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A Helldivers 2 update is giving players with older CPUs hell

Older CPUs might not be able to run Helldivers 2 due to recent optimizations. AVX2 instructions are now a requirement for gameplay, causing crashing issues on processors below the minimum requirements ...
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Box64 0.3.0: x86_64 emulator for Linux supports AVX and AVX2

Box64 emulates x64_64 CPUs in non-x86 Linux versions. The new version 0.3.0 supports the vector instruction set extensions AVX and AVX2. Box64 is an emulator for Linux that can run Intel software - ...
Eurogamer

Helldivers 2 suddenly unplayable for some PC players on older systems

UPDATE 4.30pm UK: Arrowhead has now acknowledged the AVX2 issue and is working on a fix. In Discord, community manager Baskinator wrote: "Regarding the AVX2 issue, we are currently working on a fix ...
VideoGamer

Helldivers 2 literally becomes unplayable for some on PC due to new hard requirement

As reported by Eurogamer, Helldivers 2 has become literally unplayable for some on PC due to a new hard requirement. This new hard requirement comes despite no change to the minimum system ...