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Batman Arkham Shadow is a sweat-inducing slice of nostalgia that captures the essence of Rocksteady's trilogy

I'm standing in the dark streets of Gotham, as I have done countless times over the years, but now I'm physically crani…

But this street level introduction to Batman's stomping grounds makes sense here, both to highlight how you can naturally gaze around its world - and also likely to avoid too much early vertigo from wobbling atop a skyscraper. Developed by Camouflaj, the talented team behind Iron Man VR, Arkham Shadow is a canon entry to the Arkhamverse sandwiched between Origins and Asylum. It's early days, and it's absolutely not on rails, but the demo feels like I've stepped into an elaborate Arkham theme park experience - a riff on an established setting that nails the original trilogy's atmosphere, and gets you engaged by putting you through something of an assault course.

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