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Call Of Duty: Vanguard Pays Tribute To 'Press F To Pay Respects' Meme - Kotaku
Forza Horizon 5 already has nearly 1 million players before its official release - Video Games Chronicle
How to install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware - Android Authority

Call Of Duty: Vanguard Pays Tribute To 'Press F To Pay Respects' Meme - Kotaku

Posted: 05 Nov 2021 03:30 PM PDT

"Press F to play your respects" blew up in part because robotically gesturing in the direction of grief completely broke the mood of the otherwise grim scene. At the same time it seemed poignant give how the the U.S. government had spent the last decade deploying empty platitudes like "support the troops" to evade all scrutiny and accountability when it came to the military doing evil stuff. In the years since it's become the perfect rejoinder for expressing fake anguish over thins that don't actually matter.As PC Gamer points out, critics and even Conan O'Brien lampooned the moment when Advanced Warfare came out, and it's since taken on a life of its own, reaching top meme status on places like Twitch where viewers routinely flood the chat with Fs whenever something bad happens.

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It remains to be seen whether players will be pounding the F key for Call of Duty: Vanguard in the coming weeks. Reviews for the game have so far been mixed, with some critics lauding the multiplayer and zombie modes while finding the campaign a mess of high peaks and low valleys. Vanguard, of course, is the first game in the series to arrive after a California lawsuit surfaced complaints of sexual harassment, discrimination, and racism at the game's publisher over the summer.

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Forza Horizon 5 already has nearly 1 million players before its official release - Video Games Chronicle

Posted: 06 Nov 2021 03:15 AM PDT

Forza Horizon 5 has attracted nearly one million players before its official release date next week, in-game stats reveal.

According to the racer's Hall of Fame leaderboard, which compares stats against every other player in the game, some 800,000 users across PC and Xbox are already playing the game via the $99 / £85 Premium Edition, which includes early access.

The standard edition and Game Pass access don't go live until Forza Horizon 5's official release date of Tuesday, November 9. Game Pass subscribers can currently purchase the Premium Edition's add-ons (including early access) for $45 / £40.

That means the first-party Xbox title has already grossed between $36 million and $79 million before its general release next week.

The figures suggest that Playground Games' latest Horizon instalment could be set for a significant launch in terms of active players. Forza Horizon 5 has already enjoyed an excellent critical reception and on PC it's currently the best-selling game on Steam, despite the fact it will be available on Game Pass in three days.

Earlier this week, Forza Horizon 5 raced to the top of review aggregator charts, making it the highest-rated new game of the year so far.

At the time of writing, Xbox Game Studios' open-world racer is the highest rated 2021 release on OpenCritic with an average rating of 92 and a rare 100% recommendation from critics.

On Metacritic, meanwhile, the game has an average score of 91 and is the sixth highest-rated game on the site for this year.

However, the five games listed above it – Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, The House in Fata Morgana, Tetris Effect Connected and the Xbox Series X and PS5 versions of Hades – are all re-releases of games published in previous years.

So in terms of brand new titles released in 2021 for the first time, Forza Horizon 5 currently sits joint-top with another first-party Xbox Studios title in Psychonauts 2.

The PC version of Forza Horizon 5 is also the joint-top reviewed game of the year on Metacritic with an aggregate score of 91.

Forza Horizon 5 already has nearly 1 million players before its official release

VGC's Forza Horizon 5 review called the racer "the first essential game of the generation".

"This is the best Forza Horizon has ever been," our review reads. "Because of this, it's among the best the racing genre has ever seen, and – as its predecessor accomplished before it – it's easily one of the best games this generation has seen so far."

It adds: "Forza Horizon 5 is the best game in the series and the best Xbox Series X/S game to date. Its flawless racing and wealth of activities are backed up by a gorgeous setting and a fantastic new progression system which encourages players to focus on the features they enjoy most. Utterly essential."

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How to install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware - Android Authority

Posted: 06 Nov 2021 12:01 AM PDT

Microsoft says Windows 11 is the most secure Windows yet, but that tag comes at a price. After spending a few weeks in beta, Windows 11 was released on October 5. It's a free upgrade, but the catch here is that the free upgrade is available to a lot fewer devices than the Windows 10 free upgrade was. Microsoft has made the eligibility criteria for Windows a lot stricter with this one.

Luckily, there are ways to install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware. It requires you to bypass the security and hardware requirement checks in Windows 11. This means that you will essentially be losing some of the promised safety appeal that Microsoft is promising here. However, if you really, badly want to upgrade to Windows 11, it'll do the trick. Here's how to install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware.

What you need to know before you install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware

Microsoft has been back and forth about the minimum system requirements that a system will need for Windows 11. There was a backlash against the original system requirements, and Microsoft then loosened them a little bit and revealed that it will not prevent you from installing Windows 11 on unsupported hardware. However, that comes with an asterisk.

Microsoft has an official support page that details its stance on installing Windows 11 on unsupported hardware. First of all, there are possible compatibility issues. Windows 11 is still very early and hasn't been tested enough to determine if there will be any crippling compatibility issues if you run it on unsupported hardware. It is safe to assume that this is a potential problem you may face. Microsoft also says that if you install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware, your system loses the guarantee of system updates, including but not limited to security updates.

How to install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware

Note: The method below works by modifying the Windows 11 ISO to remove security checks. Microsoft does not recommend you do this. It may render your system inoperable, so make sure you have backups, and have understood the risks to your software, data, as well as hardware, before proceeding further. Note that despite using this method, you may not be able to install Windows 11 on your system. The method can bypass some security checks, and it will even let you install Windows 11 without TPM. However, some other requirements, like having a 64-bit CPU, cannot be bypassed.

Microsoft has a PC Health Check App, which you should download and run. The app confirms whether your system is incompatible with Windows 11, and lists out the components responsible for the ineligibility.

Additionally, you will also need to check your boot system type in Windows. Open the System Information app by searching for msinfo in your Start Menu. Click on System Summary in the left pane, and check what your BIOS Mode says. It should be BIOS or UEFI.

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This method will require you to have a USB drive that is at least 8GB in size. You will be creating a bootable USB drive using an official Windows 11 ISO and a bootable creator app called Rufus.

Download the latest version of Rufus from here. You can pick the portable version if you want a one-click experience.
Head over to the official website for Windows 11 ISO download.
Under the Download Windows 11 Disk Image (ISO) section, click on Select Download, and select Windows 11. Click on the blue Download button.
This will prompt you to select the language for your ISO. Under the Select the product language section, click on Choose one. Pick your preferred language from the dropdown, and click on Confirm. The download will begin.

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Once the ISO download is complete, connect the USB drive to your computer, and start Rufus.

Rufus will automatically detect the USB drive, but in case it doesn't, or if you see a different drive selected, click on the dropdown menu under the Device label, and select your USB drive.

Click on the SELECT button under the Boot Selection label, to the right. Navigate to the downloaded Windows 11 ISO file, and select it. Rufus will populate the rest of the settings, which you have to change according to your system of choice.

Under the Image Options label, select Extended Windows 11 in installation (no TPM / no Secure Boot). This setting exists to ensure you can install Windows 11 without TPM checking halting the process.

Depending upon your BIOS Mode as determined earlier, under the Partition Scheme label, select MBR, if you have a BIOS system or GPT, if if you have a UEFI system. You should see the Target System label reflect your BIOS Mode as you switch the Partition Scheme.

If you have a rather old 64-bit system you're attempting this on, check the Add fixes for old BIOSes option. Your final Rufus screen should look something like this.

Windows 11 unsupported hardware Rufus settings

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Click on Start to create the bootable USB. It will take some time to write the files to the USB drive. You will see a confirmation when the process is complete.

The rest of the process is just like any regular old bootable USB installation. Attach the USB drive to the system you want to upgrade to Windows 11, and boot it up. You can now boot into the Windows 11 bootable USB by bringing up your Boot device menu by pressing the boot options key specific to your system. It's usually the Delete key or one of the function keys. You can look up the key binding specific to your system. Once the boot device menu shows up, select the USB drive, and follow the Windows 11 installation setup.

More here: How to run Android apps on Windows 11

Using Windows 11 on unsupported hardware

Like we mentioned earlier, this is a stripped-down version of Windows 11. While it doesn't take away too many components, the components that do get removed could potentially cripple support for current or future features in the OS. Microsoft is already taking away Windows Update support, and it could take away more things in the future.

Also read: Windows 11 beta impressions

That being said, this is still a solid way to get Windows 11 to breathe new life into an aging system. This is especially true if you have an older system that lacks TPM since this method will let you install Windows 11 without TPM. Just be prepared to have a few features be wonky. We will be updating this guide with better ways to install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware, so stay tuned for more.

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