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. 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. 

We know Hugo Strange is going to be a completely new character to some players, but he was the perfect choice for the role of Warden of Arkham City. Hopefully the trailer at the end of last year has given you a few hints to his character and motivation. Strange makes the rules that all prisoners have to abide by. He enforces these rules with a zero tolerance policy through his Tyger security force, a force equally as fierce as the gangs the incarcerated criminal bosses have amassed. The walls and airspace are constantly patrolled by heavily armed Tyger guards who share Strange's contempt for criminals. The other dimension to Hugo Strange is that he knows Batman's true identity, which massively raises the stakes for Bruce Wayne. By entering Arkham City, Batman is vulnerable and exposed in a way that he has never been before. But don't worry if you've never even heard of Hugo Strange. Arkham City tells the story of the first time Batman has crossed swords with Strange, so you will know a lot more about him by the end of the evening.

I'm really excited about the game, and am glad that they aren't tacking on a multiplayer mode. In the interview the guy even said that the single player would have suffered if they did include it, and I'm glad they stuck to their guns. 

Nope, just gimme the game!

I heard about it. It really pisses me off. I mean, come on developers, don't announce multiplayer until AFTER you have finished MAKING the multiplayer. Don't just say "Yeah, we'll make multiplayer," then realize "Oh, crap! We don't have any time left to MAKE the multiplayer that we ALREADY ANNOUNCED!" I really wouldn't care if they did or didn't have multiplayer, but just don't tell us there's gonna be multiplayer then just skip it in development. They did the same thing with Prototype.

Not at all. Not every game needs multiplayer, especially one so focused on delivering the ultimate Batman experience. It's all about the story for me, and if that would have needed to be sacrificed in any way just to add a multiplayer for all the COD babies than I'm glad they made the right decision. Can't wait!

Well I would have really liked to have multiplayer. Paying $60 for a game kinda warrants both a single player and multiplayer experience so I can continue playing after I finish the single player. But oh well, I'm still looking forward to the single player but now I may just rent the game.

" I heard about it. It really pisses me off. I mean, come on developers, don't announce multiplayer until AFTER you have finished MAKING the multiplayer. Don't just say "Yeah, we'll make multiplayer," then realize "Oh, crap! We don't have any time left to MAKE the multiplayer that we ALREADY ANNOUNCED!" I really wouldn't care if they did or didn't have multiplayer, but just don't tell us there's gonna be multiplayer then just skip it in development. They did the same thing with Prototype. "

Nope, didn't want multiplayer, and glad I'm not getting it.
 
If you think paying 50-60 for  game should get you multiplayer I only have one thing to say to you: Fallout 3

I am more than happy that it doesn't have a multilayer mode, be it co-op competitive or something else altogether, I just want another epic Batman story!

Nope actually i prefer it, Batman should be alone. The Batman that we are seeing in the big media today is all alone shouldn't that Batman in games be the same?

No, I do not care.
I will just end up watching my brother play it anyway.

I'm excited they won't compromise the quality of the game to fit it in. If they could have done great MP and great MP I wouldn't have been opposed.

I'm glad this game isn't multiplayer. I just care about my Kevin Conroy voiced Batman and his story.

Co-Op could have been kind of cool, but I'm glad they focused in on single-player.

Co-Op would be awesome. like one person as batman and the other as either robin or nightwing, preferably nightwing.

Multiplayer would have been fun, but I don't mind that Arkham City's only single-player. It will still be a fantastic game, and like @hydrabob said:

"Batman should be alone. The Batman that we are seeing in the big media today is all alone shouldn't that Batman in games be the same? "

Don't care about multiplayer for this game at all. 
Kevin Conroy is doing the voice, and Paul Dini is doing the story. 
That's plenty for me.

The first game had such a good single player storyline and I'm glad they decided to spend their time developing an even better storyline for Arkham City. Some games you buy for the multiplayer; this game isn't one of them

Thank God there's no multiplayer!  Now they can focus on making the best damn single player they can.

" @ReverseNegative said:

" I heard about it. It really pisses me off. I mean, come on developers, don't announce multiplayer until AFTER you have finished MAKING the multiplayer. Don't just say "Yeah, we'll make multiplayer," then realize "Oh, crap! We don't have any time left to MAKE the multiplayer that we ALREADY ANNOUNCED!" I really wouldn't care if they did or didn't have multiplayer, but just don't tell us there's gonna be multiplayer then just skip it in development. They did the same thing with Prototype. "

they never made any announcement concerning multiplayer   I don't see how you could have multiplayer in a Batman game anyway...sure the characters are there to use if they wanted to but what type of game play would the multiplayer be? "

I would probably like the game less if they did add a multiplayer mode.

GREAT NEWS! I'm glad Rocksteady are focusing on what matters most in a Batman game: presenting a good story, recreating an authentic world and replicating the experience of "being Batman" as well as possible.

I prefer story-driven games, so not having multiplayer is usually good news for me: it means that the devs focused all of their resources on crafting a solid single-played campaign instead of wasting them on tacked-on, unbalanced MP à la Dead Space 2, Bioshock and any number of games that nobody plays online after the first month anyway.

Anything that isn't built and designed from the ground up with MP in mind shouldn't bother with it at all - but of course, publishers love having it as an extra bullet point on the back of the case and using it as a way to combat used game sales (see EA's lovely "Project Ten Dollar").

It's truly a sad state of affairs that so many gamers today will pass on brilliant games because they don't have MP, but gladly spend their money on rehashed tripe like the yearly COD installments.

I'm kinda sad about it, I wanted to play it with my brother :< 
 
BUT STILL TOTALLY STOKED AND I CAN'T WAAAAAAAAIT :DDDD

I could certainly say I could care less if this has multiplayer or not. As long as the single player is as good or more so than the first game. Multiplayer on this would just feel weird. You'd just have a bunch of people running around as Batman. Only thing I could think of that could be interesting would be Co-op missions where sone person plays Batman and another plays Catwoman to work to some goal, but that would mean Catwoman would have to play drastically different.
 
September is just too far away, damn it!!

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" @ReverseNegative said:

" I heard about it. It really pisses me off. I mean, come on developers, don't announce multiplayer until AFTER you have finished MAKING the multiplayer. Don't just say "Yeah, we'll make multiplayer," then realize "Oh, crap! We don't have any time left to MAKE the multiplayer that we ALREADY ANNOUNCED!" I really wouldn't care if they did or didn't have multiplayer, but just don't tell us there's gonna be multiplayer then just skip it in development. They did the same thing with Prototype. "

they never made any announcement concerning multiplayer   I don't see how you could have multiplayer in a Batman game anyway...sure the characters are there to use if they wanted to but what type of game play would the multiplayer be? "

Yeah, they did. They mentioned something about co-op, I think. "

I am a single player, so I this doesn't affect me in any negative way.  For once in my life, my heart goes out to those of you dating or in the throws of matrimony. ~_^

How would've multi-player worked? being Catwoman or Nightwing?

Multi-player is a bad idea for this game, so no, I don't care.

I was gonna buy this game no matter what but I love that Sefton said why spend time on MP when we can make the SP that much better?  Can't wait to play this game since the first one was so great.

Hopefully we can get a trilogy out of this...

Multiplayer would've stopped me from buying the game. So I guess it does matter to me.

Multiplayer wouldn't have been a make or break for me, and I really liked Assassin Creed: Brotherhood's multiplayer, but I'm glad they're going in this direction instead.

No because Batman Arkham Asylum was not multiplayer and I still loved it. 

Nope.

no challenge rooms. I liked those

don't care either about multiplayer. just don't delay the game.

I'm glad they decided to focus all their resources on single player, they are already making a bigger game, also adding multiplayer could have been too much to handle.

That said I wouldn't mind some seperate co-op campaign in a future game. Question is who would he pair up with? Robin? Catwomen? Killer Croc?

" I wanted multiplayer... but, if they say it will be better off without the multiplayer, then I trust them. Hope they won't fail me. "

happy it doesn't have it, some games just don't need it

Just make a playable Robin, Nightwing, and Batgirl