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If you've played one of the previous two LEGO Batman games, or really any of developer Traveller's Tales LEGO games, there's a certain degree of knowing what you're getting into with LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham. Though it certainly has a new coat of paint on it, so to speak, many of the mechanics and gameplay objectives are the same as they've always been. The developers make up for that by giving players more of everything: playable characters, levels, collectibles, power-ups, costumes side quests, Easter eggs and locations. Mix that more-is-more mentality with an enduring charm and sense of humor, and you've got a pretty compelling package, albeit one that tends to bring out some of my worst tendencies as a player.

Each weekday, ComicsAlliance brings you a carefully selected variety of links from around the web about comics and comics-related media, including movies, video games, toys, and whatever else might be worth noting. Quite frankly, these are items you may just need to know about to have a productive day. Take a look at today's hand-picked links after the jump.

We've seen a lot of footage Batman: Arkham Origins over the past few weeks, but relatively little from its handheld sibling, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Blackgate developer Armature Studio are making up for it today with 10 whole minutes of gameplay footage, narrated by game director Mark Pacini. From the looks of it, the game's a solid, 2.5D versio

Not to be overshadowed by its big-console brother, the WB Games handheld prison-action game Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is showing off some of the trick it's got up its "Metroid-Vania" sleeve. Among them: A lot of bad guys, including The Joker, The Penguin, Black Mask, Deadshot, and the just-revealed Solomon Grundy. Catwoman's there, too (and also in a new screen shot from the game)

Between Injustice: Gods Among Us and Justice League: Earth's Final Defense, fans have had no shortage of video game brawlers starring Superman of late. With the release of Man of Steel on June 14, though, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Phosphor Games Studio have announced they'll loose a specifically movie-flavored option for fans on iOS and Android, plus Google Play and the Amazon Appstore the same day for roughly $3-5 depending on the device.

For those who haven't gotten their fill of fighting in DC Universe Online, it seems a specialized new multiplayer online battle arena game (MOBA) is on its way later this year from Turbine and WB Games. While it's not based directly on the Geoff Johns-written 2005-2006 DC Comics mega-event of the same name, the new Infinite Crisis game will allow players to battle across shifting environments usi

WB Games, Netmarble and Mobicle have unveiled the first Justice League game for iOS devices, Justice League: Earth's Final Defense, which will be available for download starting August 1. A new trailer for the mobile game shows Green Lantern, Superman, Wonder Woman, the Flash and Batman beating up a variety of Qwardians and bad seeds from Gorilla City, plus the Joker and a gang of clown-masked thu

Batman's various animated incarnations have yielded their share of 2-D beat-em-ups. Some have been fun, some remain...much, much less fun. That trend could be changing for the better, however, if new in-game footage from WB Games and Wayforward is any indication...