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Batman Arkham Knight for PC Pulled. Refunds offered.

Batman: Arkham Knight is one of the biggest game releases of 2015. The game is a critical success, and is sure to be a commercial success as well when it’s all said and done. Unfortunately, the launch of the game hasn’t been the smoothest on PC, and while that is not an uncommon occurrence, the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight is experiencing such major issues that Warner Bros. has decided to take rather drastic action.

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UKmilitia3925d ago

crazy this because im finding it runs really really well on PS4.

Irishguy953925d ago

They skimped on the PC version. They did the right thing. This was a press disaster till now

Twignberries3925d ago (Edited 3925d ago )

Funny enough, it runs virtually flawless on my pc at 4k maxed, but I've been avoiding commenting on these threads in fear of rubbing it in :D

frelyler3924d ago

@ twigsnberries

I call complete BS. Why would you lie, the game simply won't perform smoothly at any settings or resolution. Prove it and post video of the game running with an fps counter, otherwise your just pathetic.

UKmilitia3924d ago

why have i got disagrees?
im stating my opinion from my time on the game lol.

full of idiots this site.

Ken853924d ago

Dunno why you got disagrees either. I'm playing on my Ps4 and its pretty much flawless. Especially compared to other recent open world games like AC Unity and Witcher.

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RPG12013925d ago

Why don't they test it better before releasing?

Oh. That's right; the money.

Testfire3925d ago

From what I hear they are going to be losing money because not only do they have to refund the customer in full, but Valve will still be keeping their cut from WB for selling the game.

Erik73573925d ago

I bought this off greenman gaming for 28 bucks...could I get 60 dollars back?!?!

Peace_Love_and_FPS3925d ago

Not sure what GMGs policy is for returns, but since it's a 3rd party service that gives you product keys you could be out of luck

Imalwaysright3924d ago

I hope they do lose money in this process. That'll ensure that they won't try this sort of crap anytime soon.

freshslicepizza3924d ago

not sure where you read that valve gets a cut even for refunds. mind showing us that information please?

some thought the new return policy on steam wasn't a very good idea. sure looks like it is now. i imagine it's a lot more difficult getting refunds for digital content on the consoles if the game runs like crap or the online is broken (halo collection, driveclub).

ginsunuva3924d ago

So people can sabotage them by buying it on steam and refunding it, thereby making the publisher lose money and make lord gaben even richer?

freshslicepizza3924d ago

"So people can sabotage them by buying it on steam and refunding it, thereby making the publisher lose money and make lord gaben even richer?"

steam will go after those who abuse the system. when you have a huge spike in returns as i imagine what happened here then there is obviously something wrong with the game.

you sound like people should not get their money back even though they pulled the game because of how bad of a port it was.

kevnb3923d ago

i dont think thats how it works.

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ChrisW3925d ago

I have a feeling the group of Devs who ported it to PC are going to be blacklisted from any future projects by WB Games.

Lon3wolf3925d ago (Edited 3925d ago )

Most probably not as WB used them for PC Arkham Origins which also had issues at launch, thouhgt WB would of checked the release version of Knight after that before they it released but no.

MasterCornholio3925d ago

So the Jokers last despicable act was to screw up the PC version of the game. I'm sure he's laughing at PC gamers from the grave.

Anyways its horrible that they treated the PC version this way. They shouldn't have released the game in this state and in my opinion it would have been better to delay it.

Ken853924d ago

Agreed with you until you said delayed. This game has already been delayed like twice, if they knew the PC version would have issues they had plenty of time to fix it.The problem is was shitty testing or lack thereof for the PC.

TheFirstClassic3924d ago

They should have put bigger priority on it.

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Ranking the Batman Arkham Games: Every Arkham Title Ranked

Discover the best Batman Arkham games ranked from Asylum to Knight, including Origins, VR and more, with a focus on combat, story, and world design.

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All Batman Arkhamverse Games, Ranked

Every game set in the Batman: Arkham universe, from the Asylum to Metropolis.

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victorMaje579d ago

Asylum is my personal favourite. City a close second but Asylum just felt tighter, exactly what it needed to be, no more no less.

chicken_in_the_corn578d ago

Origins
Asylum
City
Knight
Suicide Squad

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Batman: Arkham Shadow is another VR game players do not want

Geoff Keighley revealed a new Batman Arkham game is in the works to be released later this year, with a first look at gameplay happening at Summer Game Fest. Unfortunately for just about everyone, Batman: Arkham Shadow is a VR-only game exclusive to the Meta Quest 3. The community reaction hasn’t been great.

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RonsonPL692d ago

What a bunch of nonsense.
Gamers saw 0 seconds of actual gameplay and the author of this "article" says they don't want the game.

Friendlygamer690d ago

Don't even know what is a meta quest 3

abstractel690d ago (Edited 690d ago )

Troll post?

On topic, this could be good but no way to know until it's out. Glad that it's Quest 3 exclusive so it doesn't have to run on the Quest 2. If it turns out to be good, I look forward to a eventual PCVR or PSVR 2 port.

Friendlygamer690d ago (Edited 690d ago )

I mean, I know what a vr headset is but I've never heard of this one, I thought the big one was the Sony one. I have a friend who believed Microsoft hadn't released a new Xbox console to compete with the ps5 because series s and series x sound a lot like x and s, that's how apathetic people can be I guess

aaronlif10690d ago

I see the industry is once again trying to bash VR. I honestly think most game companies don't want to have to cater to VR and are doing whatever they can to bury it. Which is a shame because when done right, VR games are absolutely amazing. Half Life Alyx being one of the most obvious examples. But too many people are trying to see it fail. Most of the big companies don't want to spend the extra energy on it. It's much easier to just churn out yet another call of duty that they know will make a ton of money, which from a business standpoint is understandable, but unfortunately they are preventing the evolution of a new way to experience gaming. When I see an article like this, it just makes me think that there's a real effort to cause VR to fail. Has this guy even played the game? Has he even seen any actual gameplay from it? For all he knows it could be amazing. I think the only complaint I have is that it's coming only to meta quest 3 and not PSVR2, which seems like an odd decision. Sony is dropping the ball with PSVR2 so bad. It's a great headset but they simply aren't making any effort to support it. And I think it all boils down to big companies not wanting to put the effort towards VR. But Sony needs to push harder too. How Half Life Alyx hasn't shown up or even been hinted at for PSVR2 since the headset came out is beyond me. Sony should be moving mountains to convince Valve to port the game to PS5 and PSVR2. That is the biggest chance Sony has at convincing people of what VR can do. It's sad really. I love VR games. Half Life Alyx is one of my favorite gaming experiences ever. And it wouldn't have been possible any other way. I truly hope these people don't cause us to lose out on such a promising tech. But articles like this certainly don't help. And it's especially frustrating when clearly this person hasn't even tried the game yet.

Michiel1989690d ago

if I were a massive company I wouldn't make VR games either. It's so much risk, first you have to nail making a game for VR, which we've seen is really hard to do. Secondly, the vr market is very fractured considering how small it is. Quite a decent amount of headsets for such a small space, all which have different specs, so then you gotta pick the right one. 3rd is needs to sell an astronomical amount relative to the install base for a AAA VR game to pay off. Too much if's and risks and not worth the effort.