Even though the much anticipated sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum is not going to be released for at least a year (expected release is Fall 2011), fans have gone rabid for information ever since it was released. Luckily, we here at Nerdbastards have you covered!

According to the latest issue of Game Informer, which features the cover seen above, Batman: Arkham City will find Bats in a walled-off prison area of Gotham that is controlled by some of the meanest and baddest of Batman’s rogue’s gallery.

According to the director of the game, Sefton Hill, the game will begin with Batman having many of his moves from the first game, as well as most of his gadgets. Not only is that unheard of in most sequels, but it also means that the game creators will have more moves (confirmed as at least twice as many in the sequel) and gadgets coming in the game.

And, as if that news wasn’t enough?

Our objective in this game is not to make the biggest game we can, but to make the best game possible. Gamers who played ‘Batman: Arkham Asylum’ will know how dedicated we are as a studio to injecting an incredible amount of detail into every environment we build. It is this attention to detail that gives our games the deep and intense atmosphere that so many players have found so compelling, and so we have had to seriously scale up our art team in order to bring the same level of detail to ‘Arkham City,’ which is about 4-5 times bigger than ‘Arkham Asylum.’

Yeah, you read right … 4-5 times bigger than the original, which was already fairly large to being with!

Stay tuned to Nerdbastards for all your Batman: Arkham City news as it comes up!

Robin Williams recently did an interview with Empire Magazine where he stated that he would love to be in a Batman movie playing anyone, and that he was originally offered the roles of both the Joker (which was taken by Jack Nicholson) and The Riddler (later filled by Jim Carrey) but even though he wanted the roles, they were taken by other actors.  So he would love to work with Chris Nolan again and do the new Batman movie.

Well, comicbookmovie.com reported that Williams brought this up again in an interview with The Sun and was quick to point out that the he had just thrown that information out there, really.  He has not been offered a role in the new Batman film, nor has he been actively pursuing any roles in the upcoming movie.  Instead, he was merely putting the information out there that he wouldn’t mind playing a character, any character, in a Batman movie.  The press took what he said and ran with it, blowing it out of proportion.

Thanks for clearing that up, Robin Williams.  We salute you.  Still in the running of potential E. Nigmas are Leonardo DiCaprio (Bugger off if you need me to tell you what he’s been in), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception) and Tom Hardy (also Inception).

(Post by nerdbastards contributor Nick Bungay- Twitter @NickBungay)

Holy Testicular trauma! Batman has been through many strange battles in his lifetime, fighting the likes of the Joker, Riddler, bad acting and cheesy puns(thanks Batman & Robin). How many of these have envolved him getting a hit below his utility belt though? Drawn by an assortment of artists and collected by Justin Stewart, this ball busting Batman Bonanza shows us how the Dark knight reacts to getting busted by The Flash, Prince, children! Watching these would bring a smile to any villian’s day.

Warning: The following contains images of bean bag destruction, enjoy the show.

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James Roberts (a.k.a Jam-Wah) was once an inspiring artist who wanted his work published (and eventually did have one work published) proves that my Dragon Ball-esque drawing style is child’s play compare to his many styles. Jam-Wah has done a series of Geo Vectorial Portraits of well known super heroes such as Cyclops and The Incredible Hulk. Check after the jump to see the large size images of the comic characters we like and also check out Jam-Wah’s deviantART page to see more of his awesome art.

Source: Geek-Art, deviantART Account

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Calvin and Hobbes is a series well loved by many former children, now reading the aforementioned series to their children. Thanks to those at DC comics the beloved tales of a child and his tiger have been reborn. It’s just not how you remember it this time around. Those buying Superman/Batman #75 get a special bonus comic in the form of Joker and Lex.

That’s right, with a now young( but still bald) Lex and Joker. Perfected into Bill Watterson’s iconic design, the tale of Lex once again getting defeated takes on an adorable twist for the ladies. This is a series that needs to be spun off and printed immediately.

source: thehighdefinite

LARGER IMAGE AFTER THE JUMP

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Have you ever wanted to see some of your super heroes being super buffed to the point where their head is so tiny (unlike me who has big body and a big ass head)? How about seeing some heroes a bit scrawny but fits the character? Well, Patricio Betteo took that mindset and drew some interesting pieces. From Wolverine to Rorschach, and from Spider-man to Bone, Betteo has drew various of characters. Check after the jump to see quite a few of them and see if Betteo drew one of your favorites.

Source: Comics Alliance, Patricio Betteo’s deviantART profile (more…)

We at nerdbastards don’t advocate throwing sharp objects at people. Really, it never ends well. But, it’s a different story when a piece of pointy death is actually a DIY nerd craft that is made of safe mostly safe plexiglass.  An Instructables.com craftsman named spookylean has written a how-to guide on making the snap-action Batarangs from Batman: Arkham Asylum (sweet!).

Here’s spookylean’s guide to making Batarangs. A single Batarang cost him $17 and took 10 hours — building them takes a bit of arts and crafts know-how, but the final result is quite handsome.

Now all you need is years of intense martial arts training; a college level education in criminology, chemistry, physics, electronics and engineering, a british butler, a costume and you’re all set to prowl the night.

I immediately call shenanigans on this video!  I think that unless he caught all 4 people totally off guard and robbed them only the way Batman could, then this is a total setup. In the event that it IS a phony, they better be careful, because someday their masked crusader/thief friends may take a bullet to the chest. Unless hes wearing Kevlar.

Batman is far too honorable to steal something as mundane as a Taco, so I honestly believe that he could knockoff a KFC load a bunch of buckets up with all the crispy cooked chicken! The video quality on this is pretty poor quality, but it’s Batman’s swoop into frame that steals the show…As well as the taco.

via buzzfeed

Our friends over at CollegeHumor got a bunch of illustration, done by Caldwell Tanner, of comic book characters hanging out in college. This will be your chance to see characters like Thor being drunk of his ass, Superman being the crying bitch that he is, and Aquaman pretty much being a joke (oh wait, that always happens). Check after the jump to get some chuckles and see a variety of characters in college situations that fits with the character and see if you can name them all as well (ya know, just to prove how much of a nerd you are).

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Hey look, it’s another set of poster art and it’s full of superheroes that people love. Mark Grambau, who has said that he himself has an unhealthy obsession of superheroes, got his art on with these simple yet awesome silhouette poster art. By using some colors, a quote, and the silhouette of the character, Grambau was able to show just who are these superheroes and what they’re about. Check after the jump to see if your favorite character got their own silhouette poster and also, head over to Grambau’s website to check out his other art/project.

Source: Comics Alliance, Mark Grambau’s Website (more…)