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Batman: Arkham City

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Batman: Arkham City
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Developers
Rocksteady Studios
Publishers
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
OS X Feral Interactive
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows November 22, 2011
macOS (OS X) December 13, 2012
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Batman: Arkham City 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.
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.[1]

General information

Batman Wiki
Steam Users' Forums for game series
Steam Community Discussions
Technical Issues section of the official forum.

Availability

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All versions activate on Steam, including retail.[1]
The non-GOTY version upgrades to GOTY when activated on Steam.[1]

Essential improvements

Skip intro movies

Instructions

Change in-game language

This is especially useful because the game sets the language to whichever is used in Windows. For example, if you have a French Windows, Batman AC will automatically set up the language to French.

Instructions

Game data

In-game general settings.

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A guide on how to convert the GFWL save game into a save game that works with Steamworks.
A well-written post on the Steam Users' Forums about the way the game handles save data. Note that this forum post is only relevant to the deprecated GFWL version.

Save game cloud syncing

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Video settings

External video settings.

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Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

120Hz

By default the game is locked at 62 FPS.
Instructions

Input settings

External key map settings.
The gamepad layout for Batman: Arkham City

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

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Issues fixed

Low FPS

Instructions

Crash Fix – For Quad Core PCs

Instructions

Gray screen after fight with Joker

Instructions

No sound or weak sound

Instructions

Game crashes right after launch

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Game crashes during introductory cutscene

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Game crashes under Windows 8

Instructions

Fix for missing Catwoman controls

Instructions

Using GFWL save file in Steamworks version

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP/Vista/7 7
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 17 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB or ATi Radeon HD 3850 512 MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 or AMD Radeon HD 6970

References