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Batman PC release bumped to September, Nvidia PhysX supported

by Griffin McElroy on Aug 6th 2009 5:30PM

Bad news for those hoping to answer the Bat-Signal's call by way of a computer -- the PC version of Batman: Arkham Asylum will not be arriving at the "same Bat-time" (or "same Bat-channel," if you think about it) as its console iterations. Eidos and Nvidia today dated the PC release for September 15 in North American and September 18 in Europe and Australia. That's a bit of a bump from the console versions' August 25 launch.

Speaking of Nvidia, today's news also revealed that the game will support the manufacturer's "PhysX" technology, provided you've got a beefy enough GeForce card. We suppose the game's newfound prettiness makes up for its marginal tardiness. Hey, at least it wasn't pushed to the ever-popular Q1 2010, right guys?

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Tags: batman-arkham-asylum, delays, eidos, nvidia, physx, warner-bros

Reader Comments (39)

As long as they don't bump back the 360 version I'll be happy.

Agreed. This is one of only 3 games I am super hyped about this year (the others being MW 2 and Bioshock 2)

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Bioshock got delayed dude

Thats ok I will be playing it on the PS3
the only place i can play as the Joker

Why so serious?

I'm pretty sure the PC version will see some mods coming out that allow you to play as the Joker as well.

I just finished rereading Red Son and now any other Batman seems lame to me.

Batman Will Never be Lame Lol...though Red Son is Kickass! Check out Justice (Three Part GN series) really Good JLA Adventure.

Really? I thought Red Son was a bit of a disappointment. Then again, I'm not really a big fan of the alternate-universe/what-if type scenarios.

fuck you!

Also, I just don't like Superman comics in general.

But don't worry, Brucie. You're still one of my favorite comic book characters of all time.

superman sucks

Yep. I'd even go so far as to say that Batman is the only DC superhero who doesn't suck, with the possible exception of Green Lantern.

The Flash is pretty cool, so is The Question. There are tons of great characters, unfortunately they are greatly outnumbered by shitty writers. *Cough Grant Morrison & Jones Cough*

I actually tend not to read any superhero comics at all. Batman is really the only one.

I mainly just read a lot of Vertigo comics.

wow that's a shame. The Batman comics have been terrible for years. Well, Detective Comics is excellent but the Batman titled ones suck.

are you serious? morrison is an amazing writer. he just shouldn't be allowed near other peoples intellectual properties.

leave grant morrison alone. he is an amazing writer. he just shouldn't be allowed anywhere near other peoples intellectual properties

Oh no, I never read the syndicated comics. I stick solely to graphic novels and trade paperbacks. I've never been able to get into going to go get new comics every few weeks.

Played the demo just hours ago and I can't wait.

Yay, PhysX!

I knew I wouldn't be wasting the money on just flapping-plastic in Mirror's Edge.

now it's flapping cloth in Batman! YYEEEEEAAAAAHHHH!!!!

You forgot your glasses!

You don't need a separate card for PhysX, newer nvidia cards have support.

Yeah I know, I bought a GTX 260 216 partly because of the in-built PhysX. But also because it was the price/performance I could find at what I was prepared to pay.

Cool... extra PhysX features being advanced cape physics?

I don't mind the extra wait...at least we're sure theres a PC version coming. I just don't like when studios don't tell you so you buy their game for an alternate platform not knowing if you'll wait for it forever on pc...

Agreed and its less than a month wait, I believe about 2 weeks longer, not too bad.
I wonder what the added Physx effects will look like compared to the console versions.

I don't mind the piracy-reducing wait so long as they say from the start that there'll be a PC version.

I spent £40 on a PS3 copy of GTA4 when I would much rather have played it on PC - i simply didn't know there was going to be a port, and the same was true for another 3-4 months-ish after the release.

Since GTA3 came out back in 2001, the PC has gotten the game roughly 6 months after the console release. I dunno if I can wait that long when the next GTA comes out.
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Fat Princess had Nvidia PhysX, it doesn't really mean anything.

PhysX is supported on basically all the 8 series or newer cards, you don't need a separate physics card to utilize it.

Is the PC demo still coming this week?

this aren´t good news, this kind of stuff is what hurts sales of the pc version, i´m sure many guys that could get it for the pc or for the 360 or ps3 are not going to wait for the pc version even though we all know it´s going to be the best looking. I just hope companies stop doing this kind of stuff as it only hurts sales.

I think people who have a PC capable of playing it at high graphics would wait. Firstly to justify the PC's existence, why have a good PC if you're not gonna play games on it, right? Secondly, the PC version is £10/$10 cheaper. I'm one of a large number of people who are happy to wait in order to make that saving.

you can count me in on that, i waited for street fighter because i knew it was going to be better and it was. However i don´t think that many other guys will jump to the 360 version because many just want to play the game. The p.c. version is always going to be the best that´s true, but with a title as anticipated as this one i don´t think is smart to release the pc version later, i just hope that all the pc users with an xbox are really willing to wait for the pc one.

I still want a very cinematic "The Dark Knight" game, but this still looks awesome. Can't wait. Isn't the demo released tomorrow?

I don't understand... The game has been delayed... but not to Q1 2010?
Why is my world collapsing on me?
Nothing makes sense any more, theres no reason or consistency.

WHY GOD WHY!

man. at least it's not 2010 like every other game and it's only a couple weeks but seriously WTF is going on. This game already got delayed twice already and it's not done for PC yet?

and every other damn game getting delayed. this is getting really annoying.

FUK YEAH! 20 fps performance decrease!

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