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Warner Bros. explains why Batman: Arkham Origins is a prequel, rather than sequel
Coming from a Videogamer interview with creative director Eric Holmes...
"One of the things that excites people from the prequel side is we take him in a much more raw and unformed state, and we start to form him. We know where he ends up. If we were doing a straight sequel to Arkham City, for example, we'd know exactly where we'd start off. It's Batman. He's exactly him! In a way, he's trapped by that... it's kinda like The Simpsons [laughs]. He has to reset every so often. You can do big changes but to some degree, because he's Batman, you can go to a different place, or you can kill a character, or you can add an ally, change who Robin is. Regardless, there's a core to that character that's very true."
Full interview here
"One of the things that excites people from the prequel side is we take him in a much more raw and unformed state, and we start to form him. We know where he ends up. If we were doing a straight sequel to Arkham City, for example, we'd know exactly where we'd start off. It's Batman. He's exactly him! In a way, he's trapped by that... it's kinda like The Simpsons [laughs]. He has to reset every so often. You can do big changes but to some degree, because he's Batman, you can go to a different place, or you can kill a character, or you can add an ally, change who Robin is. Regardless, there's a core to that character that's very true."