An update to one of Microsoft’s operating systems has caused leading Ubisoft-branded games to be blocked around the world, such as Star Wars Outlaws, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla or Avatar: Frontiers of Pandorataking the screen to black in some cases.
It must be remembered that this is not the first time that the update of a company system ends up affecting users massively. Much more serious than this was the incident on July 19, when a faulty update caused Microsoft systems to crash around the world, paralyzing companies, media outlets and airports for hours.
As reported by the company, which says it is already working on a solution, the operating system that has problems is 24H2 and affects five titles that Ubisoft, which may stop responding when starting, loading, interrupting the game or showing a black screen. .
The video game developer released update 1.4.0 for Star Wars Outlaws on all platforms a few days ago, which includes changes to combat, visual options to offer a sharper image or the possibility of keeping weapons in more situations and a patch to solve the problem with Windows.
This failed update, however, has affected other titles in the catalog, such as Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Assassin’s Creed Origins, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Star Wars Outlaws and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.
Recommendations to users
Microsoft has advanced that, to protect the gaming experience with Windows update, A compatibility suspension has been applied to devices that have these games installed and that the 24H2 version of Windows 11 will not be offered through this update platform.
Additionally, it has recommended users not to try to manually update their operating system to version 24H2 using the Windows 11 Setup Assistant or the Media Creation Tool until the issue has been resolved.
It has also been advised to use the Task Manager to close the game application in case it stops responding or does not respond to exit commands; and has indicated that it is working together with Ubisoft on a general solution for all the mentioned video games.
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