Batman: Arkham Knight Will Be Available On Linux And SteamOS In Spring 2016

I hope they port the previous games as well - Arkham City is effing amazing.

It was already known than it was coming on Q2 2016, since xcom 2 is coming in february, and batman ak has been marked as coming after that one. At least now it's official.


Last edited by edo on 28 Oct 2015 at 7:22 pm UTC

I hope they port the previous games as well - Arkham City is effing amazing.

Which makes me wonder why they ([Feral](http://store.steampowered.com/search/?publisher=Feral%20Interactive%20%28Mac%29#sort_by=_ASC&category1=998&publisher=Feral%20Interactive%20%28Mac%29&page=1) and [Aspyr](http://store.steampowered.com/search/?publisher=Aspyr%20%28Mac%29#sort_by=_ASC&category1=998&publisher=Aspyr%20%28Mac%29&page=1)) haven't ported their Mac catalog over?

Though, I'm not complaining. They're doing pretty well as is with newer titles.


Last edited by Keizgon on 28 Oct 2015 at 7:38 pm UTC

Vulkan! (maybe...) :P

Just looked at the Windows [patch notes](http://steamcommunity.com/games/208650/announcements/detail/128710596358926236).

For Windows 10 users, we’ve found that having at least 12GB of system RAM on a PC allows the game to operate without paging and provides a smoother gameplay experience.

People are whining about this, but to be frank, this is why Windows 10 is trash for gamers. Well it's trash to begin with, but those complaining about this I doubt understand Rocksteady isn't at fault. Their launch was definitely their fault, but the RAM requirements is all on Microsoft's unnecessary background spyware noise. If they really don't care about their OS spying on them, Windows 10 users have no one else to blame but themselves in this situation.

Steam link missing :P

Taken from one of the reviews: "I'm running a gtx 970 and an i5-4690k and I get mostly 60fps gameplay. However, when it comes to gliding and the batmobile the performance is just awful in some cases the fps goes to the mid 30's."

Having the exact same hardware, I'm not too excited about the port. Unless maybe expanding RAM from 8GB to 16GB would help, then I might give it a go - but still wait for proper Linux benchmarks before purchasing.

For Windows 10 users, we’ve found that having at least 12GB of system RAM on a PC allows the game to operate without paging and provides a smoother gameplay experience.

People are whining about this

I honestly don't get this attitude, especially given that adding 8GB RAM to a system costs less than this game to begin with. ;-) When building my Steambox I bought only 8GB because at the time there was not a single game that would actually benefit from more RAM. But I left one slot free for another 8GB in the future, because that's how computing works and has always worked. Especially so with Windows - as far back as I remember, every new Windows release has always meant huge boost of sales of memory expansions. ;-)

Just looked at the Windows [patch notes](http://steamcommunity.com/games/208650/announcements/detail/128710596358926236).

For Windows 10 users, we’ve found that having at least 12GB of system RAM on a PC allows the game to operate without paging and provides a smoother gameplay experience.

People are whining about this, but to be frank, this is why Windows 10 is trash for gamers. Well it's trash to begin with, but those complaining about this I doubt understand Rocksteady isn't at fault. Their launch was definitely their fault, but the RAM requirements is all on Microsoft's unnecessary background spyware noise. If they really don't care about their OS spying on them, Windows 10 users have no one else to blame but themselves in this situation.

Mmm... I wouldn't say such things in that situation. I don't know if it comes from the game or from Windows which is too eager to page, but let's not jump to such conclusions without some evidence. Unless you have some, of course ;)
The RAM requirements on Linux might even be (I highly doubt it, but it depends on how the game will manage it) higher.

About the other titles... I doubt they will come over to Linux, since this title is UE4-Based, thus the porting process should have been easier (minus the experience porters gained from the plethora of UE3 games ported). Speaking of UE games, I hope the UNREAL series will come one day :)

Just looked at the Windows [patch notes](http://steamcommunity.com/games/208650/announcements/detail/128710596358926236).

For Windows 10 users, we’ve found that having at least 12GB of system RAM on a PC allows the game to operate without paging and provides a smoother gameplay experience.

People are whining about this, but to be frank, this is why Windows 10 is trash for gamers. Well it's trash to begin with, but those complaining about this I doubt understand Rocksteady isn't at fault. Their launch was definitely their fault, but the RAM requirements is all on Microsoft's unnecessary background spyware noise. If they really don't care about their OS spying on them, Windows 10 users have no one else to blame but themselves in this situation.

Oh, please - you're just a hating fanboy. This has absolutely NOTHING to do with Windows. The game runs like sh*t. Feel free to check out the Steam sub-forum. The Witcher III and Battlefield 4 run at 1440p with less than 8GB of RAM but the "amazing" Batman needs 12GB of RAM for 1080p. If you bothered to actually check things before you made absurd statements you'd know that Arkham City has sub par performance to this day and Origins is plain broken with WB refusing to fix it because there was no "Steam Refund" policy at the time of its release. Feel free to recall this come spring 2016 when Arkham Knight hits Linux and it runs like absolute a**.

Oh, please - you're just a hating fanboy. This has absolutely NOTHING to do with Windows. The game runs like sh*t. Feel free to check out the Steam sub-forum. The Witcher III and Battlefield 4 run at 1440p with less than 8GB of RAM but the "amazing" Batman needs 12GB of RAM for 1080p. If you bothered to actually check things before you made absurd statements you'd know that Arkham City has sub par performance to this day and Origins is plain broken with WB refusing to fix it because there was no "Steam Refund" policy at the time of its release. Feel free to recall this come spring 2016 when Arkham Knight hits Linux and it runs like absolute a**.

Wow, simmer down there salty Joe. Could care less what you just said after "hating fanboy". I have no clue what that even means. I will say this though, I love Batman. Did I ever buy a game from who you are talking about? Nope. So now I'm obligated to care about that company? Why? Hell, why should I give a shit about Battlefield 4? I never touch EA games to begin with. Sounds to me it's your own personal problem, and I don't have to be an obsessive diehard gamer to see that.

Windows 10 is going to take more RAM (every Windows does, for whatever new "feature" they want to add). Whether it takes 12 GB or 8 GB, doesn't make that statement wrong. Sorry you're offended by the Windows 10 Skynet comment. Get some more new RAM or hardware if you thought a "free" upgrade was totally worth the sanity check to feed your corporate overlords.

Of course I'm going to invest in this game when it comes to Linux. It's a completely different porting company doing it (with an approval rating from me so far).


Last edited by Keizgon on 28 Oct 2015 at 11:08 pm UTC

Oh, please - you're just a hating fanboy. This has absolutely NOTHING to do with Windows. The game runs like sh*t. Feel free to check out the Steam sub-forum. The Witcher III and Battlefield 4 run at 1440p with less than 8GB of RAM but the "amazing" Batman needs 12GB of RAM for 1080p. If you bothered to actually check things before you made absurd statements you'd know that Arkham City has sub par performance to this day and Origins is plain broken with WB refusing to fix it because there was no "Steam Refund" policy at the time of its release. Feel free to recall this come spring 2016 when Arkham Knight hits Linux and it runs like absolute a**.

Wow, simmer down there salty Joe. Could care less what you just said after "hating fanboy". I have no clue what that even means. I will say this though, I love Batman. Did I ever buy a game from who you are talking about? Nope. So now I'm obligated to care about that company? Why? Hell, why should I give a shit about Battlefield 4? I never touch EA games to begin with. Sounds to me it's your own personal problem, and I don't have to be an obsessive diehard gamer to see that.

Windows 10 is going to take more RAM (every Windows does, for whatever new "feature" they want to add). Whether it takes 12 GB or 8 GB, doesn't make that statement wrong. Sorry you're offended by the Windows 10 Skynet comment. Get some more new RAM or hardware if you thought a "free" upgrade was totally worth the sanity check to feed your corporate overlords.

Of course I'm going to invest in this game when it comes to Linux. It's a completely different porting company doing it (with an approval rating from me so far).

How is you not being a hardcore gamer or not purchasing EA in any way related to the performance of games in Windows. If anything it shows you don't really know what you're talking about. Which btw is clear because for all it's shortcomings (mostly security related) if Windows 10 can be praised for something it is solid gaming experienced. Claiming that a 50% increase in RAM usage of a proven bad port is somehow the OS' problem is a fundamentally flawed statement when compered to the mountain of evidence (i.e. other games) that says otherwise.
I realize I may have chosen the wrong tone in my previous post and I apologize for that, but I stand firmly behind my statement - you clearly do not know what you're talking about.

This is "GamingOnLinux". If you are a Windows user here to defend Windows....I'm sure you have something else better to do with your time...maybe?

How is you not being a hardcore gamer or not purchasing EA in any way related to the performance of games in Windows.

I didn't make it a relevant statement to start with, you required it to be the butt of the conversation. I made an observation, you attacked me.

If anything it shows you don't really know what you're talking about. Which btw is clear because for all it's shortcomings (mostly security related) if Windows 10 can be praised for something it is solid gaming experienced.

Again, you're trying to make me acquire some sort of gamer "credentials" for Windows Land. I don't have to do business with EA or RockSteady for this subject. I can still test cross-platform games and software to get an informed opinion on Windows 10 "gaming". It blows, chunks, from my experience. However, my original claim wasn't to be an informative opinion. It was just a blanket OPINION and how Microsoft further ceases to amaze me how they can fuck up their own OS, on an ethical level (read the damn public private policy yourself) and a technical level.

What are you trying to get out of me? To be specific on how terrible it is (I mean I can if you want me to, but you derailed this topic so hard enough)? Or that I'm suppose to be "mad" about RockSteady's port? Fuck man, I don't know how many times I have to say this but, THEY AREN'T DOING THE LINUX PORT.

Now THAT is what is irrelevant.

I realize I may have chosen the wrong tone in my previous post and I apologize for that, but I stand firmly behind my statement - you clearly do not know what you're talking about.

Even if I didn't SIN to test out the horrors of Windows 10 (which sadly I did and barfed all over it), I can still tell you from all the information I gather on it in the public eye, that it's a piece of shit. All you are doing, is saying "You have no right to an opinion because you're not a gaming elitist like I am". You can go piss off with that nonsense.

For Windows 10 users, we’ve found that having at least 12GB of system RAM on a PC allows the game to operate without paging and provides a smoother gameplay experience.

People are whining about this

I honestly don't get this attitude, especially given that adding 8GB RAM to a system costs less than this game to begin with. ;-) When building my Steambox I bought only 8GB because at the time there was not a single game that would actually benefit from more RAM. But I left one slot free for another 8GB in the future, because that's how computing works and has always worked. Especially so with Windows - as far back as I remember, every new Windows release has always meant huge boost of sales of memory expansions. ;-)

Adding 8GB might be an option for you. What if your RAM banks are already full? Or your motherboard provides only one bank? Or two banks filled with 2GB modules? Then you would have to rip out your already installed memory and get 16GB modules.

I hope they port the previous games as well - Arkham City is effing amazing.

Which makes me wonder why they ([Feral](http://store.steampowered.com/search/?publisher=Feral%20Interactive%20%28Mac%29#sort_by=_ASC&category1=998&publisher=Feral%20Interactive%20%28Mac%29&page=1) and [Aspyr](http://store.steampowered.com/search/?publisher=Aspyr%20%28Mac%29#sort_by=_ASC&category1=998&publisher=Aspyr%20%28Mac%29&page=1)) haven't ported their Mac catalog over?

Though, I'm not complaining. They're doing pretty well as is with newer titles.

Porting their Mac catalogue to Linux would require refreshing (extending to Linux) the deal with the original publisher and putting some extra work into it. My guess is that releasing a new game for both Mac and Linux is usually just more profitable than doing it for Linux only. And they have limited recources considered Steam Machines being around the corner etc.

I wonder whether this game will support AMD on Linux. I mean, it runs on both consoles...

I wonder whether this game will support AMD on Linux. I mean, it runs on both consoles...

It doesn't run on OpenGL or AMD's Linux drivers on consoles. The lack of AMD support in Feral's ports isn't due to AMD's hardware being insufficient in any way. It's all about the software.

How is you not being a hardcore gamer or not purchasing EA in any way related to the performance of games in Windows.

I didn't make it a relevant statement to start with, you required it to be the butt of the conversation. I made an observation, you attacked me.

If anything it shows you don't really know what you're talking about. Which btw is clear because for all it's shortcomings (mostly security related) if Windows 10 can be praised for something it is solid gaming experienced.

Again, you're trying to make me acquire some sort of gamer "credentials" for Windows Land. I don't have to do business with EA or RockSteady for this subject. I can still test cross-platform games and software to get an informed opinion on Windows 10 "gaming". It blows, chunks, from my experience. However, my original claim wasn't to be an informative opinion. It was just a blanket OPINION and how Microsoft further ceases to amaze me how they can fuck up their own OS, on an ethical level (read the damn public private policy yourself) and a technical level.

What are you trying to get out of me? To be specific on how terrible it is (I mean I can if you want me to, but you derailed this topic so hard enough)? Or that I'm suppose to be "mad" about RockSteady's port? Fuck man, I don't know how many times I have to say this but, THEY AREN'T DOING THE LINUX PORT.

Now THAT is what is irrelevant.

I realize I may have chosen the wrong tone in my previous post and I apologize for that, but I stand firmly behind my statement - you clearly do not know what you're talking about.

Even if I didn't SIN to test out the horrors of Windows 10 (which sadly I did and barfed all over it), I can still tell you from all the information I gather on it in the public eye, that it's a piece of shit. All you are doing, is saying "You have no right to an opinion because you're not a gaming elitist like I am". You can go piss off with that nonsense.

Like I said - I apologize. I absolutely attacked you for no reason. I was probably pissed about something and whatever and stepped out of the area of good tone.
Anyway, I completely reject your position so I propose we agree to disagree.

This is "GamingOnLinux". If you are a Windows user here to defend Windows....I'm sure you have something else better to do with your time...maybe?

If you must know am dual booting. Not that I have to defend myself on an open forum. Unless Liam bans all pro-Windows comments I can express my opinion freely. I believe that as somebody who does most of his gaming on Windows I can bring an unique perspective to the community. But you know what they say about opinions, so - cheers.

I wonder whether this game will support AMD on Linux. I mean, it runs on both consoles...

It doesn't run on OpenGL or AMD's Linux drivers on consoles. The lack of AMD support in Feral's ports isn't due to AMD's hardware being insufficient in any way. It's all about the software.

Interesting, as many have no problem with AMD, so I blame Feral and the FUD.

For example: CoH2: AMD not supported, runs like a charm on my old HD6950 with Mesa. I think they simply do not care at all. I guess they think the margin isn't worth the extra effort.


Last edited by Maelrane on 29 Oct 2015 at 11:05 am UTC