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Posted on Saturday, August 4th, 2012 at 10:23pm by Paul (ral)
Paul Dini rules out writing next 'Arkham' video game

Writer and producer Paul Dini has confirmed he will not be involved in an 'Arkham City' sequel (rumoured to be a prequel/Silver Age inspired story - read this) - whatever form it takes.

He made the statement via his blog:

So here's what's what with the Batman games as far as they relate to me:

The last talk I had with Warner Interactive about future games was while I was doing promotion for Arkham City last September. Naturally as there was such a rush of interest about Arkham City, everyone was asking me about a third game, and frankly, I had been wondering about that myself. When I asked about the possibility of working on a third game I was told that as Rocksteady had just finished wrapping the second one, it would be a while before everyone was ready to sit down and discuss future plans. That said, it was intimated that for future games, Warner and Rocksteady might not be looking as much to freelance writers, the message being, that if had something else interesting coming my way, I might want to take it.

When I later read their subsequent announcements about the Harley Quinn's Revenge game expansion and the rumored Arkham prequel/JLA game, I figured they had filled their writer needs. I had long before taken WI's advice and booked my schedule with a number of other projects, leaving me unavailable to take on anything new until 2013. It was fun working with Warners and Rocksteady on the first two Arkham games and I am grateful to them both for a tremendous experience.

Paul didn't rule out the possibitly of working with Rocksteady in the future though:

Rocksteady has a great crew of artists and storytellers, and it was exciting and enlightening for me to be part of that team. If we wind up working together again at some point, that would be cool, too.

The statement is the result of a series of tweets on twitter by Dini starting with him first saying:

Kinda hoped I'd be doing another Arkham game in London during the Olympics. Esp, as I had a good source for tx. Ah, well.

Twitter

...and then responding to questions from followers.

At the moment there are no confirmed details for any Batman orientated Batman game from Rocksteady and with Paul commited to other projects until 2013..who knows what may happen.

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