First, we learned that Adam West would play himself in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham. Then came the news that Kevin Smith would bring his Fatman On Batman quips into the game as a playable character. But now, courtesy of WB Games’ New York Comic-Con panel, comes the news that Conan O’Brien will bring his pale force to the game as a playable character. But before dropping that bombshell, the panel announced a slew of new characters in rapid fire fashion. The full list includes…
- Jim Lee – The Co-Publisher at DC Comics.
- Mad Hatter, Man-Bat, Deadshot, Deathstroke, Kalibak, Polka-Dot Man and Detective Chimp – A gaggle of Bat villains and one talking monkey.
- Music Meister – A vilain from Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
- Darkest Knight Batman – Bruce Wayne as the Green Lantern.
- Solar Suit Superman – Superman in his deep space suit.
- Condiment King – A joke villain from Batman: The Animated Series.
- Green Loontern – Daffy Duck’s Duck Dodgers character dressed up as another green superhero.
Finally, WB Games and TT Games announced that Lego Batman 3 will receive a post-release DLC pack based on The CW’s Arrow. The appropriately-named Arrow Pack will include a new level, new vehicles, and eight new characters (Arrow, Diggle, Felicity Smoak, Helena “Huntress” Bertinelli, Slade Wilson, Roy Harper, Sarah “Black Canary” Lance, and Malcolm Merlyn). The Arrow Pack will be available for the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham will be available for those platforms (as well as the 3DS, PC, Vita, and Wii U) on November 11.
Minecraft is finally ready to shrink down to PS Vita size as Sony has announced (via the 
It’s almost the weekend, and here, at least, the weather’s going to be on the wetter side! Hopefully that means I’ll get some time to sit under a blanket and play some games. I wish Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel was out already, but just a few more days to wait!
There’s more Castlevania coming to the Wii U Virtual Console today as Nintendo has added Castlevania: Circle of the Moon to their online storefront. The Game Boy Advance classic, one of the best available during the handheld’s launch period, sidesteps the Belmont clan to tell the story of vampire hunter Nathan Graves.
