| Gotham City Impostors | |
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| Developer(s) | Monolith Productions |
| Publisher(s) | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| Producer(s) | Nathan Edson |
| Designer(s) | Craig Hubbard |
| Programmer(s) | Brad Pendleton |
| Artist(s) | David Longo |
| Composer(s) | Nathan Grigg |
| Engine | Lithtech Jupiter EX |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 |
| Release | PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 February 8, 2012 Microsoft Windows February 7, 2012[1] August 30, 2012 (F2P)[2] |
| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Gotham City Impostors was a first-person shooter multiplayer-only video game developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Set in the universe of DC Comics' Batman, it consisted of two teams of six players which try to kill the other team: one with amateur vigilantes dressed like Batman, and the other with criminals dressed like his archenemy, the Joker.[3][4][5] It featured customizable characters and a range of both traditional and imagined weapons.
Unlike other Batman games, Gotham City Impostors was not physically released. It was released on Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network and Microsoft Windows via Games for Windows – Live in February 2012.[4][6] The game was re-released on Microsoft Windows as a free-to-play title on August 30 the same year via Steam using Steamworks.[2]
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- ^ a b Crecente, Brian (August 31, 2012). "'Gotham City Imposters' goes free to play on Steam". The Verge. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
- ^ Kollar, Phil (July 2011). "The First-Person Spin-Off". Game Informer. No. 219. p. 63. ISSN 1067-6392.
- ^ a b Pinsof, Allistar (June 9, 2011). "E3: Gotham City Imposters". The Escapist. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
- ^ Jackson, Leah (June 9, 2011). "Gotham City Impostors - Psychological Warfare: Multiplayer Impressions". G4. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
- ^ Hill, Owen (June 8, 2011). "E3 2011: Gotham City Impostors trailer brings the crazy". PC Gamer. Retrieved June 11, 2011.