Warner Bros. announced today that the PC version of Batman: Arkham City will be released on 11/08/11 in the US.

GameStop:

“Pre-Order Batman: Arkham City with Gamestop and receive a code for a bonus digital copy of Batman: Gotham Knight. User account set up required, must be 18 or older.

Online Customers: A code with instructions will be emailed to you within 2 business days after your order ships.

Store/In-Store Pickup Customers: A code with instructions will be printed on your receipt at time of purchase.”

You will also get Joker’s Carnival Challenge Map which you also receive when you Pre-Order Batman: Arkham City from GameStop(USA) and Batman: The Animated Series skin if your a Power Up Rewards member.

It seems like nowadays, in a world where DLC reigns supreme, you end up missing out if you don’t preorder a game.  In the past, preordering was kind of pointless as you could always find the game on release date anyway, but now preordering comes hand in hand with some cool downloadable bonuses.

Details about those bonuses as they pertain to Batman Arkham City are starting to leak out.

Here are the Batman Arkham City Preorder Bonuses that we know about so far:

• Best Buy: With a Best Buy preorder you will receive a Batman Arkham City Combo Pack.  No details yet on what this combo pack is, though we’ll update this post as those details become available.
• Gamestop: Gamestop is giving away access to an exclusive challenge map, Joker’s Carnival, with your preorder.

While you can’t quite get your hands on Batman Arkham City yet, at least now you know when you’ll be able to.  The official release date for the game has been announced, and you’ll be swinging around pwning villains as the Dark Knight this October.

Here’s the official Batman Arkham City release date, broken down by region.

October 18th – North America
October 19th – Australia
October 21st – Europe and other global territories

So there you have it, Batman Arkham City has officially joined the crowded holiday release window.  I don’t know about the rest of you, but even in that crowded window Batman Arkham City is still my most anticipated game being released.