By Darren Allan
Publication Date: 2026-08-21 11:45:00
- Windows 11’s August update has broken some PC games
- Microsoft is investigating reports of crashes, but right now it’s unclear what the root cause is
- Theories point to security measures in the update potentially causing issues with certain drivers and conflicts with anti-cheat tools
Windows 11 has run into trouble with gamers (again) after the latest monthly update for the OS, and Microsoft is investigating what’s gone wrong.
The Register noticed that Microsoft has posted on the Windows release health dashboard about “reports of certain games becoming unresponsive” following its latest patch.
In some cases, games are either freezing and becoming unresponsive, as mentioned, or simply closing (crashing to the desktop), with an error (‘Exception Access Violation’) being displayed in some cases. There are also some reports of spontaneous reboots occurring after a game crashes.
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