Ubisoft’s PC woes have continued into 2025, with the commonly much-loved Murderer’s Creed Origins struggling a review-bomb marketing campaign on Steam after a Home windows PC replace rendered it unplayable for some.
In November, Microsoft confirmed that Home windows 11 model 24H2 unintentionally killed Ubisoft video games akin to Star Wars Outlaws, Murderer’s Creed Valhalla, and extra. The difficulty was so dangerous that Microsoft up to date its assist web site to disclose it has positioned a brief block on Home windows 11 for customers with these video games put in.
“After putting in Home windows 11, model 24H2, you may encounter points with some Ubisoft video games,” Microsoft stated on the time. “These video games may turn out to be unresponsive whereas beginning, loading or throughout lively gameplay.
“In some instances, customers may obtain a black display. The affected video games are Murderer’s Creed Valhalla, Murderer’s Creed Origins, Murderer’s Creed Odyssey, Star Wars Outlaws, and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.
“To safeguard your Home windows replace expertise, we’ve utilized a compatibility maintain on gadgets with these video games put in. These gadgets is not going to be provided to put in Home windows 11, model 24H2 by way of the Home windows Replace launch channel.”
Ubisoft launched an replace to repair the issue in Star Wars Outlaws and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, however Microsoft and Ubisoft are each nonetheless working to kind out the Murderer’s Creed video games, and frustration has lastly spilled over into Steam person opinions.
Unfavorable opinions for Murderer’s Creed Origins ramped up mid-December earlier than hitting a peak as we crossed into 2025, with the sport’s latest person overview ranking dropping to ‘Combined.’ General opinions for the sport stay ‘Very Constructive.’
Just about all of the latest unfavourable opinions complain in regards to the Home windows replace making Murderer’s Creed Origins unplayable. Till a decision is discovered, Ubisoft advised clients to not manually replace to model 24H2 utilizing the Home windows 11 Set up Assistant or the media creation device. If the sport stops responding, you’ll want to make use of Process Supervisor to shut the appliance.
Ubisoft’s Home windows issues have hit the corporate at a very troubling time. The corporate is reportedly in buyout talks with Chinese language megacorp Tencent after a torrid 2024 through which it closed studios, shut down video games, and made mass layoffs. The corporate’s subsequent huge sport, Murderer’s Creed Shadows, was delayed into 2025 and Star Wars Outlaws failed to fulfill gross sales expectations.
Ubisoft’s shares fell to their lowest stage within the final decade in September after it made a sequence of dramatic bulletins across the efficiency of its video games. In addition to delaying Murderer’s Creed Shadows, Ubisoft introduced a return to Steam after a interval of PC launch exclusivity on the Epic Video games Retailer, with Star Wars Outlaws not too long ago releasing on Valve’s platform.
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