ETF8 Batman v Arkham: how Rocksteady redefined the Dark Knight

Batman v Arkham: how Rocksteady redefined the Dark Knight

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Holly Nielsen
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The London developer drew from the best Batman comic books for its successful action-adventure trilogy, exploring the character's vulnerabilities in new ways

Nearby, there's a cape with rainbow stripes and a cowl covered in diamantes; beside them a Batman bust featuring the phrase: "Although of course you end up becoming yourself". It's a book title, but also a neat comment on this weird character.

We're at the Kachette art gallery in Shoreditch and tonight sees a promotional installation featuring dozens of Batman outfits reinterpreted by artists and celebrities. It's the sort of event Bruce Wayne would begrudgingly attend, and somewhere among these curious art works is Sefton Hill, the director of the monumentally successful Batman Arkham video games.

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