In the new age of Steam refunds, terrible PC ports aren't really viable things anymore. With the ability to actually return games, developers and publishers can't simply ship their half-hearted porting jobs over to the service and expect to get away with it - something Warner Bros. found out the hard way this year with the release of the disastrous Arkham Knight. With an awful frame-rate, a wealth of bugs and lacking basic graphical features, the PC port of Rocksteady's Dark Knight swan song was an absolute joke. In fact, the team had done such a poor job that WB was forced to pull it from sale, with the open world game still missing from the Steam store page to this day. However, the worst part about the whole controversy came from a rumour that suggested the publisher actually knew about the sorry state of the game and decided to release it anyway, knowingly shafting its consumer base in an effort to make a quick buck. Unfortunately for WB though, Arkham Knight's release was simply one strike too many for gamers who have been burned far too many times.
Josh has over 11 years of experience as a published writer, having worked nine of those years as a full-time content producer at WhatCulture. In that period he has created hundreds of articles, videos and podcast episodes for multiple WhatCulture channels, specialising in gaming, horror and film & TV. He now primarily works as a senior content producer and presenter on WhatCulture Gaming where he co-hosts the WhatCulture Gaming Podcast, a top 3 UK most listened to gaming podcast that he co-created in 2018. Over the years he has reviewed several high-profile gaming releases, covered industry events with on-site reporting, opined on breaking news, and even kicked off his interviewing career by chatting to childhood hero, Tommy Wiseau.
