The Epic Games Launcher will no longer support Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 (32-bit) starting in June 2024, Epic Games has announced. Existing installations on these operating systems will no longer receive updates of any kind after that date, although they will continue to function for those who refuse to update to newer software.
Support is ending for:
- Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 (32-bit)
Support will continue for:
- Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Windows 11
- macOS 10.13 or higher
Epic notes:
After June 2024, players will still be able to use the Epic Games Launcher on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10 (32-bit), just not in an officially supported manner. Epic will be unable to provide technical support for users of these operating systems, and Launcher features on these operating systems may degrade or stop working over time.
Discussion (13 replies)
Join Discussion →I recall going 64bit since XP x64, yes there were quite a bit of issues running many games but it was still worth it.
I won’t lie. I was kinda hoping they would just end support all together.
EGS launched with a lot of fanfare (and free games) but it’s just been a stagnate, slow turd of a launcher/storefront
I didn't even realize there was a 32bit Windows 10.
XP64 was absolutely horrendous and not just for games. Unless you had more than 4GB of RAM there was no reason to use it.
I went with XP64 and must've gotten lucky with it. I don't remember how much ram I had but I know that by the time I retired that rig (still have it in the closet) I had maxed what it could take.
Yeah, not a fan of EGS. I've gotten tons of free games but I don't even play them. The main reason I have it is from getting the Crysis remasters when they launched and maybe a couple of other games that I've since purchased on GOG. Honestly though, I'm shocked it took them this long to drop 32-bit support.
That's my reasoning for getting EGS as well. I honestly get the free games and then never install them for the most part.
I had an Epic account before there was EGS, because I was trying to f*ck around with Unreal Engine dev stuff. That ended up being a real pain in the @ss to deal with, in trying to get UE4 and Microsoft Visual Studio to play nice, among other things. Anyways, when the store came around, all it really had was stuff like assets for devs to buy and use in their own games. Then one day Epic decided to give out Shadow Complex for free. I enjoyed this game on X360 and had always wanted a PC version. I already had an Epic account, so yeah I grabbed the game and played through it again. Seemed like a random thing for Epic to do. I didn't think they were actually gonna keep adding games, and make a for-realz digital store like Steam, Origin, uPlay/Connect and the rest. That was very weird and surprising to see.
In the end like most people, I usually grab the free games every week, and have been since they started doing this sh1t, but I never play them. I don't like EGS or its launcher. Sometimes I'll have a game on EGS that I got for free, but still play the game on Steam (either my own copy or a friend's), or use a GOG version. EGS has been around for a while too, and yet it can't compare to any of the other digital game storefronts and their launchers, which is pretty f*cking sad. I don't think it should exist. There's no reason for it to. I guess the main reason it's around is for Epic to have a way to directly sell the kiddies their Fortnite crack.
If I knew, then I forgot years ago.
I kept it for a while and skipped Vista, I learned a lot to make software work in windows 7 x64. And yes I had 4GB at the time.
Hey, I though I was the only one :LOL: :p
If I'm not mistaken, Windows 10 is 64bit only.
Win11 is 64-bit only, but Win10 has a 32-bit version.
No worries. We actually were running the 32bit version on some old HP workstations (~30) for a time because they only had 8GB (or maybe 4GB-I can't remember anymore) of RAM and the hardware was so old I just didn't feel it was worth it to upgrade. Those workstations were in use for roughly 10+ years, SATA II, PCIe 2.0, etc. so I was pretty happy to retire them about 4 years ago but I did get a decent deal for some cheap SSDs to give them a little bump that carried them through their final years.
Back in the day I tried every new version of windows as soon as it was possible. Some upgrades seemed more like downgrades.
The green ones were my daily drivers, although up till 98 I always booted into dos mode by default, and only started windows when necessary. The other ones I tried but never used as my main OS. Yellow is my current OS.
This was mu main OS untill vista, it was rocksolid and I had few if any issues with it (or I would have gon e to XP), although it was not realy a home version of windows, it was more of a evolved NT version.
Was probably the version of windows I used the longest.