diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ff956973..2999b38c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,29 +46,25 @@ find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
 if(WIN32)
-    find_package(PkgConfig QUIET)
+    # Use vcpkg's FFmpeg CMake integration on Windows
+    find_package(FFMPEG QUIET)
+    if(FFMPEG_FOUND)
+        set(HAVE_FFMPEG TRUE)
+        message(STATUS "Found FFmpeg (vcpkg): ${FFMPEG_LIBRARIES}")
+    else()
+        set(HAVE_FFMPEG FALSE)
+        message(WARNING "FFmpeg not found — video_player will be disabled. Install via vcpkg: ffmpeg:x64-windows")
+    endif()
 else()
     find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-endif()
-if(PkgConfig_FOUND)
     pkg_check_modules(FFMPEG libavformat libavcodec libswscale libavutil)
-else()
-    # Fallback for MSVC/vcpkg — find FFmpeg libraries manually
-    find_path(FFMPEG_INCLUDE_DIRS libavformat/avformat.h)
-    find_library(AVFORMAT_LIB NAMES avformat)
-    find_library(AVCODEC_LIB  NAMES avcodec)
-    find_library(AVUTIL_LIB   NAMES avutil)
-    find_library(SWSCALE_LIB  NAMES swscale)
-    set(FFMPEG_LIBRARIES ${AVFORMAT_LIB} ${AVCODEC_LIB} ${AVUTIL_LIB} ${SWSCALE_LIB})
-endif()
-if(FFMPEG_INCLUDE_DIRS AND AVFORMAT_LIB)
-    set(HAVE_FFMPEG TRUE)
-    message(STATUS "Found FFmpeg: ${AVFORMAT_LIB}")
-elseif(FFMPEG_FOUND)
-    set(HAVE_FFMPEG TRUE)
-else()
-    set(HAVE_FFMPEG FALSE)
-    message(WARNING "FFmpeg not found — video_player will be disabled. Install via vcpkg: ffmpeg:x64-windows")
+    if(FFMPEG_FOUND)
+        set(HAVE_FFMPEG TRUE)
+        message(STATUS "Found FFmpeg (pkg-config): ${FFMPEG_LIBRARIES}")
+    else()
+        set(HAVE_FFMPEG FALSE)
+        message(WARNING "FFmpeg not found — video_player will be disabled.")
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 # Unicorn Engine (x86 emulator for cross-platform Warden module execution)
@@ -83,6 +79,9 @@ else()
     set(HAVE_UNICORN TRUE)
 endif()
 
+# Vulkan Memory Allocator
+find_package(VulkanMemoryAllocator CONFIG REQUIRED)
+
 # GLM (header-only math library)
 find_package(glm QUIET)
 if(NOT glm_FOUND)
@@ -502,6 +501,9 @@ if(TARGET vk-bootstrap)
     target_link_libraries(wowee PRIVATE vk-bootstrap)
 endif()
 
+# Link Vulkan Memory Allocator
+target_link_libraries(wowee PRIVATE GPUOpen::VulkanMemoryAllocator)
+
 # Link Unicorn if available
 if(HAVE_UNICORN)
     target_link_libraries(wowee PRIVATE ${UNICORN_LIBRARY})
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index 60b8639e..af300e29 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
     "glew",
     "glm",
     "zlib",
-    "ffmpeg"
+    "ffmpeg",
+    "unicorn",
+    "vulkan-memory-allocator"
   ]
 }