Ending Windows 7/8/8.1 operating support for Battlefront 2, BF1 and BFV
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Hi everyone, As of November 30th 2023, we’re ending support for playing Battlefield 1, Battlefield V, and Star Wars: Battlefront II while on Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 operating systems to ensure safe play for all players.   That means that we can no longer guarantee functionality of these titles while...
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They were still supporting that? I’m surprised. I would’ve thought it would’ve been dropped when Microsoft did, or when Steam did, or when Google did, or…

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Yeah that’s quite alright. Windows 7 in particualr is so long out of virtually all forms of support, running it is just playing russian roulette with other devices on your network because of known and (due to the now expired support, extended support, and critical security support) unpatched vulnerabilities.

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