[Software] Windows 11 24H2 is in danger of becoming hated by gamers

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Windows 11 24H2 has run into more trouble on the gaming front, suggesting that 2025 may not be all that different to last year for PC gamers who’ve installed the latest update for Microsoft’s OS.

At least in the early stages of this new year, anyway, as there are already reports of major problems with Windows 11 24H2 and a new game – issues compounded by a separate development in the form of review bombing of Microsoft and Ubisoft going on in Steam.

We’ll come back to the reviews later, as the main concern here is the fresh bug which has hit Path of Exile 2, and boy, it’s a nasty one, basically locking up the PC entirely according to some reports.

Windows Latest noticed this one, describing several complaints on Microsoft’s Feedback Hub (and Valve’s Steam forums), pointing out that when loading a new area in Path of Exile 2, the game essentially becomes unresponsive in Windows 11 24H2, needing a restart to fix things.

Others say the action RPG is freezing on the loading screen, and then requiring the PC to be rebooted to get the system working again.

There are multiple complaints on Reddit, too, such as this one: “I have seen a few posts about performance issues most specifically when the game crashes in a loading screen and the PC is unresponsive and a reset is required.

“I had no issues with the game until I updated Windows 11 from 23H2 version to 24H2. Apparently it is a widespread issue with the newest build of W11 and causes this to other games as well.”

Or indeed this report, or there’s another here – it seems to be a fairly widespread issue as the comment above notes.

Microsoft is apparently investigating this bug, because as Windows Latest noticed, one post on the Feedback Hub has been flagged with a ‘we’re looking into it’ panel.

Link: https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/windows-11-24h2-is-in-danger-of-becoming-hated-by-gamers