RIP Denuvo? All Games Protected by Controversial DRM Now Cracked
Denuvo, a controversial game protection system, has been cracked, allowing all games it protects to be accessed for free on pirate platforms. The new cracking method exploits virtualization techniques, making it easier and faster to bypass Denuvo's security measures. Game publishers are now implementing new restrictions to counteract this issue, but these measures may frustrate legitimate players.
- ▪Denuvo's security measures have been repeatedly defeated by hackers over the years.
- ▪The new cracking method allows games to be breached in just a few hours.
- ▪Publishers are imposing new restrictions, such as requiring online check-ins for certain titles.
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In further proof that it's hard to ever truly defeat piracy, one of the most controversial game-protection systems, Denuvo, has finally been cracked wide open, with all games it's currently "protecting" now available for free via pirate platforms.As Tom's Hardware reports, a series of hypervisor-based bypasses allowed Denuvo games to be breached in hours, though publishers have imposed new restrictions to try to get around them.Denuvo digital rights management (DRM) software launched with FIFA 15 in 2014 to make it harder for pirates to crack games by acting as a secondary layer of defense. It wasn't foolproof, but it was often enough to stop games from being cracked for months or even years after release, severely limiting the financial impact of game piracy on big game releases.
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