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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.
How Long To Beat

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 language

By default the game takes over the language settings of windows.

Instructions
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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

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

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120Hz

By default the game is locked at 62 FPS.
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Input settings

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

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Disable Mouse Smoothing

Instructions

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

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No sound or weak sound

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Game crashes right after launch

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Game crashes during introductory cutscene

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Game crashes under Windows 8

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Fix for missing Catwoman controls

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Using GFWL save file in Steamworks version

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 77
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Storage drive (HDD/SSD) 17 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
ATi Radeon HD 3850
512 MB of VRAM		NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
AMD Radeon HD 6970

References