Finally, Batman: Arkham City recieves its desperately needed PC patch via Steam auto-update, fixing the crippling DirectX 11 performance issues that most people with a relatively new video card have been expieriencing. "We have just released a patch for Batman: Arkham City PC that provides fixes a variety of DX 11 issues, as well as fixes for a few other non-DX 11 related issues." Don't get too excited quite yet however, because the DX11 fixes implemented in this patch only take care of those of...

Nvidia's GeForce 290.36 Beta drivers have just been released, adding some gorgeous ambient occlusion tweaks for Skyrim, which appear to make a hell of a difference. Screen flickering and artefact fixes have been implemented for Battlefield 3 as well, while Nvidia also recommends the driver update for owners of Batman: Arkham City on the PC.

Here's are the release notes:

NVIDIA Ambient Occlusion

• Adds NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for The Elder Scrolls

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The PC version of Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham City has been delayed another week, moving from November 18 to November 25 for PAL regions. North America can expect it a few days earlier on the 22nd. Don't worry, according to it's 96/100 rating on Metacritic, it's going to be well worth the wait....

Batman: Arkham City sees the release of another villain trailer today. This time it features Victor Fries, AKA Mr. Freeze. It's neatly composed with some suspenseful and dramatic "dun-dun" music, as well as a mood setting quote from the cold man himself; "Have you ever seen a flower die? Watched something that was once so beautiful, so full of life, collapse and rot from within?"

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Comic-Con delivers more goodies, with Warner dishing out another Batman: Arkham City trailer. The Penguin is featured this time around; "Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot, AKA -- The Penguin, is continuing his shady business dealing within Arkham City, bringing chaos and corruption to the dark alleys and foreboding corridors of the sprawling cityscape." "The foul fiend brings his criminal and financial genius, hand-to-hand expertise, treacherous toys and his feathered friends into the walled streets of ...

An unlikely entry into the first person shooter genre is a Batman one. It's happening, it's called "Gotham City Impostors", and it looks like a lot of fun. Players take on the roles of aspiring villains and superheroes in Gotham City, as showcased in this new trailer. You'll have the chance to virtually dress up like Batmen or Batgirls on XBLA, PSN and PC later this year.

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Thanks to Gamespot, we've got a 14 minute developer walkthrough of Batman: Arkham City for you to sink your teeth into. During the presentation, the developer boasts that the core storyline alone should keep you busy for 15 hours, with up to 25 hours of action in total if you want to pursue all the side missions as well.

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As far as teaser trailers go, Arkham City's isn't anything special. To be frank, it's entirely underwhelming. Regardless, it's Batman, so that's reason enough to watch it. Not to worry, your frustration and disappointment will only extend until December 12th, when the full trailer is released...

Finally, some real news on the highly anticipated Batman: Arkham Asylum sequel - Thanks to Reslo on the forums for the heads up! What has now been confirmed is that the game will take place in a "heavily fortified" district of Gotham City, will feature Catwoman, and can be expected at the end of 2011. Rocksteady assure is that they "won't let anyone down" with this return of the Dark Knight. Previously confirmed characters are Two-Face, Robin, Mr. Freeze and The Joker....

Some new details about Batman: Arkham Asylum's sequel have emerged. According to the IMDB revealed cast listing, Vincent Martella is set to be the voice behind Robin. You might have seen him in Deuce Bigalow: European Gigalo and television show Everyone Hates Chris, and even heard him as Hope Estheim in Final Fantasy XIII......