The genuine download is still available direct from MSI, with no hint given about the development being on-hold (or worse), despite the news above. Last November, MSI Afterburner was in the news for being targeted by malware distributors, who set up fake but convincing-looking download websites. If you are using a supported GPU and still use Afterburner by default on new builds, please make sure you check the official site only for downloads and updates. Stick to the Official MSI Afterburner Site for DownloadsĪs of now, the last stable release of MSI Afterburner is dated December 2021. We've reached out to MSI with some questions of our own, and will update this story if we get any more substantive information from the company. Hopefully, that will include compensation for the last year of development, as well as some quick work getting support going for AMD's latest cards, and improving support for Nvidia's 40-series GPUs as well. So it seems like now that the Afterburner situation has come under a public spotlight, MSI is suddenly eager to figure out how to pay Nicolaychuk for his ongoing efforts. We are still keeping in touch with him and figuring out how to solve this." "Due to the war, our payment couldn't transfer to the author's bank account successfully. "Our product marketing & accounting team are dealing with this problem now," an MSI rep reportedly told Mujtaba. Whether or not that "solution" would involve the original developer was briefly up in the air, until WCCF editor Hassan Mujtaba posted a response from MSI on Twitter. "MSI have been working on a solution and expect it to be resolved soon." "We fully intend to continue with MSI Afterburner," a rep told the publication.
Our colleagues at PC Gamer have gotten a statement from MSI, which should put some worries to rest. This story seems to be developing fast, with MSI keen to make sure its popular Afterburner app continues on.
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