Win7 x64, Arkham Asylum GOTY will not run

[MykeCA.TTV]

This is weird. Batman: Arkham Asylum won't run. I get the initial "play, settings" load screen. When I click play, nothing happens.

The last time I played the game(last year), I had zero issues running it with Steam. But now, I can't even find the EXE file to try and run it directly.

Does anyone have a solution to make this run? Because I have no idea of where to even begin.

[davesjag]

Same here. Not sure what else to try.

[MykeCA.TTV]

When I run the file itself, I get this error message:

d3dx9_43.dll is missing.

[mrcatTEARS]

I've just had this exact problem and solved it by installing direct x again.
Got it via this link: http://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=35
Installed it and now it runs after I press 'play'

I've read other forums about installing IE9/windows essentials/gams for windows live ...
Installed 1 out of 3 which was the latest games for windows live, BUT so not sure if that helped as I've read this batman series has moved away from gfwl - still didn't open though until after I installed directX ( which may of fixed that missing .dll file) so I put my bet on the directX.

Help this helps.

[MykeCA.TTV]

I did this yesterday and was able to run the game with no issues.

[Arden]

I updated my Nvidia driver, that helped.

[antonyfrn]

Game works fine its your system

[blackhawkfound]

do a verfify game cache see if that helps

[MykeCA.TTV]

The issue was a missing DX file, it's workign now.

[Pork ribs]

This demo does not work. I have tried verify, dx, and it still doesn't work. It says init32 so guessing it's a 64 bit problem. It would be really nice if Steam (given that they know our specs) made an effort to notify that something doesn't work before we download it.

[Rusted_Cage]

Make sure your video driver and dir X are up to date and it runs beautifully.

[Skotty]

I also had this problem and the fix provided by slothCAT solved the issue: (re)install directx from http://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=35

[Joaco98388]

I have the goty edition and i would like to know if this version has a patch or a crack somewhere, because i did not find it

[gman101]

the game does not run fine at all .. cant even get it to launch, and its not my system because every other steam game i got runs fine

[Mr.2k9]

im using win7 x64 and its running fine... try verify your game cache or download the latest directx files from the link Dries.Verachtert gave...

[Tommy Boulet]

i have the same problem. Bloody game won't launch. Direct X is up to date, installed windows live game messy app and tried to verify the game cache. No luck so far :(