Online game studios must do everything to keep the competition fair. Some games take steps and bring solid prevention against cheaters. Valorant is clearly one of them. Its developer, Riot, uses a solid anti-cheat system on its games. Instead of CS: GO, there isn’t a tedious amount of cheaters on Valorant. This is great, but Valorant’s anti-cheat software could also bring some problems. The game installs an anti-cheat software named Vanguard, and you must always keep it working in the background, even if you don’t play Valorant. Another block against playing Valorant is here; the game no longer wants players on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 anymore. This will affect millions of players, so here are the details.
Valorant and Vanguard Ends The Support For Old Windows Versions
According to Riot’s Twitter post, Valorant and Vanguard will end the support on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 devices due to security reasons. The reason might sound unrelated, but it’s not. The up-to-date operating systems have more security features that block malware. It’s easier to run malware and trick Vanguard on older operating systems, so their decision is made for a safer game experience.
It’s no secret even Windows 7 is capable of running most of the AAA games of last year. But Microsoft doesn’t want to focus on a 14-year-old operating system and asks developers to release the games only on Windows 10 and above. That isn’t the only thing; the newest game development kits work with the newest versions of Windows, so it’s easier to develop games for fresh operating systems.
If you’re on one of those operating systems, if your PC can run Valorant, it probably won’t fail with running Windows 10. Its big brother Windows 11, might be a heavy OS, but Windows 10 still might be a good choice for old computers, especially if your setup has an SSD.