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Just when you thought the DRM dystopia couldn't get any worse, the company behind Denuvo Anti-tamper has revealed a new DRM scheme at Gamescom to prevent people from modding Unreal Engine games. I will honestly be surprised if this has any significant uptake within the industry in the future...

Denuvo's DRM software is extensively used throughout the AAA gaming industry, but it's also been the focus of several recent controversies. Some have accused it of degrading performance in the games that implement it, while others claim it barely puts a dent in the piracy of more popular titles...

Capcom accidentally left a developer branch of Devil May Cry 5 public that didn't have Denuvo copy protection added to the files. A Steam user created a guide for downloading the file, but Capcom took the file down. Digital Foundry has tested the file to see the performance difference between...

Since Denuvo has been around there's been a debate raging about its effect on game performance. YouTuber Overlord has decided to put this to rest and he tested 7 games with Denuvo installed and with it officially patched out. His test rig utilized an i7 2600K running stock with a stock clocked...

Just one day after it was announced that the latest version of Denuvo anti-piracy software was defeated, TorrentFreak is reporting that Denuvo has been acquired by anti-piracy outfit Irdeto. The article adds Denuvo was founded relatively recently in 2013 and employs less than 50 people. In...

Denuvo has had its fair share of DRM failures lately, in that its DRM has been cracked without hours of releasing, but its latest 4.8 version has been holding steady for months now. Dark Side of Gaming is reporting that 4.8 has now been cracked as far as the Sonic Forces game is concerned...

Middle-Earth: Shadow of War moves to the number one spot on the Crack Watch list in just one day of its release. Thanks to the awesome abilities of Denuvo anti-tamper technology, which is becoming the poster child for expensive bloatware. It is a shame that us gamers that buy the games have to...

Denuvo has been accused of using unlicensed software by fellow anti-piracy outfit VMProtect Software. It seems that Denuvo needed a way to thwart crackers from reverse engineering their software and VMProtect was the perfect solution. The problem was that VMProtect didn't feel that the...

After only 5 days the Denuvo DRM in RiME has been cracked. The studio has announced that a new Denuvo free build of the game will be replacing the current one. Rime lead producer Cody Bradley also stated the presence of Denuvo was responsible for a "small performance hit" in Rime, and that they...

Denuvo is the new darling of publishers eager to install DRM on gaming titles to prevent their wares from showing up on file sharing websites. Denuvo certainly isn't the most liked solution, but as long as it gets the job done, then publishers are happy. Recently version 3 of Denuvo was...