Batman: Arkham Asylum DLC soon

Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced the Prey in the Darkness Map Pack, a new downloadable map pack offering two additional Challenge Maps for Batman: Arkham Asylum. The new content will be available beginning September 24th in North America as a free download exclusively on the PlayStation Network. Outside of North America, the Prey in the Darkness Map Pack will be available on both PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

In the Heart of Darkness, players will battle a mob of relentless maniacs at the Arkham Pumping Station. In the Hothouse Prey map, players will have to rely on their Predator instincts to silently take down enemies at the Abandoned Glasshouse.

Grab it tomorrow from PlayStation Network.

Warner Names Terminator Salvation Voiceover Cast

Well folks, in case you missed the news, there’s a new Terminator flick set to come out this Summer. Naturally, where there’s a big action packed Summer movie, there’s probably a video game tie-in coming in around the same time. Sure enough, the mouthful of Equity Games Production, Evolved Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, GRIN Studios, and Halcyon Games are all teaming up to bring a game based on the upcoming flick to the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC in time for the movie’s release in May. And while it might have been fun to listen to Christian Bale go off half cocked on some poor game developer during a voiceover session, that’s apparently got zero chance of happening.

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SCi In Buyout Talks?

The end of the year looks like it’ll be a busy time for the video game industry. First, word comes down that Sumner Redstone had a fire sale with his Midway stock, and now the UK-based Daily Mail is reporting that SCi, owner of Tomb Raider publisher Eidos Interactive, is currently in takeover talks after a year which has seen the company’s stock plummet more than 90 percent below its asking price this time last year.

According to the article, a source “familiar with the matter” said the takeover talks are in their early stages and that SCi has been approached by two separate firms within the past few weeks. While the two potential suitors weren’t called by name, the Daily Mail suggests that Electronic Arts and Ubisoft are the two sharks circling the waters around the sinking SCI ship. Of course, we can’t forget that Warner Bros. Interactive already owns a piece of SCi, and was recently cleared to purchase more stock in the ailing company.

If the two offers on the table are in fact from EA and Ubi, it makes this news all the more interesting, as EA already owns a minority stake in Ubisoft, meaning that EA could very well be bidding against itself for SCi. For its part, SCi is keeping quiet about everything, refusing to comment on the current financial dealings.