I think we all know that the PC version of Arkham Knight has been a complete disaster. I don’t think I need to rehash over the entire cycle of what happened, so I’ll condense it a bit. The game was broken when it was released on PC, Warner and Rocksteady took ages to fix it – but it was never really fixed properly.
Last month, when the patch that was supposed to fix things failed to do so to the satisfaction of many PC pundits, Warner said that it would offered refunds, but continue to try to fix things.
“We are very sorry that many of our customers continue to be unhappy with the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight. We worked hard to get the game to live up to the standard you deserve but understand that many of you are still experiencing issues,” they said on Steam back then.
Until the end of 2015, we will be offering a full refund on Batman: Arkham Knight PC, regardless of how long you have played the product. You can also return the Season Pass along with the main game (but not separately). For those of you that hold onto the game, we are going to continue to address the issues that we can fix and talk to you about the issues that we cannot fix. “
One such issues that they’re unable to fix is the ability for the game to work properly with two GPUs – so they’ve just given up. You’ll never get official SLI or crossfire compatibility with the latest in Batman’s adventures. Here’s what the developer says:
“We’ve been working with our development and graphics driver partners over the last few months to investigate utilizing multi-GPU support within Batman: Arkham Knight. The result was that even the best case estimates for performance improvements turned out to be relatively small given the high risk of creating new issues for all players.
As a result we’ve had to make the difficult decision to stop work on further multi-GPU support. We are disappointed that this was not practical and apologize to those who have been waiting for this feature.”
That’s gotta sting for PC players who’ve invested in the bleeding edge ; though I think it’ll hurt future Warner Bros PC games more.
Last Updated: November 20, 2015
Nikola
November 20, 2015 at 13:39
This will never get fixed ever pathetic actually
#EA4life
Hammersteyn
November 20, 2015 at 14:05
BWAHAHAHA
Captain JJ the Goo
November 20, 2015 at 14:17
Almost like EA’s SimCity, one would say.
WitWolfy
November 22, 2015 at 16:48
Master race problems…
UltimateNinjaPandaDudeGuy
November 20, 2015 at 13:40
I guess they had to make a decision to give up and move on to the next project.
They better know that the next one will have to be perfect.
Corrie
November 20, 2015 at 13:44
Sadly not many people will bite for their upcoming games if they basically have abandoned their previous title
So they’re shooting themselves in the foot, their problem is they should’ve rebuilt the game from scratch instead of trying to duct tape their leak, it would be costly but damn they should atleast have taken the pinch since they hired these idiots.
Remo Williams
November 22, 2015 at 15:55
What they should have done was make the game for PC in the beginning, then port excellence to consoles. Not make something console quality then try to port that to the PC. That was the root cause of this whole fiasco.
Deceased
November 23, 2015 at 11:23
How to upvote multiple times?!
( To get this bugger to the top!!! )
Marcus
November 20, 2015 at 13:47
And yet it won’t. They (big gaming companies) will never really give a damn about the end product. They will keep pushing a game right until the release, then get right into the DLC and that’s that. From that point on, you can go play with yourself.
Milesh Bhana
November 20, 2015 at 15:22
Rocksteady will definitely have the pressure on them for the next PC release.
Very curious to know what they’ll do next. I doubt they’ll do Batman. May not even be a DC Comics property.
Anyway, a real pity about the PC port, it really was an amazing game.
James Anderton
November 20, 2015 at 13:43
Just refund it guys. Even if you’ve finished it and it worked fine on your PC.
Send a message on behalf of the rest of the PC community. We won’t accept complete and utter bullshit releases from hack development and publishing companies.
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 20, 2015 at 13:47
It was all so promising…
Marcus
November 20, 2015 at 13:49
I find this a bit sad. Could have been a great turnaround story.
RinceThis
November 20, 2015 at 13:50
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HvR
November 20, 2015 at 13:56
*fixed it
https://media.giphy.com/media/JfJ1SrEkAyWg8/giphy.gif
RinceThis
November 20, 2015 at 14:19
hahahaha
Hammersteyn
November 20, 2015 at 14:06
https://heavyeditorial.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/batmanakfail.jpg?quality=65&strip=all
Captain JJ the Goo
November 20, 2015 at 14:25
It’s a shame really. WB was one of the companies I still had a lot of respect for.
Not anymore
Bob of the Khundelar
November 20, 2015 at 14:48
WB did what the Joker failed so many times to do…kill Batman.
Morne
November 20, 2015 at 15:29
Now that is what I call, “Batman of the week”
Corrie
November 20, 2015 at 15:31
Atleast on thing I can say is I bought the game + season pass on the cheap at Like R250 as opposed to the R1200 on steam..still haven’t downloaded it but will one day…on day
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 21, 2015 at 14:22
At least it runs perfectly on consoles… #hoHoHo #ConsoleUberMensch
WitWolfy
November 22, 2015 at 16:50
Funny enough my brother in law said it didn’t give him any trouble when he played it on pc.
Zahira
March 31, 2016 at 14:03
How can you mess this up so badly?