While Denuvo isn't as popular nowadays as it once was, several major publishers still use the anti-piracy protection for PC games. Gotham Knights launched earlier this month with Denuvo in place, until a patch earlier this week mistakenly removed it from the game. Now, Denuvo has been put back in …

While Denuvo was once very effective at stopping PC games piracy, the DRM has also faced plenty of controversy for being overly heavy and harming performance. Soon, Denuvo will be used on consoles too, with Irdeto making its DRM available to Nintendo Switch developers.  The Nintendo Switch has been a …

Over the years, Denuvo has become a very prominent DRM provider, with many major Triple A releases using it each year. Usually, Denuvo makes headlines when games launch with performance troubles, but this time around, the DRM provider seemed to knock a bunch of games offline.  On Sunday, a Denuvo …

Following on from the launch of Marvel's Avengers' first expansion, War for Wakanda, Square Enix has made a significant change to the PC version, removing Denuvo DRM from the game a full year after launch.  This week, Patch 2.02 began rolling out for the game across all platforms. For the …

At this point in time, Metro Exodus is essentially complete, with the base game now available across consoles and PC, in addition to two DLC expansions being released. With that in mind, there is not much sense in keeping Denuvo in the game for much longer, so 4A Games is …

Last week, there was some controversy surrounding DOOM Eternal thanks to the recent addition of Denuvo Anti-Cheat for multiplayer. Folks already disagree with Denuvo's Anti-Tamper DRM, so piling on more Denuvo software caused a particularly negative response. However, after evaluating feedback, Bethesda has changed its mind. Over on Reddit this …

Doom Eternal has just received its first big update, and with it, the Denuvo anti-cheat system. It seems this move hasn't been well received by a number of gamers, however, as the number of negative reviews of Doom Eternal on Steam has increased significantly, as users express their disapproval of Denuvo. …

Square Enix has been making the news recently for accidentally removing important game files when patching games on Steam. Initially, Final Fantasy IX received a patch that seemingly deleted all Steam game files and now, Final Fantasy XII has had a similar screw up.  Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age …

Denuvo has been the number one choice of DRM for major publishers for quite some time now. Occasionally though, a studio will screw up its implementation and pave the way for swift piracy despite intentions to protect at least the first week of sale. We saw this happen with Mass Effect …

While cracking efforts have sped up over the last couple of years, a lot of major game publishers still rely on Denuvo DRM to protect launch-period sales on PC. This has drawn criticism as Denuvo is often seen as overly heavy and harmful to game performance. Publishers counter this by …

Last week, immediately following the launch of Rage 2, it came to light that Denuvo DRM was included on the Steam version of the game but was left absent on the version sold through Bethesda.net. This ultimately made having the DRM on either version pointless, as pirates had already began …

Denuvo has been the number one choice of DRM for major publishers for quite some time now. Occasionally though, a studio will screw up its implementation and pave the way for swift piracy despite intentions to protect at least the first week of sale. We saw this happen with Mass …

Despite its past successes of keeping games locked down for months after their release, Denuvo’s latest 5.2 update was cracked in just four days. The firm stated that four days could have a significant impact on game sales, but IO Interactive’s upcoming Hitman 2 hasn’t been so lucky, with one …

For the past three years, Denuvo has kept software crackers on their toes with its divisive digital rights management. Now, having been acquired by parent company Irdeto, Denuvo is looking to join the ranks of BattlEye with its own anti-piracy technology, “soon to be launched as a full end-to-end solution.” …

Over the last couple of years, a cracker known as Voksi has been tearing down Denuvo's anti-tamper protection one game at a time. Voksi became renowned for getting through the protection pretty quickly over the course of 2017, but it looks like the police have managed to track him down. …

Since its release three months ago, Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Origins has been sitting safely out of the hands of pirates thanks to Denuvo DRM. Italian hacking group CPY has announced that it has finally cracked it, however, offering hope to those that have their CPUs borked by the intensive title. …

Over the last few years, Denuvo has made a big name for itself in the gaming world. The anti-tamper technology has had its stumbles, but overall, it has managed to keep many games protected from piracy for rather extensive periods of time. It looks like larger security companies took notice …

With controversial DRM like Denuvo constantly slipping throughout the latter half of 2017, many thought this spelled the end of current anti-piracy measures as we knew it. It seems that news of its death has been greatly exaggerated, however, as Denuvo the added layer of VMProtect has made life much …

Middle-Earth: Shadow of War launched earlier this week and while Warner Bros attempted to keep it locked down with Denuvo's DRM system, it seems crackers have managed to figure out a way around it. Over the last year, game cracking groups have gotten a lot quicker at removing Denuvo, with …

Yesterday, we learned that Sega and the development team behind Sonic Mania were butting heads a bit, as the publisher snuck some additional DRM into the PC version of the game. One particular member of the development team made it clear that this was not their decision and asked fans …

Mass Effect Andromeda might not be returning for single-player DLC but the team left at Bioware Montreal is still patching. In the game's latest update, the studio is still making small changes to cut scenes and animations in order to show the game in a better light. Beyond that, Denuvo …

Over the last few months, Denuvo has been consistently making headlines for one reason or another. First Resident Evil VII was cracked in record time, then the software was accused of impacting the performance of recently released indie game ‘RIME', which was also cracked in record time, causing the developer …

The Denuvo anti-tamper software company has taken another hit to its reputation over the weekend, where it was discovered that there was a leak in its private messaging system. That leak was discovered by hackers and lead to a number of messages from developers and the general public appearing online. …

Earlier this week, we learned that cracking groups had already managed to circumvent Denuvo's anti-tamper technology in Resident Evil 7, opening the game up to pirates less than a week after its final release. This was surprising as up until now, Denuvo has traditionally taken months to crack for new …

Over the last 18 months or so, Denuvo has been a huge help for game publishers and a huge headache for game crackers. However, it looks like the DRM's effectiveness is starting to slip as Resident Evil 7 has been cracked in record time, leaving pirates with access to the …

Denuvo has become an incredibly popular form of DRM amongst game publishers over the years but as we have seen over the last year, it can be cracked, it just takes quite a bit of time. This week, DOOM is dropping Denuvo DRM on PC after finally being cracked, in …

Playdead, the developer of hit creepy, indie side-scroller, Inside, has ditched anti-tamper software, Denuvo from the game just as the Steam Autumn Sale hit. Considering Denuvo has proved so successful in protecting other games, it's quite a surprising move to see it ditched, especially during a sale period. Denuvo has …

Anti-tamper digital management system, Denuvo, may have faced a couple of set backs as of late, but the executives at the developer aren't concerned. In fact they still see the company at the forefront of protecting games and suggested that no DRM system was fullproof, but that its was still the …

The bane of game crackers the world over, Denuvo, may have finally begun to weaken in the face of an onslaught of hacking attempts, as several titles protected by the game have now appeared on popular sharing sites, fully playable. Rise of the Tomb Raider however, appears to have been …

Denuvo is a name that sends shudders down the spines of pirates the world over, as it has meant that some games, no matter how hard people tried, have remained uncracked and unplayable for those not willing to pay for them. But there are whispers that that mightiest of foes …