Update:

Looks like Gotham City will be going into a deep freeze sometime this year. Warner Bros. has updated its Batman Arkham Facebook page on New Year's Eve with a message saying "all-new story DLC coming in 2014." The accompanying image shows an award for the "Wayne Foundation Humanitarian of the Year" that depicts a woman holding up a heart-shaped diamond with shards of ice in the background.

The imagery strongly hints that this new story DLC will center on longtime Batman villain Mr. Freeze. Batman: Arkham City players may remember that Mr. Freeze, originally scientist Dr. Victor Fries, put his wife Nora into a cryogenic slumber in order to cure her of a fatal disease. Could the figure be Nora holding up Freeze's ice-cold heart? And if so, will this DLC depict the tragic beginnings of Batman's frosty foe?

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Warner Bros. is teasing an imminent announcement regarding the Batman: Arkham franchise, set to be revealed on New Year's Eve.A post on Facebook reveals a "special announcement" will be made on December 31, though quite what it pertains to is unclear."Visit this page on December 31st for a special announcement…more details to come next week," reads the accompanying text.What this could refer to is anyone's guess. The likelihood is that it's the narrative-focused DLC we were told was coming in early 2014. There's always a slim chance that it could be the rumoured next-gen Arkham title could be about to get a reveal, but that seems unlikely, given that it'd be announced at a time when most people are preoccupied with seeing in the New Year.There's one other, tantalising possibility though. Could we be about to bid a tearful farewell to the Year of Luigi, just to be welcomed into the loving arms of the Year of the Bat?! That's the only Christmas present I've ever wanted, anyway.

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