Sony has released God of War on PC and as we’ve already reported, the PC port is pretty great. However, and by default, the game only runs on Windows 10 and Windows 11. Thankfully, there is a mod now that you can use in order to play it on Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1.
Created by modders ‘okt04175’ and ‘alan2350’ this Windows 7 /8 Unofficial Patch does exactly what it says. The modders have modified the OS version detection behavior so that it can be launched with Win7/8/8.1. However, you cannot use this mod in order to play the game on Windows 10/11.
After applying Patch to GoW.exe, you’ll have to download and decompress DXVK d3d11.dll and dxgi.dll and put them next to GoW.exe and start the game. You may also have to use the DXVK Async Patch if necessary.
You can download the mod from here. Alongside this mod, you’ll also need doitsujin’s dxvk, HansKristian-Work’s vkd3d-proton, Sporif’s DXVK-Async Patch and marco-calautti’s DeltaPatcher. Links to these programs are listed on the mod’s page.
Lastly, you can also download the first, experimental version, of a FOV Mod. Be also sure to read our PC Performance Analysis!
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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