Players found a way to play multiplayer in the much-loved Batman: Arkham Origins, five years after the service went offline.

HOW TO PLAY BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS MULTIPLAYER IN 2021

In 2011, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment released the third installment in the Batman: Arkham series. Set eight years before Batman: Arkham AsylumArkham Origins follows a younger, less-experienced Batman. While being a prequel story, Origins brought along with it the best features of the two previous games in the installment. It also brought it with a gameplay feature not present in the two previous games: multiplayer.

In Arkham Origins, multiplayer plays a very simple three-way gang war. A gang of three members of Joker's gang, another three of Bane's gang, and Batman and Robin clash against each other. It's not a very novel or exciting gameplay concept, but hardcore Batman fans can still find a great time playing this game mode. Not to mention, there are achievements that can only be unlocked by playing multiplayer.

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The problem is, Warner Bros. discontinued the online multiplayer service way back in 2016, merely five years into the game's lifespan. With the release of 2015's Batman: Arkham City, the developers noticed the slow decay of the players in Arkham Origins. It then made less sense to maintain servers and keep the multiplayer service up and running. Not only did this prevent players who loved Arkham Origins' multiplayer mode from playing, it also permanently locked away some achievements from being earned by players.

To fix this, fans created a mod that updates Arkham Origins. Apart from restoring cut content, which includes the dead multiplayer game mode, it also added new skins for single-player campaign. But a much simpler approach involves you navigating through your game files. On your Steam folder, navigate through Steam\steamapps\common\Batman Arkham Origins\Online\BmGame\Config. Open the DefaultWBIDVars.ini, find “BaseUrl=”https://ozzypc-wbid.live.ws.fireteam.net/””, then remove the “s” in the “https.” That simple! Props to PC Gamer's Jody MacGregor for this simple trick.