Windows doesn’t just insist on new requirements
After heavy criticism, Microsoft recently modified the minimum requirements for installing Windows 11. Thus, the company allows, among other things, to install the operating system without TPM 2.0 or activating Secure Boot. However, there are obvious limitations here: if you install Windows 11 via ISO, for example, you can bypass security functions, but you may not receive any updates. It is now clear that Microsoft is not the only one pressing this. as XDA Developers You mentioned, there is now the first game that only works under Windows 11 if all requirements are met.
Valorant: One of the first games with mandatory TPM 2.0 under Windows 11
The first title to require the use of TPM 2.0 or Secure Boot under Windows 11 is the “Valorant” shooter from developer Riot Games, which currently has around 14 million monthly active users. It is important to mention: for most of these players, of course, nothing will change for the time being, as developers continue to abandon the mandatory TPM 2.0 for Windows 10. It is not known whether this will remain so until the end of support for Windows 10 in October 2025. Under Windows 11, the title simply refuses to work when using an operating system without these security functions.
Better against cheaters
For Valorant and especially the accompanying Vanguard anti-cheat software, TPM 2.0 support also provides great advantages in fighting against in-game fraudsters. Among other things, the system prevents the creation of a new ID simply after blocking a special device or device ID. Anti-fraud experts will certainly comment on the message as the right move.
It will be interesting to know which game developers will announce similar moves in the near future, with the launch of Windows 11 next month, the topic will certainly not lose its steam.
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