According to a message on the Microsoft support page, users who have installed Windows 11 version 24H2 "might encounter issues with some Ubisoft games". The affected titles are Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Assassin's Creed Origins, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, and, most notably, Star Wars Outlaws.

Microsoft has blocked PC users from accessing the Windows 11 24H2 update if they have any games from developer Ubisoft installed.

Ubisoft has released a temporary fix for Star Wars Outlaws, but Microsoft warns that players may still experience performance issues. For now, the tech giant advises users to avoid manually installing the 24H2 update and to force-quit unresponsive games using Task Manager until a permanent fix is deployed.

Microsoft says it’s working with Ubisoft to fix a problem with its latest Windows 11 update that’s been crashing some games, and it’s put the update’s release on pause for devices with those games in the meantime.

First reported by Bleeping Computer, Microsoft is now preventing Windows 11's 24H2 update from being sent out to machines that have a selection of recent Ubisoft games installed on them. A number of users have reported persistent, unworkable crashing, sometimes on startup, when trying to play the affected games.

A new update for Windows 11 has recently rolled out, and with it comes the announcement that select Ubisoft games will be broken.

Microsoft has temporarily halted its Windows 11 24H2 update from being available on devices with select Ubisoft games installed. The move follows news that

Microsoft has stopped offering updates to Windows 11 version 24H2 on PCs that have certain Ubisoft games installed, Bleeping Computer reports. The company made the move after complaints that Star Wars Outlaws and games in the Assassin’s Creed series were crashing after installing the new Windows update.

Windows 11 version 24H2 is causing crashes and performance problems for a number of Ubisoft games, driving Microsoft to limit its rollout.

Microsoft has acknowledged that its latest major Windows update has stopped certain Ubisoft games from working. Windows 11 version 24H2, which is the the third major update to Windows 11 since the operating system was released three years ago, has been rolling out throughout the month.