Assassin\'s Creed Windows 11 Issues Have Been Fixed

Summary

• Recent Windows 11 updates caused launch issues for several Assassin's Creed games.
• Patches for Assassin's Creed Origins and Valhalla have been released, resolving the problem for those titles. Assassin's Creed Odyssey may still experience issues.

Gamers experiencing problems launching Assassin's Creed Origins and Valhalla after installing the Windows 11 24H2 update can rejoice! Ubisoft has released patches addressing the incompatibility. While this fixes two major titles, some Ubisoft games, including potentially Assassin's Creed Odyssey, may still have unresolved issues.

The Windows 11 24H2 update, boasting features like Wi-Fi 7 support and AI Copilot+, inadvertently caused launch failures and other malfunctions for several games, including some Assassin's Creed titles. These new patches, available via Steam, should restore functionality. Note that the Origins patch requires 230 MB of free space, while the Valhalla patch needs 500 MB.

Windows Update 24H2 Continues to Affect Some Ubisoft Games

The root cause of the incompatibility with the Windows 11 24H2 update remains unclear. While the patches for Origins and Valhalla are welcome news, reports indicate that other Ubisoft games, notably Assassin's Creed Odyssey, continue to exhibit problems, ranging from unresponsiveness to complete failure to launch. While previous hotfixes addressed major issues in Star Wars: Outlaws and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, some performance problems may persist. Players anticipating the Windows update may wish to delay upgrading until a fix for Odyssey is available.

This issue is particularly frustrating given that reports of game incompatibility surfaced five months prior to the official 24H2 rollout. The problem is further compounded by Microsoft's encouragement of Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11. Fortunately, the majority of games seem unaffected by this update.