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As Arkham Asylum took many cues from comics such as Arkham Asylum: Living Hell and Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, it appears that Arkham City will be taking many cues from the year-long No Man’s Land storyline. Following a massive earthquake that tore most of Gotham county to the ground, the city itself was deemed unsalvageable by the US Government and was sealed off from the rest of the country by a military blockade. Anyone found trying to enter or leave the new no man's land would be shot. Within the city boundaries were criminals, homeless, infirm, those who couldn't or refused to get out in time and those that stayed to protect them. Feudal states soon emerged, with 'gangs' showing fealty to a leader in return for food and protection. The leaders were the more charismatic criminals from Arkham, such as Penguin, Two-face, Scarface and the Joker. With limited resources and less-than-stable leaders the gangs were often at war to gain as much territory as possible.Read More
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