Epic deploys hotfix to address store launcher "bug" that hikes CPU usage and temperatures for some PCs

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澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Epic Games has released a patch to mitigate an issue with the latest version of its Epic Games Stor😼e launcher that's affecting PC hardware.  

The issue – which seems to drives up CPU usage and system temperatures – was first detailed on (thanks, ), promptin🌞g several users to concur that they too were having problems with temperature and ba💎ttery life on PC laptops.

, adding that the launcher seemed to be "firing off data at regular intervals to over 22 different servers". 

Epic's Sergiy Galyonkin has since 🗹updated players by confirming that a hotfix has now been deployed, but acknowledged "it's not a full solution".

"Well, I've read ♌through the internal thread on this, so I understand t༺he basics (the browser module kept thinking it's open when minimized, essentially) but I'm not entirely sure what was causing it," Galyonkin added in a later response on . "No portal to the underworld, as far as I know :)"

ICYMI, the details of Epic Games Stores' festive giveaway leaked online a few days back, and there are still freebies aꦡvailable between now and the end of the year. 

A number of games have already been up for grabs, including Cities: Skyline, Oddworld: New N Tasty, and The Long Dark, Alien Isolation, and Defense Grid 1. Right now, Torchlight 2 is going fo🧸r the low, low price🐬 of free, with Jurassic World Evolution speculated to be tomorrow's final freebie.

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