Now imagine you’re a Capcom, right? It’s the weekend, your game has shipped, and your staff are off celebrating the rave reviews. But someone (probably dimwit Bob in the back office) forget to delete the shipping executable for Devil May Cry 5 that doesn’t have DRM on it from the Steam repository. Someone has now discovered that executable, and copies …
Metro Exodus was in the news recently for its move to the Epic Game Store as part of an exclusivity deal between Deep Silver and Epic Games, and today it was cracked just 5 days after release.
The much-maligned Denuvo anti-tampering DRM software will soon be used to prevent in-game cheating too.
Denuvo is not an especially loved bit of software in the PC gaming community. It’s a bit of DRM that’s been used for a while - but has largely been cracked. One of its biggest crackers has now being met with litigation and arrest.
The cat-and-mouse between video game pirates is a chase that’ll never really stop happening. At best, DRM and other anti-tampering systems keep games protected for months. At worst, it’s just a day or two after release before cracked games are out in the wild.
Shadow of War uses the now-standard Denuvo Anti Tampering on PC. Increasingly, Denuvo’s taken less and less time for nefarious underworlders to bypass, but Shadow of War’s protection has been cracked in just 24 hours.
The eagerly anticpated retro throwback Sonic Mania is finally available on PC - but it's come with an unwanted guest: Denuvo's DRM, and an always-online requirement.
Mass Effect: Andromeda is a good game, but it’s one that shipped with almost innumerable problems, not least of which was wonky animations, dead eyes and plasticine faces. Those have been fixed - but not for pirates.
If you are looking for an easy way to make money, you might find …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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