Granblue Fantasy Relink (GBR) Not Responding and Shows Black Screen - Possible Fixes

Source: Granblue Fantasy: Relink, Developer: Cygames

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For hardcore gamers it may seem very unintuitive that mobile gaming is more profitable than PC and consoles together. Due to that it shouldn’t be a surprise that a lot of interesting titles have been ported to our pocket computers that get more and more powerful each year. There are situations, where it flows the other way around, like in case of Granblue Fantasy Relink, which has just been released on PC and Playstation of current and previous generation. This adaptation of Granblue Fantasy is praised for many aspects by fans, yet it’s unfortunately not free of technical problems as there are players who can’t even start the game because it shows only black screen at launch. Let’s dive deeper into this issue and analyse what can be done about it.

Potential fixes for GBR not launching and showing only black screen on start

It is very saddening when a game anticipated by many finally releases, and it turns out that it has its fair share of problems to deal with. Some of the fans who were waiting for a long time for Granblue Fantasy Relink were unpleasantly surprised by the fact that the game does not even launch and shows only black screen instead.

There are a number of things that you can try in order to fix it. As the underlying problems may vary, different actions can solve the issue for you. Without further ado, below we present potential fixes:

1. Simply wait after the game launches and shows the initial credits. Do not skip them and don’t press any buttons. It is possible that the shaders are compiling in the background, and after 2 minutes or so the game may start.
2. Before launching GBR try disconnecting any controllers that you might have plugged into or wirelessly connected to your PC. After the title starts, you are free to reconnect them back.
3. Update graphics card drivers. It is a simple, yet powerful solution. If the update does not cut it, you can try to clean install the drivers.
4. Some players have claimed that disabling Steam overlay fixed the issue for them.
5. Even though it has a small chance of succeeding, running the game as an Administrator is also a valid point of troubleshooting.
6. What is way more advanced and generally not recommended is disabling E-Cores in BIOS if you are using 12gen Intel CPU or newer. Some fans have reported that after this operation the game worked for them and they were able to re-enable the E-Cores again, with Granblue Fantasy still running correctly (please bear in mind that if you decide to go that route, you are doing it at your own risk!).

The problem is widespread enough for players to voice their opinion about it in Steam reviews, which currently classified GBR’s reception as Mixed. Because of that we can expect that in the upcoming days the developers will release a hotfix that will address this situation.