Batman: Arkham City PC patch fixes save corruption

Rocksteady has finally released a patch addressing save game corruption problems in the PC edition of Batman: Arkham City, four months after the game launched.

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Ever since the PC edition of Batman: Arkham City launched in November 2011, an unlucky portion of players have been finding their save files mysteriously corrupted and their progress lost. Four months later, Rocksteady Studios has finally released a patch addressing the problem, which even salvages the saves for some--but not all.

"Sadly we cannot guarantee that all lost saves will return but did all we could to bring them back," Rocksteady community manager Sarah Wellock explained on the forums.

The patch is already out on Steam, and is due to hit Origin and Games for Windows Live soon. Here's the hit-list of the problems it's targeting:

  • Occurences of Save File Corruption

  • Achievement re-locking issues

  • Crossfire/SLI Issues

    • Graphical flickering

    • FPS improvements when running crossfire

  • Instances of 32 bit memory problems

  • Improvements to performance in cut scenes and death taunts

  • Error messages removed when patching the game and improved patching process

From The Chatty
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    March 20, 2012 10:00 AM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Batman: Arkham City PC patch fixes save corruption.

    Rocksteady has finally released a patch addressing save game corruption problems in the PC edition of Batman: Arkham City, four months after the game launched.

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      March 20, 2012 10:06 AM

      Batman is all about saving stuff from corruption.

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      March 20, 2012 10:31 AM

      DVD extra: This headline was originally 'Batman: Arkham City PC patch pows! save corruption,' and I wish it still was!

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      March 20, 2012 10:34 AM

      great! I just started playing the game yesterday. despite owning it for 4 months

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      March 20, 2012 10:45 AM

      Cool though it did take a while. I wonder what the doubters think now that they have actually released patch for the PC version?

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      March 20, 2012 10:51 AM

      finally I can buy it. I refused as long as it had a bug that stupid.

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        March 20, 2012 10:57 AM

        I'd rather they add save anywhere button. this console checkpoint shit is shitty; it actually discourages you from exploring

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      March 20, 2012 11:07 AM

      is there a standalone patch if you didn't buy it on Steam?

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      March 20, 2012 11:20 AM

      is the 360 version safe?

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      March 20, 2012 11:36 AM

      I played through it over the last few weeks without an issue. I guess I was lucky?

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      March 20, 2012 11:36 AM

      Just in time, I'm playing this now. So far so familiar, but that's no bad thing!

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