Batman Arkham Knight is easily one of the best games of the year, and one of the best superhero games ever made. Take that Superman Returns adaptation. It’s gorgeous, epic and if you’re into scale, it’s a massive escalation forward from games such as Arkham Asylum and Arkham City.
If you’re playing on console that is. Batman Arkham Knight’s PC port is yet again another example of Warner Bros Interactive’s sheer inadequacy at ever getting a game release right on that platform.
I’m not saying that Batman Arkham Knight was a mess on PC, but it’s pretty much the equivalent of a doctor’s handwriting on a script. And it’s going to be a while before that game is working properly.
According to an internal email obtained by Kotaku, EB Games Australia said Warner Bros. expects the game to be ready for PC in September at the earliest, and November at the latest.
“As previously advised,” the internal EB Games email read, “we have stopped sales of Batman: Arkham Knight 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 acceptable solution is released.
Ouch. The PC launch was an utter disaster for bat-fans last month. The game was more broken than the Greek economy and buggier than a outdoor fish braai.
That quickly led to Batman Arkham Knight being pulled off of shelves around the world, forcing Warner Bros. to consider doing PC ports that weren’t utter crap for once. As soon as they figure out how PCs work, I’d assume. That stuff is complicated, according to an internal Warner Bros. Interactive board room meeting video:
Last Updated: July 16, 2015
Kensei Seraph - Terran Ghost
July 16, 2015 at 07:42
And of course I can’t watch the interesting video since Youtube is blocked.
WitWolfy
July 16, 2015 at 07:43
Love the header. I still cant to finish this game though. I’m like 39% in and find myself getting so bored most of the time with it.
Matthew Holliday
July 16, 2015 at 09:50
i was like 85% done, but then i started playing Ark survival evolved.
somehow batmans problems seem so small when a T-rex eats your base.
Captain JJ wants moar
July 16, 2015 at 10:47
ARK is a wonderful thing
Matthew Holliday
July 16, 2015 at 15:33
pretty stoked atm, our base is nearly done and our dinos are finally at a point where they can protect themselves.
now its time to start looking at the tougher dinos.
been a difficult week to ark though, getting an hour in here and there isnt enough when an ankylo takes 2 hours+ to tame
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 16, 2015 at 07:45
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Witcher Bob
July 16, 2015 at 08:02
He can’t be drunk, he’s broke. Can’t get pissed if you don’t have any money.
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 16, 2015 at 08:04
Now that I think about it, he’s a billionaire – so he’s not drunk, that’s a pile of cocaine he’s lying on.
Witcher Bob
July 16, 2015 at 08:07
That’s not cocaine, it’s a combination of screen tear and poorly rendered pixels.
Captain JJ wants moar
July 16, 2015 at 10:47
You’ve clearly never seen bergies get sh!tfaced every Sunday. ;P
Admiral Chief in Skellige
July 16, 2015 at 07:52
Pity
Nikola
July 16, 2015 at 09:15
Really really sad hey rocksteady dropped the ball with this big time!
Captain JJ wants moar
July 16, 2015 at 10:49
So did WB.
This day and age you’re an idiot for not testing a game before publishing it.
Nikola
July 16, 2015 at 10:56
Yeah big time. hahaha fully agreed I do not understand how could they just release a completely broken game, to a certain degree I can understand a few technical issue and overlooking with deadlines, presure and everything like what happened with assassins creed unity, even though it’s no excuse but a completely fucked game that doesnt work it beyond idiotic…
Captain JJ wants moar
July 16, 2015 at 11:00
Agreed.
It’s such a shame. After Mortal Kombat X you’d think they’ve gotten smarter.
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
July 16, 2015 at 09:20
Your choice of header is brilliant D! Especially since that PC version Stained Batmans’ image….
Captain JJ wants moar
July 16, 2015 at 10:47
Expect them to still charge the price of a new game by the time they release it. Got to make back those losses somehow.
It doesn’t matter how perfectly fixed it is, by the time it gets to pc it’s an old game and you should be paying for an old game, not a new one. That’s on WB.