Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition

If you missed the first run, Rocksteady gave you a second chance to experience Gotham's asylum in three dimensions. The Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition on Xbox 360, released in March 2010, brought the critically acclaimed action game back with full stereoscopic 3D support baked in.

This GOTY release landed at a time when 3D was the hottest buzzword in entertainment. Avatar had just rewritten box office records, and every entertainment medium was scrambling to add that third dimension. Arkham Asylum was a natural fit. The game's atmospheric corridors, its moody lighting and claustrophobic interiors, gained genuine depth when viewed through 3D lenses. Scarecrow's nightmare sequences, already some of the most visually inventive moments on the 360, became something else entirely with stereoscopic rendering. The GOTY branding also confirmed what we already knew: this wasn't just a good superhero game, it was the game that proved licensed titles could stand shoulder to shoulder with the best original IPs in the industry.

Arkham Asylum changed expectations for what a comic book game could be, and the Game of the Year Edition on Xbox 360 is the version that carries that legacy on its cover. The 3D functionality is a charming relic of its era, a technological curiosity baked into a game that didn't need any help being remarkable. For Batman collectors and 360 completionists, this is the prestige version of a game that earned every award it received.