Capcom Puts Windows 10 Players on Notice: Monster Hunter Wilds, Rise, and World May Stop Running Mid-October—Update Your Drivers Now
Microsoft will pull the plug on Windows 10 support on October 14, 2025, putting hundreds of millions of PCs on the clock to upgrade or risk going unprotected.
Capcom just told Monster Hunter players what a lot of PC holdouts were hoping not to hear: if you keep riding Windows 10 into 2025, you are basically on your own.
Windows 10 is about to be a no-safety-net zone for Monster Hunter
With Microsoft ending Windows 10 update support on October 14, 2025, Capcom posted a Steam notice saying it will not guarantee Monster Hunter Wilds, Monster Hunter Rise, or Monster Hunter World will keep running on that OS after the cutoff. The games will not suddenly self-destruct on October 14, but future Windows or game updates might break things on Win10, and Capcom will not be patching around that.
"Proper game functionality cannot be guaranteed on operating systems of which Microsoft has ended support."
Translation: if you hit a wall on Windows 10 after October 14, support can only reference whatever info existed before the cutoff, and Capcom will stop investigating Windows 10 runtime problems entirely. If you want ongoing fixes and a support path, move to Windows 11.
Separate issue: Wilds is crashing for some players, update your drivers
Roughly three hours after the Windows 10 warning, Capcom put up another Steam note aimed at everyone playing Monster Hunter Wilds. The team says it has confirmed crashes and other forced shutdowns tied to GPU driver issues and is telling people to update their drivers to these versions or newer:
- Nvidia: 580.88+
- AMD: 25.2.1+
Manage your expectations here. A fresh driver might steady the ship for some rigs, but it is not a miracle cure. It sounds like the latest Wilds patch stirred up some driver-related instability and Capcom is trying to sand down the rough edges for now.
Bigger CPU/GPU optimization work meant to tackle Wilds' broader PC performance problems is still planned for "this winter." Until then, if you are staying on Windows 10, know the clock is ticking; if you are crashing on any OS, try those drivers first.