A less broken bat
Good news -- publisher WB Games has released its promised interim patch for the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight, which is now available to download. However, the game itself is still not available on Steam.
Following a plethora of complaints over performance problems after its initial release earlier this summer, WB Games decided to halt sales until the game's developers could whip up a patch. What's available today is the first of more to come.
It's also likely the same or similar to the one that was inadvertently made available yesterday to Steam users who had signed up for the game's beta. It was only available for a short time before WB Games realized its error and pulled it offline.
Several users posted impressions of the patch yesterday, though the comments section today is a bit more divided.
"A great performance improvement here (Core i5-2500K, 4.2GHz, GTX 970, 8GB RAM, Windows 7)," one of the comments reads.
"There are still HUGE frame drops and stuttering issues. I'd say it's actually worse than it was before," reads another comment.
Here's a list of things the patch is supposed to fix:
- Reduced frame rate hitches
- Optimizations for system memory and VRAM usage
- Improved performance on all GPUs (requires the latest drivers)
- More Comprehensive In-Game Settings
- Fixed low resolution texture bugs
- Fixed hitches when running on mechanical hard drives (HDD)
And here's a list of issues WB Games says will be fixed via future updates:
- Adding support for SLI and Crossfire
- Adding support for the latest DLC & Season Pass content
- Adding support for additional updates such as Photo Mode
- Continued improvements and bug fixing for a Windows 7 specific memory issue that occurs on configurations with 8GB of system RAM and some NVIDIA GPUs during extended game play
- Continued improvements for Windows 10 specific issues on systems with some AMD GPUs
"We would like to thank everyone for their patience and invaluable feedback. We’ll provide ongoing updates here as they are made available. In the meantime, please enjoy the game with the latest patch," WB Games said.
It's not yet known when the game will be made available again on Steam.
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