Batman: Arkham City Game of the Year Edition

Gotham's never looked better, and you've never had more ways to patrol it. Batman: Arkham City Game of the Year Edition on Xbox 360 packages Rocksteady's masterpiece with every piece of post-launch content the game received, creating the most complete version of what many consider the greatest superhero game ever made.

The roster expansion alone justifies this edition's place in your collection. Catwoman, Robin, and Nightwing join Batman as fully playable characters, each bringing distinct combat styles that kept the challenge maps feeling fresh long after the campaign ended. Speaking of challenge maps, you get Wayne Manor, Main Hall, Freight Train, Black Mask, The Joker's Carnival, Iceberg Long, and Batcave, a lineup that turns the game's combat system into an endlessly replayable showcase.

Then there are the skins. The 1970s Batsuit, Year One Batman, The Dark Knight Returns, Earth One, Batman Beyond, Animated Batman, and Sinestro Corps Batman give collectors a visual tour through decades of DC history. Long Halloween Catwoman, Animated Catwoman, Animated Robin, Red Robin, and Animated Nightwing round out the cosmetic roster. Each skin is a nod to a specific era or storyline, making this edition feel like a curated museum of Batman's many identities. And Harley Quinn's Revenge campaign adds genuine narrative content that closes a thread left dangling by the main story.

This is mid-generation Xbox 360 collecting at its most straightforward and rewarding. No gimmicks, no plastic statues, just the complete game on a disc, the way it was meant to be experienced. For Batman collectors and Arkham devotees, this Game of the Year Edition is the version that belongs on the shelf, permanently.