Gotham Knights won’t have performance options on consoles and runs at 30 FPS

Warner Bros.’ co-op Batman title Gotham Knights will not include performance options and will run at a maximum of 30 FPS, it’s confirmed.

The game’s executive producer Fleur Marty shared the news on the game’s Discord server on Friday, claiming that the decision was due to “the types of features we have in our game”, such as untethered co-op and a highly detailed open world.

“I know many of you are wondering about the availability of a performance mode for Gotham Knights on consoles,” Marty wrote.

“Due to the types of features we have in our game, like providing a fully untethered co-op experience in our highly detailed open-world, it’s not as straightforward as lowering the resolution and getting a higher FPS.

“For this reason, our game does not have a performance/quality toggle option and will run at 30FPS on consoles.”

Gotham Knights is planned for release on October 21st for PS5, Xbox Series X and PC.

Gotham Knights is being developed by WB Games Montreal and led by creative director Patrick Redding, who previously directed Splinter Cell titles Conviction and Blacklist.

It was initially planned for release last year before being delayed to provide “more time to deliver the best possible experience for players”.

In May, Warner said it no longer planned to release previously announced PS4 and Xbox One versions of Gotham Knights in order “to provide players with the best possible gameplay experience”.

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