The Matter of Family will still launch July 14 for season pass customers on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, and then be available for purchase separately on July 21 for those consoles. 'We apologize for the delay and only want to make sure that any content that we offer is up to the standards that PC players expect.' 'Our continued focus on getting the right PC fixes in place for the main game has had an impact on the development of all DLC content for the PC version of the game,' WBIE said. Meantime, The Matter of Family, a story extension starring Batgirl, will not launch for PC on July 14 for those who bought the $39.99 'season pass' entitling them to all future downloadable content. 'These fixes are currently being implemented into the game and once we have been able to do some initial testing, we'll have a better idea on the status of our progress.' An update on this effort is promised by next week. 'At this time, we believe we have identified a number of fixes for the larger issues that were affecting PC players at launch,' the community manager wrote. Speaking to Kotaku last week, quality assurance testers who worked on the game said WBIE had full knowledge of the PC port's substandard quality well before it launched June 23. As the crisis grew during the game's launch week, lead studio Rocksteady took over management of the fixes and issued a patch on June 28, though significant repair still is needed.Īrkham Knight's defects on PC include framerates dropping as low as 10 per second while operating the Batmobile, which figures prominently throughout the game. The PC port of Batman: Arkham Knight was developed by Iron Galaxy Studios. Steam's new policy of refunds for digital purchases figured prominently in WBIE's retreat. On PC, it is the latest in video gaming's trend of heavily marketed products sold by major publishers in a fundamentally broken state.Īrkham Knight's problems on PC are so severe that WBIE pulled it from the Steam online store in its launch week. On the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, Batman: Arkham Knight is a critically acclaimed video game.

Saying WBIE 'heard the PC gaming community outcry of disappointment,' he went on to say 'we are taking full responsibility for releasing a product that did not meet our quality standards.'

Interactive Entertainment wrote yesterday. 'The Batman: Arkham Knight fans are extremely important to us and our highest priority is ensuring PC users get the full, high quality experience of Batman: Arkham Knight they deserve,' the chief of community management for all of Warner Bros. As such, any PC downloadable content, due to launch for console editions on Tuesday, has been put on hold. The publisher of Batman: Arkham Knight has apologized for the abominable condition of the game's PC port and pledged that fixing it is a top priority.

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