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Resident Evil Requiem Denuvo DRM Fully Cracked, Making It the First 2026 Game to Have Its Copy Protection Bypassed (www.ign.com)
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[–] 14 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Denuvo notably impacts both the performance and long term preservation of games. I imagine many people might buy a game, then download the cracked version without denuvo just for the performance gain.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    And also independence from Steam (or any other that also forces the launcher from it and makes you wait for the mandatory updates to only then be able to play)

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    You could disable automatic updates.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Unfortunately this doesn't stop the game from requiring an update. Automatic or not, if an update gets pushed, you don't get to choose to stay on the older version without putting yourself in offline mode.

    Denuvo is an always-online DRM. It will expire its session and prevent play unless re-authenticated. It's wild to me how the view around this has shifted. Back in 2013, this is how Microsoft wanted to design an entire gaming ecosystem. They got backlash, but it turned out they were just too up front about it. Instead we've had a decade of games that have slipped this requirement in through DRM and anti-cheat measures.

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