Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate is a side-scrolling action-adventure game for the Nintendo 3DS set in an expanded Gotham City. It presents an original prequel narrative that occurs years before Batman Arkham Asylum and Arkham City. Players control a younger, more inexperienced Batman as he confronts emerging threats and shapes his identity as a formidable crime fighter.
Batman: Arkham Origins features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline occurring several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City. Taking place before the rise of Gotham City's most dangerous villains and assassins, the game showcases a young, raw, unrefined Batman as he faces a defining moment in his early career as a crime fighter that sets his path to becoming the Dark Knight. As the story unfolds, witness identities being formed and key relationships being forged.