Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate Deluxe Edition

Batman: Arkham
Subseries of Batman
Batman: Arkham Asylum	2009
Batman: Arkham City	2011
Batman: Arkham Origins	2013
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate Deluxe Edition	2014
Batman: Arkham Knight	2015
Batman: Arkham VR	2017
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League	2024

Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate Deluxe Edition is a singleplayer side view action, adventure, metroidvania and stealth game in the Batman: Arkham series.

Remastered version of the PlayStation Vita and Nintendo 3DS game Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS

Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam
Origin (unavailable)
GamersGate (unavailable)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\VideoSettings.txt^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/267490/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\GameData\SteamSaves\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/267490/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphic settings.

Advanced graphic settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen		See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	See the WSGF entry.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	On/off only. Possibly FXAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Fullscreen Mode is capped at 60 FPS.
60 FPS	Fullscreen Mode is capped at 60 FPS. See Run the game at screen refresh rate.
120+ FPS	Game runs too fast above 60 FPS. Limit the frame rate if needed.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Enable borderless fullscreen^[1]

Install Special K by following the Unofficial Special K Guide. Manual local installation may work better.
Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
Open <path-to-game>\Bin\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\Game.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used.
Change ForceWindowed=false to ForceWindowed=true under [Display.Output].
Change Borderless=false to Borderless=true under [Window.System].
Change Fullscreen=false to Fullscreen=true.
Start the game with fullscreen mode enabled.

Input

Keyboard movement configuration.

Keyboard combat configuration.

Controller keys.

Controls menu can be accessed from pause menu.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Rebinding isn't possible but it's possible to have extra custom keybinding per action. Keys that are used by default or mouse buttons can't be used.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		See Haptic feedback.
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Haptic feedback

Disable haptic feedback^[1]

Install Special K by following the Unofficial Special K Guide. Manual local installation may work better.
Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
Open <path-to-game>\Bin\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\Game.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used.
Change DisableRumble=false to DisableRumble=true under [Input.XInput].

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		SFX, Music and Dialogue.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		See Mute on focus lost.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Spanish

Mute on focus lost

Mute game in background^[1]

Install Special K by following the Unofficial Special K Guide. Manual local installation may work better.
Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
Open <path-to-game>\Bin\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\Game.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used.
Change MuteInBackground=false to MuteInBackground=true under [Window.System].

Issues fixed

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.

Set screen refresh rate and 60 FPS cap^[1]

Install Special K by following the Unofficial Special K Guide. Manual local installation may work better.
Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
Open <path-to-game>\Bin\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\Game.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used.
Change TargetFPS=0.0 to TargetFPS=60.0.
Change RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon X2 2.8 GHz	Intel Core i5-750 2.67 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS ATI Radeon HD 3850 DirectX 10 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD Radeon HD 6950 DirectX 11 compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/267490/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (267490) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Verified by User:Keith on 2017-12-02

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-2] 2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/267490/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (267490) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[2017-12-02-3] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Verified by User:Keith on 2017-12-02

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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Developers

	Armature Studio
Publishers
	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Engines
	Bluepoint Engine
Release dates
Windows	April 1, 2014
Reception
Metacritic	60
OpenCritic	57
IGDB	61
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Adventure, Metroidvania, Stealth
Art styles	Realistic, Comic book
Themes	Contemporary, North America
Series	Batman: Arkham