Microsoft temporarily halts Windows 11 24H2 update on PCs with select Ubisoft games — avoiding frequent freezing and black screen glitches in modern Assassin’s Creed, Star Wars, and Avatar titles

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temporarily halts Windows 11 24H2 update on PCs with select Ubisoft games — avoiding frequent freezing and ****** screen glitches in modern *********’s Creed, Star Wars, and Avatar titles

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reports that some users may face crashes or compatibility problems when playing select games from Ubisoft on Windows 11 24H2. As a temporary workaround, the firm has halted updates to its feature-packed 24H2 version – for devices with these titles installed. While Ubisoft has released a

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for this bug, both

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and Ubisoft warn of performance regressions. As of now, there is no expected release date for a potential fix but the developers are actively working to resolve this problem.

The Windows 11 24H2 update has been a mixed bag – offering great performance bumps on one side and resulting in compatibility wrecks like this in addition to a previous incident involving looping BSODs on SSDs from Western Digital on the other. The easiest way to get yourself a copy of the 24H2 version – with all the bells and whistles of AI – is by using the Windows Installation Media. However,

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says you shouldn’t, as a handful of Ubisoft games might become unplayable – if you update.

After installing Windows 11, version 24H2, you might encounter issues with some Ubisoft games. To safeguard your Windows update experience, we have applied a compatibility hold on devices with these games installed.

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The affected titles include *********’s Creed Valhalla, *********’s Creed Origins, *********’s Creed Odyssey, Star Wars Outlaws, and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. Users have experienced unresponsiveness, freezing, and ****** screen issues when playing said titles. Devices having these games installed will not be offered the 24H2 update through the Windows Update channel.

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is actively working with Ubisoft to find a solution and recommends against installing the 24H2 update manually in the meantime. Unsuspecting users who’ve already switched to the latest build may use a stopgap hotfix from

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but that comes at the cost of valuable FPS.

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suggests using Task Manager and ******** the respective process if a game hangs or freezes. From what we can see, users have been facing these crashes since at least early last month. The most widely recommended solution has been to revert to the 23H2 version.

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gives users up to 10 days if they wish to revert but the most foolproof method is to reinstall Windows and start with a clean slate.

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