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The Dark Knight and Turbine go free-to-play mobile with Batman: Arkham Underworld

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC are taking Batman into the free-to-play mobile game market.

Mobile is expected to hit $36 billion in revenue this year, an amount that is eclipsing all other game markets. So it’s no surprise to see the announcement of Batman: Arkham Underworld, developed by Warner Bros.’ Turbine studio, which has long focused on massively multiplayer online PC games.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.