At this year's San Diego Comic-Con, Rocksteady games producer Sefton Hill, writer Paul Dini, Batman's voice-actor Kevin Conroy, Joker's voice-actor Mark Hamill discussed how Batman: Arkham Asylum came to be, what fans will love about the game, the possibility of a Joker game in the future, and what Hamill and Conroy plan on doing in future.

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Hill announced that he was happy to be in San Diego and to have so much of Batman’s history to build of off to make this game. He praised the game’s depth of characterization for Batman, with its focus on not only his fighting skills but his predator skills, his use of psychology and his relationship with the Joker.

Torres then asked Paul Dini about his involvement, and he realized that when he first flew to London to see the game in progress, he was blown away at how much development studio Rocksteady “got” Batman.

On the topic of how they decided on the voices, Hill said to the crowds delight that there wasn’t even a choice; it was Conroy and Hamill or nothing. Hamill then welcomed the crowd in the Joker’s voice and how he’s is glad that the Joker can really cut loose now that he’s out from under the standards and practices rules of TV animation. He also said his son can’t wait to play as the Joker on the PS3 version (a feature exclusive to that system). Dini added that it could be the first step to a mayhem filled Joker game. Hamill then remarked that this might be his last shot at the Joker after 17 years, and Conroy praised him for his consistency with the character. Dini added that they couldn’t get enough Joker in the game and mentioned an in-game collectable: a series of audio tapes of Joker’s psychoanalysis sessions where he and Quinn discuss his relationship with Batman that players are really going to want to find.

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