Digital Cowboys: Episode 113

Mike Oldman from Eidos.

Many of our listeners may remember him from our muffled interview at the London MCM expo when we talked about Batman: Arkham Asylum. We're very pleased to welcome back to the show proper; Mike Oldman - Community Manager for Eidos (The European development house behind Tomb Raider, Hitman and Kane and Lynch).

As it turns out, there's a lot more to Mike's job than simple PR and a lot more to the man himself. He's one of the most interesting guests we've had on in terms of where his career has taken him. It was great to get a fresh perspective from the other side.

We talk about Batman in more depth, looking at character portrayal, also Just Cause 2, Metacritic, the Eidos/Square Enix deal and where that leaves the company, plus Mike's answers to our classic eight questions. There's also the Battlefield 1943 online debacle, the summer of pricey XBLA titles, what we've been playing and reader mail. All that, plus a special announcement for something incredibly cool for us.

You can find the Eidos Website here. Mike's website here. His twitter here and most importantly an ancient pre-Red VS. Blue Halo machinima named Strykeforce here.