Microsoft has temporarily halted its Windows 11 24H2 update from being available on devices with select Ubisoft games installed. The move follows news that many users were experiencing severe crashes when playing these games, sometimes even during startup.

In a support article, Microsoft acknowledged the issue saying the affected games, all Ubisoft titles, may freeze or crash when starting, loading into a game, or in the middle of gameplay after installing the update.

Microsoft took the step to block these games from installing via the usual Windows Update channel to prevent other problems. Anyone who already installed 24H2 and doesn’t want to deal with these issues may roll back to version 23H2.

Complaints about the crashes have surfaced across Reddit and Microsoft forums since the 24H2 update rolled out in phases in early October.

Users have also flagged similar issues with Ubisoft games, including a user of the Windows Insider subreddit named Rachidramone. He reported the issue as far back as July during the preview version of 24H2.

Microsoft’s update or Ubisoft’s software? Source of issue remains unclear

Microsoft listed several games impacted by the issue, including Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Assassin’s Creed Origins, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Star Wars Outlaws, and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. Other titles include Far Cry and Need for Speed. It has also reportedly hit Unbound.

Although Ubisoft has put out a temporary fix for Star Wars Outlaws, neither company has released a permanent solution for the other games.

It seems the issue only manifests itself in Ubisoft games, causing concern about the source of the said problem whether it is Microsoft’s update, Ubisoft’s software, or a combination of both.

This is unusual for preemptive blocking of updates for devices with these games and has raised some questions about how the glitch came to be, and why it seems to be publisher-specific.

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Ever since Donald Trump won the US elections three weeks ago, the bulls have reigned supreme in the cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin has been at the forefront of massive gains, surging from under $70,000 to over $99,000 within that timeframe.

In fact, the asset’s latest all-time high came on Friday at just over $99,800. At the time, the community expected another brief spike toward the six-figure territory, but the bears came out of the woods and didn’t allow that to happen.

Bitcoin retraced in the following days but has started to gain traction and now sits above $98,000, with the focus moving again toward $100,000.

The crypto community is highly hopeful that this massive milestone will fall today, but there’s some on-chain information that could shed more light on investors’ behavior.

IntoTheBlock outlined that roughly 60,000 bitcoin addresses accumulated 22.74K BTC at prices above the current one, which would suggest that they are slightly underwater now. These purchases serve as warnings because investors tend to cash out at even prices when the underlying asset recovers to those levels after a retracement.

At the same time, though, 458,000 addresses have amassed 344,000 BTC (valued at almost $34 billion) at prices between $96,717 and $98,293. According to the analytics platform, these levels have now turned into a “growing support” and could become a “strong foundation to fuel a move beyond $100K.”

The battle for $100k $BTC rages on.

While 60k addresses acquired 22.74k BTC above the current price, the real highlight is the growing support below:

458k addresses have amassed a staggering 344k BTC. A strong foundation to fuel a move beyond $100k pic.twitter.com/jJ9zqSX1kR

— IntoTheBlock (@intotheblock) November 25, 2024

The week ahead is expected to have some volatility due to these economic factors in the US. However, Thursday is a national holiday in the States, which could reduce some of the fluctuations.

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