2024-03-21 02:08:11
Epic Games Launcher is not only for Windows 7/8/8.1, but also the 32-bit version of Windows 10 has announced that it will no longer provide official support starting in June this year. Continue reading Epic Games Store launcher announces end of June support for Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and Windows 10 (32-bit).
Epic Games Store Launcher Announces End of June Support for Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and Windows 10 (32-bit)
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Epic Games Store Launcher Announces End of June Support for Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and Windows 10 (32-bit)
Because there are often free games available, it has earned a lot of media coverage. At the same time, it has also become the Epic Games Store with the slogan “you can not play the game, but you must get it for free”. Now it seems that users who are still using older versions of Windows may want to pay attention to whether they can still get full support. Because according to the latest official announcement, their Epic Games Launcher will significantly reduce system support on the Windows PC side.
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Dear Epic Games players:
We would like to inform you in advance that the Epic Games launcher will no longer support Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10 (32-bit version) starting in June 2024. After the specified time, launchers installed on these operating systems will no longer be able to be updated in any form. The Epic Games launcher will continue to support Windows 10 (64-bit version), Windows 11, and macOS 10.13 and above operating systems.
After June 2024, players will still be able to use the Epic Games launcher on Windows 7/8/10 (32-bit version), but it will no longer receive official support. Epic will no longer be able to provide technical support to players using these operating systems, and launchers on these operating systems may become underfunctional or unusable over time.
Thank you for supporting the Epic Games Store.
It may be that Windows itself has gradually announced the end of official extended security update support for Windows 7. As a result, game launchers, mainstream browsers and even some productivity tools have all announced that they will end the “abandonment trend” of Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 support.
This time, in addition to Windows 7/8/8.1, even the 32-bit version of Windows 10 has announced that it will no longer provide official support starting in June this year.
Although players can basically still launch and use the Epic Games Launcher. However, as the official no longer provides corrections and feature updates, it basically means that there is no guarantee that the Epic Games Launcher will function properly – the official statement is that “it may become insufficient or unusable over time.” The currently supported systems are It has been simplified to only Windows 10 (64-bit version), Windows 11 and macOS 10.13 or above operating systems.
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