Batman: AA/AC Steam Patch Live. Mac Version, Achievements, and GFWL/Securom removal

The origin versions of AA/AC had gfwl, right? Wonder if they'll just yank the cord from their availability once gfwl is out.
 
Inb4 Jase gets here.

I'd like to think all my whinging has paid off. ;) Next up: Wheelman. Here's what you need to do, WB:

WB: "Hey, Vin, we own the Wheelman IP. Let's get it back out there."
Mr. Diesel: "Sounds good to me."
 
Yeah. They are having problems, either with the patch itself or with synchronizing the patches with the Steam database. You should all probably wait till the weekend before downloading any of the Batman games.

As long as you just download and don't start it up, and they don't make you redownload the whole damn game, it could be worth starting the 17 GB download now.
 
Arkham City GOTY just got patched again.

Yep, patch just pushed a few minutes ago. Hopefully this fixes the issues

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I'd like to think all my whinging has paid off. ;) Next up: Wheelman. Here's what you need to do, WB:

WB: "Hey, Vin, we own the Wheelman IP. Let's get it back out there."
Mr. Diesel: "Sounds good to me."

WB: "Someone actually cares about the Wheelman?"
 
I don't even have the GOTY edition installed, I just spotted the patch on Steamdb. I have the vanilla version installed but that still contains SecuROM/GFWL. I'm not sure if they're going to do anything with it.
 
I don't even have the GOTY edition installed, I just spotted the patch on Steamdb. I have the vanilla version installed but that still contains SecuROM/GFWL. I'm not sure if they're going to do anything with it.

They never even touched the Vanilla versions on the registry throughout the update process. Looks like they planned to leave those behind.
 
I don't even have the GOTY edition installed, I just spotted the patch on Steamdb. I have the vanilla version installed but that still contains SecuROM/GFWL. I'm not sure if they're going to do anything with it.

Look in your library GOTY has been added next to vanilla.
 
So I can enable arkham asylum on steam with it's cd key now? awesome.

I bought city for cheap but it's dvd protection failed to launch the game 9 out of 10 times, so I bought it a second time on steam a few months back.
 
So I can enable arkham asylum on steam with it's cd key now? awesome.

I bought city for cheap but it's dvd protection failed to launch the game 9 out of 10 times, so I bought it a second time on steam a few months back.

They are having problems in a lot of areas with this change over.

Activation is still one of them. Its worth a try, but many people are having trouble.
 
You thought something so evil would go down without a fight?

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So I can enable arkham asylum on steam with it's cd key now? awesome.

I bought city for cheap but it's dvd protection failed to launch the game 9 out of 10 times, so I bought it a second time on steam a few months back.
Well, hopefully you'll have more joy than others have.

Still nothing as yet on the Capsule key front. Will try again in the morning.
 
I don't think they ever intended to remove securom, the cd key is still in steam and the press release never mentioned it. May want to update OP/title.
 
I don't think they ever intended to remove securom, the cd key is still in steam and the press release never mentioned it. May want to update OP/title.

Securom requires a certain key location in the Windows Registry. I will confirm later tonight when I get back from class.

The Bioshock 2 press release didn't mention Securom either, but did not install Securom.
 
Wow, this is amazing. I was upset when I saw the GOTY sale on Steam and was about ready to spend $5. Glad I didn't cause it's in my Steam list now! This is some really good customer support and they've definitely earned my business in the future. Time to go play some DLC.
 
Damn, so that means I'll never be able to get the Harley's revenge DLC achievements since I waited for too long to buy it D:
Ha well... At least I'll have all 3 games on steam once they enable us to redeem them on steam and I'll get the last few DLCs for free.
 
You can't even buy the DLC on Steam. Probably why you get GoTY for free. Still cool. Has the Capsule key you get on GMG a whiles back been confirmed to work? I know the system isn't in place yet, but will it work once it does?
 
unless i had to restart steam and then play AA, the achievements are not unlocking just yet. the first is to take down szazs, and it didn't unlock here D:
 
Awesome news now i can replay both again (Asylum for the 60th ? time - it's my most played game since GTA: Vice City and Arkham City for the fifth).
 
This just happened:

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Yeah.

I just got the GOTY editions for free. I've come close, several times, to buying 'em, then going "eh, I can wait."
 
This is gread, however.. it seems like I purchased Harley's Revenge for nothing :( Never played it and now it's free :D
 
Played about 20 minutes of AA, but just hate it. After the 'open world' kind of gameplay that AC offered, I just can't go back to AA.
 
Gotta catch em all.

Since I bought regular versions of both Batman games and was really disappointed when the GOTYs were available for like 14 dollars before I actually played any of them, I decided to not buy the next batman and wait for the GOTY.

Now I have both regular and goty versions of both batman games, but that won't be the case for the next batman game. My collection is RUINED!
 
They are having so many issues its really not surprising.
Still gotta keep waiting to play them I guess (Arkham City namely, Arkham Asylum I beat on PS3 then later rebought via PSN sale), but at least now it's a matter of weeks at worst rather than months.
 
Since I bought regular versions of both Batman games and was really disappointed when the GOTYs were available for like 14 dollars before I actually played any of them, I decided to not buy the next batman and wait for the GOTY.

Now I have both regular and goty versions of both batman games, but that won't be the case for the next batman game. My collection is RUINED!

They may just go back to regular DLC releases rather than GOTY editions.
It seems GFWL doesn't play well with DLC purchased through other clients. That is why you commonly see GOTY editions.

Still gotta keep waiting to play them I guess (Arkham City namely, Arkham Asylum I beat on PS3 then later rebought via PSN sale), but at least now it's a matter of weeks at worst rather than months.

AC achievements should work fine. Another patch was issued to fix the GFWL/Securom rollback.
 
I still can see my AC GFWL key, but I can't see my AA key anymore: There's no CD Key option on the game page in detailed view. (Talking about regular versions here).

Not that it matters, but I was wondering if we could use those keys to, somehow, redeem the copy of the game on another Steam account. They are GFWL keys afterall, and probably they're assigned to my Steam account, as I bought these games on Steam.
 
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