Warner and Rocksteady have announced that Catwoman is a fully play­able char­ac­ter in the upcom­ing sequel to 2009’s Batman: Arkham City, while also real­ising a trailer and screen­shots to accom­pany the announce­ment.

As Catwoman, play­ers will have the chance to “indulge their darker side and explore Arkham City as the infam­ous feline femme fatale.” She’ll be fully fledged with her own storyline in the main game, Catwoman’s adven­ture com­ple­ments Batman’s cent­ral role and is seam­lessly integ­rated with his main story arc. She will also be play­able dur­ing the chal­lenge maps with her own unique com­bat moves, gad­getry and sig­na­ture “take­downs”.

Batman: Arkham City builds upon the intense, atmo­spheric found­a­tion of Batman: Arkham Asylum by send­ing play­ers into Arkham City, the new max­imum secur­ity “home” for all of Gotham City’s thugs, gang­sters and insane crim­inal mas­ter­minds. Set inside the heav­ily for­ti­fied walls of a sprawl­ing dis­trict, this “highly anti­cip­ated sequel intro­duces a brand-new story that draws together a new, all-star cast of clas­sic char­ac­ters and mur­der­ous vil­lains from the Batman uni­verse, as well as a vast range of new and enhanced game­play fea­tures to deliver the ulti­mate exper­i­ence as the Dark Knight.”

Arkham City will release on October 18 in North America and on October 21 in Europe for PS3, 360 and PC. Check out the trailer and screen­shots below.