Batman: Arkham Origins - Online Supply Drop 1 (DLC)

I'll be straight with you: reviewing this DLC in 2026 feels like eulogizing something that's already been buried twice. Online Supply Drop 1 was built entirely for Arkham Origins' Invisible Predator Online, the asymmetrical multiplayer mode developed by Splash Damage that split eight players across three factions: three Joker thugs, three Bane thugs, and two heroes playing Batman and Robin. The concept was genuinely interesting. The heroes stalked from the shadows and racked up an intimidation score via takedowns, while the two villain gangs fought each other for respawn tickets in a structure that borrowed loosely from Battlefield-style ticket drain. Midway through matches, one henchman per team could transform into Bane or the Joker, which gave the whole thing a wild-card energy that pure shooters couldn't match. What this DLC actually adds to that mode is modest. For the Bane team you get two SWAT-themed clothing items: a SWAT helmet and a SWAT tactical jacket. Joker's side gets Blackgate Prisoner gear in the same count. On top of the cosmetics, there is a new weapon: the Sawed-Off Shotgun, a two-round, slow-reload gun that community feedback at the time quickly downgraded from "game-changing" to "situational at best." The weapon came with its own progression track and skins, and the Bane gear included three passive upgrades: faster reload, increased bullet count, and reduced equip time. So it was not purely cosmetic, but the gameplay edge was thin enough that most players who skipped it reported no real disadvantage. The larger problem has nothing to do with the content quality and everything to do with server history. Official online services for Arkham Origins were retired in December 2016. PC players kept matchmaking alive longer via community patches, but by April 2024 even that route closed, leaving only self-hosted sessions through a project called Arkham Revived. In plain terms: you cannot load this DLC into a functioning public lobby today. The SWAT jacket and Blackgate prisoner outfit have nowhere to breathe. The Sawed-Off Shotgun has no targets. If you happen to be part of an organised Arkham Revived group that runs scheduled sessions, this drop adds a sliver of variety. For everyone else, it is an artifact from a multiplayer experiment that history has mostly forgotten. The base game itself earned its Very Positive Steam rating and its Metacritic score on the strength of the single-player campaign, not this mode. Supply Drop 1 contributed nothing to that side of the game. There are no single-player unlocks, no challenge map additions, no story content. It was a live-service multiplayer drop from 2013 that served its purpose for a few months and then aged into irrelevance faster than almost any DLC in the Arkham catalogue. If you are building a complete Arkham Origins collection for archival reasons, it costs very little these days and sits harmlessly in your library. If you are actually hoping to use it, manage expectations firmly before clicking anything.

Alex · Scout Team

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