Gotham Knights Upcoming Patches Will Fix Performance Issues on PC, Consoles

Gotham Knights is getting a sequence of patches. In a Twitter thread, developer WB Video games Montréal has laid out issues it’s seeking to deal with by way of future updates, beginning with the efficiency points throughout PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Collection S/X. A patch for the previous is now dwell, aimed toward fixing common keyboard enter points, co-op matchmaking invitations, and stability, which resulted in sport crashes for a number of gamers on PC. These on PS5 and Collection S/X will obtain a patch later within the week, although the studio does not provide many particulars.

“For our console gamers, the subsequent Gotham Knights patch is deliberate for the tip of the week, with extra particular info to come back quickly. Just like PC, this patch will deal with a mixture of wanted fixes which have popped up since launch,” the tweet reads. On a broader degree, WB Games Montréal says it’s conscious of the efficiency problem, and is difficult at work on a bigger replace, promising “the absolute best expertise.” Per week previous to launch, government producer Fleur Marty confirmed on Gotham nights’ official Discord server that the sport could be locked to 30fps on the PS5 and Xbox Series S/X.

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A 60fps efficiency mode on the current-gen consoles was not an choice, and even then, the sport posed technical points at launch, with frequent lag spikes that will reveal themselves when traversing within the open-world. On this new tweet thread, the builders acknowledged: “For console customers, we’re particularly aiming to handle challenges with framerate stability.” This suggests that even with patches, WB Video games Montréal isn’t prioritising an unlocked 60fps efficiency on the PS5 and Xbox Collection S/X. No less than, not any time quickly.

In our PC performance review, we mentioned: “WB Video games Montréal clearly bit off greater than it might chew right here, leading to a bloated mess that fails on a technical degree. Operating on Unreal Engine 4, Gotham Knights on PC can look visually interesting at occasions, however fixed body drops and high-end PC necessities basically doom it.”

System requirements for Gotham Knights have been on the higher-end, demanding an Nvidia RTX 2070 graphics card to run it at locked 60fps, at “Excessive” presets. That is along with issues with common gameplay, which the builders have addressed within the latest patch.

Adjustments have been applied to repair UI points, graphical settings not being utilized accurately, and “meditating animations,” which appears to be Gotham Knights’ model of T-posing, the place the character fashions glitch out. “Numerous crash fixes all through the title, most notably throughout the S.T.A.R. Labs ‘free the scientists’ battle and the Harley Quinn Hospital Boss Battle,” the patch observe reads. On the time of writing, WB Video games Montréal is investigating compatibility points with Nvidia photograph mode instrument, Ansel.

On a associated observe, Gotham Knights briefly disabled its anti-piracy measure, Denuvo DRM, when pushing out the PC patch. It wasn’t lengthy earlier than information started circulating on the CrackWatch subreddit, basically letting pirates create free copies, albeit they might be not noted of the co-op expertise. A brand new construct with the anti-tamper safety was finally launched, however harm was already finished.

Gotham Knights is out now throughout PC, PS5, and Xbox Series S/X.