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Batman: Arkham Asylum

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Batman: Arkham Asylum
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Developers
Rocksteady Studios
Publishers
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
OS X Feral Interactive
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows September 15, 2009
macOS (OS X) November 19, 2011
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Batman: Arkham Asylum on Wikipedia
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Warnings

For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.


The macOS (OS X) release of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Batman: Arkham
Subseries of Batman
Batman: Arkham Asylum 2009
Batman: Arkham City 2011
Batman: Arkham Origins 2013
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate Deluxe Edition 2014
Batman: Arkham Knight 2015
Batman: Arkham VR 2017
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League 2024

Key points

DRM switched from Games for Windows - LIVE and SecuROM to Steamworks for digital copies.
Built in benchmark removed post Steamworks patch.

General information

Batman Wiki
Steam Users' Forums for game series
Steam Community Discussions
Eidos Batman: Arkham Asylum Forums for game
How Long To Beat

Availability

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Essential improvements

Patches

The normal version of Arkham Asylum is currently at version 1.1. It is highly recommended to update to the latest version if you haven't already.
The GOTY edition of the game does not need any patches, version 1.0 (as shown in the title screen) already has all the fixes.
  • BM_Garden Patch To check if you require this file navigate to the following folder in your Batman installation folder:

Batman Arkham Asylum\BmGame\CookedPC\Maps\PhysX\Maps\Garden

Check for a file called Garden_A_PhysX.umap, if it is already located there is no need to touch this file.

Skip intro movies

Instructions

Game data

In-game general settings.

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The save subfolder is named with a long string of letters and numbers.

Using GFWL save file in Steamworks version

Instructions

Save game cloud syncing

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Video settings

External video settings.
Video settings can only be changed in the launcher

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Field of view (FOV)

Default field of view is 45.
Instructions

Framerate limiter

Instructions

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Instructions

Input settings

External movement commands key map settings.
External action commands key map settings.
The gamepad layout for Batman: Arkham Asylum

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Disable Mouse Smoothing

Instructions

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

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Issues fixed

Microsoft.NET Framework error

Instructions

Keyboard not working

Instructions

Game crashes when leaving the Morgue

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS) XPVista, 7
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Storage drive (HDD/SSD) 9 GB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAMNVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
ATI equivalent
512 MB of VRAM

References