UPDATED: Gotham City Impostors Announced, News from GamePro

Warner Bros. and Monolith just announced a curious-sounding downloadable multiplayer shooter featuring fake Batmen and Jokers.

File this one under"Umm... what?"

Warner Bros. and Monolith have announced that Gotham City Impostors is on the way. The game is a downloadable team-based multiplayer shooter that pits a team of"bat imposters"against a team of"Joker imposters."Both teams are, as their name suggests, dressed as Batman or the Joker, but in an obviously silly way -- they're wearing poor disguises such as masks.

The game will be multiplayer only as there won't be any bot support. Player gear will be customizable, however, including weaponry. So far it sounds as if the weapons involved will be guns, but this being (at least vaguely) Batman related it's possible there'll be some gadgetry in there, too.

UPDATE:It seems the game will be based around 4v4 multiplayer in a variety of modes, including conventional team deathmatch. One of the other modes is called Psych Warfare and tasks players with collecting batteries to put into a brainwashing machine. This, in turn, causes the other team to panic and lose the ability to use weapons.

Customization is an important part of the game, and includes a wide variety of costumes, body types and weapons that affect the way the game plays. Players carry two weapons plus a gadget and a support item. Weapons can be customized with skins ranging from realistic camo to outlandish pink animal-print paint jobs. Gadgets are"homebrewed,"in keeping with the"impostor"theme, and include everything from smoke bombs to roller skates. A progression system unlocks more weapons, items and costume pieces as your level increases, and your kill cam"signature move"can also be customized.

From the sounds of things, Monolith isn't taking things too seriously -- but anyone who ever played their early games such as No One Lives Forever will know that this is very much a good thing. And apparently comic book writer Jim Lee liked the concept so much that we can expect an Impostors storyline in print soon.

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