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Many games (e.g., Mass Effect 2 , Borderlands 2 , Guild Wars 2 ) were compiled with VS2010 and statically link to its runtime DLLs. microsoft visual c++ 2010 redistributable package x64
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1. Purpose & Definition The Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x64) is a system component published by Microsoft. It installs runtime components of Visual C++ libraries required to run 64-bit applications developed with Visual Studio 2010 on a computer that does not have Visual Studio 2010 installed. Mass Effect 2