Microsoft has just deployed a new update for Windows 11. While it is always important to use the latest version of the OS to take advantage of new features, and especially to fill potential IT vulnerabilities, 24H2 should not delight customers. players of certain Ubisoft games.
Latest Windows 11 update crashes Ubisoft games
The Redmond company itself confirmed that this update may cause problems with certain Ubisoft games.
“These games may become unresponsive upon startup, loading, or during an active game. In some cases, users may experience a black screen. Affected games include:
- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
- Assassin’s Creed Origins
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
- Star Wars Outlaws
- Avatar : Frontiers of Pandora”
In the case of Star Wars Outlaws, Microsoft specifies that Ubisoft has implemented a temporary fix to prevent the game from failing and becoming unresponsive. However, performance issues may persist.
Note that so that you are not impacted, Microsoft has found a solution so that Windows is not updated inadvertently.
“To preserve your Windows Update experience, we have applied a compatibility hold on devices that have these games installed. These devices will not be offered the installation of Windows 11, version 24H2 through the channel Windows Update Release Reports IT administrators using Windows Update for Business reporting can check for these issues by using the following backup IDs: 54437462 and 54580160.
Important: We recommend that you do not attempt to manually update to 24H2 using the Windows 11 Setup Wizard or Media Creation Tool until this issue has been resolved .”
The timing is particularly critical for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, which was to welcome its second expansion, Secrets of the Spiers, this November 26. Massive Entertainment has just shared a press release to announce a postponement of the launch to November 28, without specifying whether it is linked to the situation with Windows 11.
Regardless, we will try to keep you informed once the issue has been resolved by Microsoft.
