Polygon - Batman: Arkham Knight's PC port is a messhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/42931/favicon.ico2015-10-24T13:39:56-04:00http://www.polygon.com/rss/stream/86032362015-10-24T13:39:56-04:002015-10-24T13:39:56-04:00Batman: Arkham Knight for PC re-launches on Steam Oct. 28
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<p><i>Batman: Arkham Knight</i> will be re-released on PC on Oct. 28, <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/games/208650/announcements/detail/128710064900030355" target="_blank">Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced today</a>. The game returns to the online store four months after a <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/27/8857123/batman-arkham-knight-broken-console-glitch-falling-through-the-world-PS4-bug" target="_blank">disastrous bug-filled launch</a> led to <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/24/8842447/sales-of-batman-arkham-knight-pc-version-to-be-suspended" target="_blank">its abrupt removal</a>.</p>
<p>When it returns, <i>Arkham Knight</i> will be patched to include all free content that has been release for the game's console editions (excepting any console-exclusive content). That includes the game's photo and big-head modes, the <i>Arkham Asylum </i>character skin for Batman, and character selection in the combat AR challenges.</p>
<p>PC users who bought the game's season pass of downloadable content will get all DLC that has been released to date. Details are on <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/games/208650/announcements/detail/128710064900030355" target="_blank">the <i>Batman: Arkham Knight </i>Steam page</a>.</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2015/10/24/9607846/batman-arkham-knight-pc-steam-launch-broken-bugsOwen S. Good2015-10-02T14:30:02-04:002015-10-02T14:30:02-04:00Batman: Arkham Knight PC version circles October for retail return
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<p><a href="/game/batman-arkham-knight/36564" class="sbn-auto-link" style="font-style: italic;">Batman: Arkham Knight</a>'s Windows PC version should be patched and available for purchase again "at the end of October," a representative from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment wrote this week on the game's <a target="_blank" href="http://steamcommunity.com/games/208650/announcements/detail/126456258427632890" style="background-color: #ffffff;">Steam community page</a>.</p>
<p>The studio expects final fixes to the game, which is no <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/24/8842447/sales-of-batman-arkham-knight-pc-version-to-be-suspended">longer available for purchase</a> due to <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/23/8831325/batman-arkham-knight-pc-issues">serious performance problems</a> identified after launch, to be complete by the end of the month. At that point, <i>Arkham Knight</i> will again be offered up for purchase and that "support for all [downloadable content] that has been released for the console versions will be in place."</p>
<p>Following serious performance issues, <i>Arkham Knight</i> was removed from the Steam marketplace shortly after its release in June. These included a...</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2015/10/2/9440611/batman-arkham-knight-pc-version-retail-release-date-returnAllegra Frank2015-09-03T21:41:12-04:002015-09-03T21:41:12-04:00Batman: Arkham Knight may finally be playable at a decent framerate on PC
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<p>The PC release of <i><a href="/game/batman-arkham-knight/36564" class="sbn-auto-link">Batman: Arkham Knight</a></i> was <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/23/8831325/batman-arkham-knight-pc-issues">plagued with issues</a>, causing publisher Warner Bros.<a href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/24/8842447/sales-of-batman-arkham-knight-pc-version-to-be-suspended"> to stop selling the PC version of the popular title. </a>An "interim" patch was recently released for testing, and it's about to be released for everyone who has already purchased the game on PC.</p>
<p>Here's what you can expect from the patch:</p>
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<li>Reduced frame rate hitches <br> </li>
<li>Optimizations for system memory and VRAM usage <br> </li>
<li>Improved performance on all GPUs (requires the latest drivers) <br> </li>
<li>More Comprehensive In-Game Settings <br> </li>
<li>Fixed low resolution texture bugs <br> </li>
<li>Fixed hitches when running on mechanical hard drives (HDD) </li>
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<p>This is what you can expect from future updates:</p>
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<li>Adding support for SLI and Crossfire <br> </li>
<li>Adding support for the latest DLC &...</li>
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https://www.polygon.com/2015/9/3/9259179/batman-arkham-knight-pc-steam-patchBen Kuchera2015-07-24T15:30:02-04:002015-07-24T15:30:02-04:00Nvidia is doing what it can to help fix Batman: Arkham Knight's bad PC port
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<p>Nvidia's Tom Peterson says his best and brightest colleagues are working with Warner Bros. to fix the PC port of <em><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="/game/batman-arkham-knight/36564">Batman: Arkham Knight</a></em>. The final game in Rocksteady's trilogy, <em>Arkham Knight</em> was <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/23/8831325/batman-arkham-knight-pc-issues">released on PC in bad shape</a> and eventually <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/24/8842447/sales-of-batman-arkham-knight-pc-version-to-be-suspended">pulled off of Steam</a>. But making <a href="http://www.mmorpg.com/showVideo.cfm/videoId/4475">an appearance on MMORPG.com yesterday</a>, Peterson says he has top men working on the solution.</p>
<p>"We're fixing a ton of things that are not necessarily related to us," Peterson said. "Some of it may be related to our driver, some not. But at the end of the day the game is the focus and we're going to make it great."</p>
<p>Peterson is a distinguished engineer at Nvidia (that's his actual title) and part of the Gameworks group. Gameworks is a service that Nvidia offers, and an upper...</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2015/7/24/9036081/batman-arkham-knight-nvidia-gameworksCharlie Hall2015-07-18T13:52:29-04:002015-07-18T13:52:29-04:00Broken Batman: Arkham Knight on PC to get 'interim patch update' in August
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<p>Following a report that <i>Batman: Arkham Knight</i>'s deeply flawed PC port <a target="_blank" href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/7/16/8976373/report-batman-pc-fix-wont-hit-until-september-at-the-earliest">won't be fixed until September</a> or later, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has said <a target="_blank" href="http://steamcommunity.com/games/208650/announcements/detail/145589580833757497">it expects "an interim patch update"</a> to be released sometime in August.</p>
<p>WBIE made the announcement yesterday on the game's Steam page. WBIE <a target="_blank" href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/24/8842447/sales-of-batman-arkham-knight-pc-version-to-be-suspended">pulled the game from sale</a> on Steam days after its launch after numerous problems, performance defects and other issues came to light and customers demanded refunds.</p>
<p>"Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Rocksteady and our partners are targeting an interim patch update for existing players to be released in August," the statement says. "This update will address many of the issues we listed in our June 27 update."</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2015/7/18/8998401/broken-batman-arkham-knight-on-pc-to-get-interim-patch-update-inOwen S. Good2015-07-16T07:00:26-04:002015-07-16T07:00:26-04:00Report: Batman PC fix won't hit until September at the earliest
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<p>The PC version of <i>Batman: Arkham Knight</i> won't be fixed until September or later, according to an internal EB Games email obtained by Kotaku Australia.</p>
<p>EB Games has removed all copies of the PC version of the game from store shelves and is sending them back to publisher Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment, the site reports.</p>
<p>This is the memo sent to stores, according to the report:</p>
<p>"As previously advised we have stopped sales of <i>Batman: Arkham Knight</i> PC while Warner and Rocksteady work on addressing performance issues with the game. The latest information from Warner is that the updates won't be available until Spring. Due to this we have made the difficult decision to recall all PC stock from stores to return to the vendor until an...</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2015/7/16/8976373/report-batman-pc-fix-wont-hit-until-september-at-the-earliestBrian Crecente2015-07-11T10:34:56-04:002015-07-11T10:34:56-04:00Warner Bros. apologizes for Batman: Arkham Knight's defective PC port, says DLC delayed
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<p>The publisher of <i>Batman: Arkham Knight</i> <a target="_blank" href="http://community.wbgames.com/t5/Support-for-PC/July-10-Update-on-PC-Version-of-Arkham-Knight/m-p/605229#U605229">has apologized</a> for the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/27/8857123/batman-arkham-knight-broken-console-glitch-falling-through-the-world-PS4-bug">abominable condition</a> of the game's PC port and pledged that fixing it is a top priority. As such, any PC downloadable content, due to launch for console editions on Tuesday, has been put on hold.</p>
<p>"The <i>Batman: Arkham Knight</i> fans are extremely important to us and our highest priority is ensuring PC users get the full, high quality experience of <i>Batman: Arkham Knight</i> they deserve," the chief of community management for all of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment wrote yesterday.</p>
<p>Saying WBIE "heard the PC gaming community outcry of disappointment," he went on to say "we are taking full responsibility for releasing a product that did not meet our quality standards."</p>
<p>On the...</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2015/7/11/8933013/batman-arkham-knight-pc-broken-refunds-apologyOwen S. Good2015-07-01T12:45:02-04:002015-07-01T12:45:02-04:00Report: Warner knew about Batman: Arkham Knight PC issues 'for months'
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<p>"I will say that it's pretty rich for WB to act like they had no idea the game was in such a horrible state," a quality assurance tester who had worked on <i><a href="/game/batman-arkham-knight/36564" class="sbn-auto-link">Batman: Arkham Knight</a></i> and <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/24/8839195/batman-arkham-knight-pc">its troubled PC port</a> "for years" <a target="_blank" href="http://kotaku.com/sources-warner-bros-knew-that-arkham-knight-pc-was-a-1714915219">told Kotaku</a>. "It's been like this for months and all the problems we see now were the exact same, unchanged, almost a year ago."</p>
<p>The quality of the PC release of Rocksteady's latest (<a href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/19/8811383/batman-arkham-knight-review-xbox-one-PC-PS4">critically lauded</a>) Batman installment was immediately called into question, culminating in its <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/24/8842447/sales-of-batman-arkham-knight-pc-version-to-be-suspended">removal from the Steam marketplace</a> just a day later. At the time, publisher Warner Bros. released a statement which read, in part:</p>
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<p>We want to apologize to those of you who are experiencing performance issues with <i>Batman: Arkham Knight</i> on PC. We take...</p>
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