Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced that gamers can now finally play Batman: Arkham Knight on PC, thanks to an interim patch that it began rolling out on Tuesday,Sept.1.
The patch addresses major issues that plagued Arkham Knight's PC release in June, forcing Warner Bros. to pull out the game from Steam to the ire of many gamers who could not wait to take the new game out for a spin.
In a blog post, Warner Bros. says that the patch is now available to everyone who already has Arkham Knight. The company also detailed the major changes that it has included in the patch, including reduced frame rate hitches, better system memory and VRAM usage and improved GPU performance.
Warner Bros. also says that it has added more in-game settings, patched low-resolution texture bugs and hitches experienced by players who are using mechanical hard disk drives.
"As always, we will monitor for any additional issues that come up and will provide further optimizations and bug fixes along the way," says Warner Bros.
Among the future improvements that gamers can expect include support for SLI and Crossfire, the latest DLC and Season Pass content, and other updates in the future. Gamers on Windows 7 can also expect to see fixes for a specific problem involving NVIDIA GPUs and 8GB of RAM, while Windows 10 users with AMD GPUs will also see improvements for specific issues on the operating system.
"We would like to thank everyone for their patience and valuable feedback," Warner Bros. continues. "We'll provide ongoing updates as they are made available. In the meantime, please enjoy the game with the latest patch."
The patch was released shortly after it was leaked on Steam. Steam members who signed up for Arkham Knight's beta version on the platform reported on the Steam forums that they were able to play the game and run it "butter smooth" thanks to the leaked patch. They also said that the patch took up 626MB of storage. However, reports later indicated that the game had begun crashing and the patch appeared to have been removed.
The latest announcement from Warner Bros., however, should appease gamers who were unhappy about the removed patch.
