12 Most Disastrously Disappointing Video Game Launches In History

11. Batman: Arkham Knight (PC Version)

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Warner Bros

Speaking of companies that move on after realising something is too broken to fix, Warner Bros. pilfered the living daylights out of Rocksteady's runaway success with Arkham, first siphoning off costumes for DLC in Arkham City, and then entire levels for Arkham Knight.

The result was a game that had the best intentions ("Be the Batman"), yet due to the 'need' for every major platform to be serviced, a PC version was also on the cards - despite Rocksteady prioritising consoles.

As such, the PS4 and Xbox One versions ran like a dream, but the PC... well...

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Rocksteady

Not so much.

To this day, you can't get a PC copy of Arkham Knight that's guaranteed to run smoothly, due to a ton of errors Warner Bros./Rocksteady simply stopped fixing.

Their last act of defeat was resorting to offering refunds for all PC players in November 2015, because they'd literally given up. How's that for customer service?

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Gaming Editor
Gaming Editor

WhatCulture's Head of Gaming.