What is Arkham City based on?

Written by veteran Batman writer Paul Dini with Paul Crocker and Sefton Hill, Arkham City was inspired by the long-running comic book mythos. In the game's main storyline, Batman is incarcerated in Arkham City, a super-prison enclosing the decaying urban slums of fictional Gotham City.
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Where is Arkham City in real life?

Location. The precise location of Arkham is unspecified, although it may be surmised from Lovecraft's stories to be some distance to the north of Boston, probably in Essex County, Massachusetts.
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Is Arkham City and Gotham the same place?

Arkham City was actually a large part of Gotham City, that was turned into a lawless warzone for the criminals of Arkham Asylum and Blackgate to run free and do whatever they pleased as long as they did not try to escape.
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What are the Arkham games based off of?

Interactive Entertainment. Based on the DC Comics superhero Batman and written by veteran Batman writer Paul Dini, Arkham Asylum was inspired by the long-running comic book mythos.
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Where is Arkham City supposed to be?

Arkham City is a walled off section of Gotham City's slums that's been converted into a sort of no man's land prison. Similar to an "Escape from New York" situation.
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What city is Arkham based off of?

Arkham Sanitarium appears in the short story The Thing on the Doorstep and may have been inspired by the Danvers State Insane Asylum, aka Danvers State Hospital, located in Danvers, Massachusetts.
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What comic is Arkham City based on?

Based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, it is the sequel to the 2009 video game Batman: Arkham Asylum and the second installment in the Batman: Arkham series. Written by veteran Batman writer Paul Dini with Paul Crocker and Sefton Hill, Arkham City was inspired by the long-running comic book mythos.
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What is Arkham in real life?

Arkham have roots in real life and science fiction. The. infamous DC sanatorium was inspired by the the real. life Danvers State Insane Asylum in Danvers, Massachusetts, which was constructed by Nathaniel J.
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What year is Arkham City set?

Thus, Asylum would take place in 2016, City in 2017, and Knight in 2018, which makes sense considering that technology today is centered around: for example, drones are really big today and the Arkham Knight's Militia use drones heavily. It's a bit of an exaggeration, but at least it stems from this era of time.
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Does Arkham City happen in one night?

All the previous games take place over the course of one night, and this one will be the same. Ah ok, thanks for answering :) Have a candy cane!
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Why was Arkham City shut down?

Arkham City was mostly shut down after Strange's and Ra's deaths. After Batman and Robin defeated Harley Quinn, Arkham City was officially shut down.
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Why is NYC called Gotham?

Irving took the name from the English village of Gotham, Nottinghamshire, which was known for the Wise Men of Gotham story, a legendary incident where the village's residents feigned idiocy to prevent a royal visit from John, King of England.
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Why is it called Arkham?

It was created in 1974 by Len Wein and designed by Iry Novick under the name The Elizabeth Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane. This dark and spooky institution from the old Victorian era is named after the fictician town of Arkham (Massachusetts), a recurring site in the works of the writer H. P. Lovecraft.
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What state is Gotham in?

Gotham is located in New Jersey in southern most of the DC multiverse, often (but not always) across Delaware Bay from Metropolis. The latter alternates between being in New York and Delaware, depending on the comic/version of Earth, but New York City is its own place in the DCU.
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What does the word Arkham mean in English?

Arkham literally means "Evil village" : r/Lovecraft.
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What happened to Old Gotham?

In Other Media. In Batman: Arkham City, the ruins of Old Gotham are under Arkham City, with most of the buildings rotting and the former streets filled with icy water. These ruins lead to Wonder Tower and the old Wonder City.
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Who is the main villain of Arkham City?

Professor Hugo Strange is one of the two main antagonists (alongside the Joker) of the 2011 action-adventure superhero video game Batman: Arkham City, the second installment in the Batman: Arkham franchise.
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How old was Joker in Batman: Arkham City?

BTAS Joker's age was from 44 to 50 in DCAU. Heath Ledger's Joker was between 30 and 35 in the Nolan Batman canon.
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What is the time gap between Arkham Asylum and Arkham City?

Rocksteady's second game in the series, Batman: Arkham City takes place a year and a half after Arkham Asylum. Following the events of Asylum, Mayor Quincy Sharp opens Arkham City, a section of Gotham City walled off to house criminals.
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What mental illness does Arkham Joker have?

The psychopathology Arthur exhibits is unclear, preventing diagnosis of psychotic disorder or schizophrenia; the unusual combination of symptoms suggests a complex mix of features of certain personality traits, namely psychopathy and narcissism (he meets DSM-5 criteria for narcissistic personality disorder).
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Is Arkham Asylum a jail?

It first appeared in Batman #258 (October 1974), written by Dennis O'Neil with art by Irv Novick. Located in Gotham City, the asylum houses patients who are criminally insane, as well as select prisoners with unusual medical requirements that are beyond a conventional prison's ability to accommodate.
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Who is the real Arkham Knight?

The Knight reveals himself as Jason Todd, the previous Robin, who was tortured and seemingly murdered by Joker. Todd blames Batman for abandoning him, and escapes after refusing Batman's offer to help him.
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How long is the Arkham City main story?

Arkham City – 13 hours to beat the campaign. Then 57 hours to hit that 100% game completion stat. Arkham Knight – 16 hours to get through all the main missions. With up to 50 hours if you plan to uncover every single secret.
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Are all the Batman games canon?

Yes, Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League is in the same canon, continuity and universe as all previous Arkham games, taking place several years after the conclusion of Arkham Knight.
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How much time passes between Arkham City and Arkham Knight?

In short, not counting Origins, the Arkham series takes place within the time-span of 15 months. ↑ Scarecrow's attack on Gotham takes place during Halloween.
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