<p>A post on Steam this morning reveals that if you purchased Batman Arkham Asylum or Batman: Arkham City through anywhere other than Steam then you will have to jump through a few hoops to have the games maintain their functionality and you may have to start playing the aforementioned games from the very beginning.</p><p>The news relates to both games being moved away from Microsoft's Games for Windows Live service over to Steamworks. Microsoft announced earlier in the year that it would be shutting down the service next year and developers have been scrambling to find a suitable replacement to maintain the things it supported like achievements and online multiplayer. Steamworks seems to be the de facto choice these days.</p><p>Those who bought the game via Steam only need to download an upcoming patch and everything will be fine. Those who purchased it elsewhere will have to enter the product code in Steam that was provided with the games at purchase (for physical media that would be your CD key).</p><p>But the worst part of the transition for non-Steam buyers is the fact that all of those save games will disappear and players will have to start over.</p><p><a href="http://www.gamepolitics.com/2013/10/18/games-windows-live-removal-causes-headache-some-batman-arkham-asylum-or-batman-arkham-cit">Keep reading...</a></p>