{"id":41394,"date":"2013-04-29T18:31:42","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T17:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=41394"},"modified":"2013-04-30T09:16:59","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T08:16:59","slug":"batman-arkham-origins-wont-star-kevin-conroy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/batman-arkham-origins-wont-star-kevin-conroy\/","title":{"rendered":"Batman: Arkham Origins won&#8217;t star Kevin Conroy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_41395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41395\" style=\"width: 616px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Batman-Arkham-Origins-Kevin-Conroy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41395\" alt=\"A screenshot from Batman: Arkham Origins\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Batman-Arkham-Origins-Kevin-Conroy.jpg\" width=\"616\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Batman-Arkham-Origins-Kevin-Conroy.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Batman-Arkham-Origins-Kevin-Conroy-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot from Batman: Arkham Origins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Long-term <em>Batman<\/em> voice-actor Kevin Conroy, who first gave the Dark Knight his iconic growl in the 1992 <em>Batman: The Animated Series,<\/em>&#xA0;won&#x2019;t be reprising the role for <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/40087\/batman-arkham-origins-videogame-based-on-year-one\/\">Batman: Arkham Origins<\/a>&#xA0;<\/em>despite appearing in the two pervious instalments of the videogame franchise.<\/p>\n<p>According to South Africa&#x2019;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2013\/4\/29\/4281270\/kevin-conroy-not-reprising-role-in-batman-arkham-origins\"><em>NAG Magazine<\/em><\/a>, &#x201C;To fit the younger vision of the Caped Crusader, WB Games Montreal decided to go with a new voice talent.&#x201D;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick up the 2012 Game Of The Year edition of&#xA0;<em>Batman: Arkham City<\/em>&#xA0;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Batman-Arkham-City-Game-Year\/dp\/B009WGS42E\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1360694921&sr=8-3&tag=scifinowmag-21&link_code=as3&creative=9298&camp=2506\">for Xbox 360 priced &#xA3;15.74<\/a>&#xA0;from <a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2yxy6GA\" 112034  target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>.co.uk.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-41394-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6d0geMX4nWA&#038;_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6d0geMX4nWA\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6d0geMX4nWA<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Batman: The Animated Series voice actor Kevin Conroy replaced for Arkham Origins 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