Neowin News Feed for: Drm

After confusion, Sony clarifies the new PlayStation online check-in system for games

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:12:02 +0000

Sony has finally put out a statement about the online check-in system that's attached to newly purchased PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 games. Read more...

Sony seemingly implementing new DRM for PS5 and PS4 games, requiring online checks to play

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:18:01 +0000

According to multiple reports, a new DRM system may be being attached to purchasing new games digitally on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles. Read more...

Microsoft confirms Windows 11 KB5065426, KB5064081 break DRM/HDCP video playback

Sayan Sen — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 05:56:01 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed DRM and HDCP video content playback issues on Windows 11 24H2. If you have the latest KB5065426 update, you may face it. Read more...

Windows 11 Recall will fail to capture Signal chats as long as you have this feature enabled

David Uzondu — Thu, 22 May 2025 07:46:01 +0000

Windows Recall is one of the most controversial features Microsoft has ever introduced to Windows, and now Signal is giving users a way to block it from capturing their chats. Read more...

Amazon allegedly warns it'll "terminate" your account for screenshotting Prime Video

Sayan Sen — Tue, 13 May 2025 15:42:01 +0000

Amazon has allegedly started warning customers that it will "terminate" their accounts if they screenshot. Read more...

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle won't include Denuvo DRM, Bethesda confirms

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:40:02 +0000

Bethesda and MachineGames' Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will be another AAA release in 2024 to release without Denuvo DRM on PC. Read more...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 won't have Denuvo, or any sort of DRM

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 22:32:01 +0000

When Warhorse Studios' Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 lands next year, it will not ship with Denuvo or any sort of third-party DRM. Read more...

Microsoft kills legacy DRM support on Windows Media Player, Windows 7/ 8, Silverlight

Sayan Sen — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 09:54:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced it is killing off Windows legacy DRM support on Windows 8, Windows 7, Silverlight, and legacy Windows Media Player. Read more...

Days before launch, Payday 3 ditches Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 09:42:02 +0000

In an unlikely announcement, Payday 3 developer Starbreeze has revealed that it has decided to get rid of Irdeto's Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM technology for the upcoming cooperative heisting title. Read more...

Denuvo unveils new Unreal Engine (UE) game protection tech that may also block modders

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 14:00:01 +0000

Denuvo has announced new pieces of anti-tamper technologies for UE that can halt users from accessing debug consoles, decrypted files, and stop any game modifications from being performed. Read more...

Microsoft working on better Windows 11, Windows 10 graphics and audio driver quality

Sayan Sen — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:52:01 +0000

Microsoft is developing ways to improve its display and audio driver evaluation procedure. The procedure will look at Software Digital Rights Management-related catalog reload events and more. Read more...

Denuvo rolls out Nintendo Switch Emulator Protection to halt piracy on PC

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 14:32:01 +0000

Piracy protection giant Denuvo says PC pirates are opting to emulate Nintendo Switch versions of games when PC versions have tough protections on them, and is now offering an anti-piracy solution. Read more...

Denuvo is now going after DLC pirates with its new DRM solution

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 02 Jul 2022 06:20:01 +0000

The Denuvo digital rights management software is getting an upgrade, with maker Irdeto now offering a solution that prevents PC game owners from acquiring DLC content from stores without paying. Read more...

Humble Bundle retires all Mac and Linux games from the Humble Trove starting February 1st

Dean Howell — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:32:01 +0000

It's a bittersweet day for gamers who participate in Humble Bundle's Humble Choice Program. The service will sunset Linux and Mac versions of all games on offer starting February 1st. Read more...

Remember the Alder Lake DRM bug on Windows 10 and 11? Just two more games remain unpatched

Sayan Sen — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 06:30:01 +0000

According to Intel, only two more games remain on the list of affected titles impacted by DRM on a Windows 10 or Windows 11 Alder Lake system. Users are asked to update their OS to fix the issue. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: Love from Sega, broken Windows services, and Ignite news galore

Usama Jawad — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 17:16:01 +0000

It's been a very busy week in the Microsoft world, primarily due to the Ignite conference this week. Join us as we unpack that, Windows update woes, and more in our Microsoft Weekly digest. Read more...

Intel publishes full list of games affected by DRM on Windows 10 and 11 Alder Lake PCs

Sayan Sen — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 13:50:01 +0000

Intel has published today a full list of games that are affected by DRM, particularly Denuvo on Windows 10 and 11 Alder Lake PCs. Plus a workaround has also been provided and a fix is rolling out. Read more...

DRM breaks games on Windows 10 and 11 Alder Lake PCs, but there's a workaround available now

Sayan Sen — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 13:36:01 +0000

Intel has published a workaround for Alder Lake CPUs on Windows 10 that were having issues with games' DRM, particularly Denuvo. The company has also added that a fix is ready and is rolling out. Read more...

Call of Duty's new Ricochet anti-cheat driver apparently leaks within a day of announcement

Sayan Sen — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 20:02:01 +0000

Call of Duty publisher Activision announced the all-new Ricochet anti-cheat solution for CoD games yesterday. The Ricochet driver, however, apparently has leaked out today onto online forums. Read more...

Playing Valorant on Windows 11 requires TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot

Sayan Sen — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 08:18:02 +0000

Riot Games' Valorant now requires TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot to run. That's because the game's Vanguard anti-cheat engine now carries these requirements on Windows 11 to ensure secured systems. Read more...

Vivaldi 3.5 arrives with better tabs and media playback

Paul Hill — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 12:00:01 +0000

Vivaldi 3.5 has been released bringing with it improved media playback, more powerful tab management options and a URL QR code generator that's not enabled by default but can be switched on. Read more...

Denuvo DRM heads to Android games as "Mobile Game Protection"

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 20:06:02 +0000

Irdeto announced during gamescom that its widely used DRM solution in PC games Denuvo is coming to Android with the name Mobile Game Protection. It aims to curb piracy, modding, and cheating. Read more...

FCK DRM: GOG launches new initiative to promote DRM-free media

Florin Bodnarescu — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 12:50:01 +0000

To highlight some other providers that do not use DRM, GOG.com has launched an initiative it calls FCK DRM. It features a few DRM-free music, book, and video sites, with more to be added in future. Read more...

CODEX claims to have cracked Microsoft's UWP protections and DRM

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 13:48:02 +0000

With the release of Zoo Tycoon Ultimate Animal Collection, the video game piracy group claims to have trumped the five layers of DRM protection included with content published via the UWP platform. Read more...

The OnePlus 5 and 5T can't stream HD content from services like Netflix

Timi Cantisano — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:14:01 +0000

Things were going so well for its 5T handset, but it seems OnePlus has made a glaring mistake by not supporting the proper level of Google's Widevine, preventing access to DRM-protected HD streams. Read more...

Well, that didn't take long. Shadow of War's DRM cracked in a day

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 23:54:01 +0000

Within 24 hours of the release of the new Middle Earth: Shadow of War by Monolith Productions, the game's Denuvo DRM technology has been cracked, making it possible to pirate the game. Read more...

Electronic Frontier Foundation resigns from the W3C over DRM policy

Paul Hill — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 08:58:01 +0000

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has decided it will leave the World Wide Web Consortium saying that the decision making process has been corrupted by corporate elements set on implementing DRM. Read more...

W3C approves a DRM standard for the web which has security researchers worried

Stergios Georgopoulos — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 01:28:01 +0000

The World Wide Web Consortium has approved Encrypted Media Extensions, a new internet DRM standard which has many people concerned, though all major browsers have been supporting it for years. Read more...

Netflix blocks installs on rooted Android devices

Paul Hill — Mon, 15 May 2017 15:30:01 +0000

Netflix's latest Android app is no longer supporting rooted devices. Anyone with a rooted device will be told by the Play Store their device is incompatible, but there's a way around it. Read more...

Activists marched to Tim Berners-Lee's office to protest EME DRM

Paul Hill — Mon, 15 May 2017 14:42:01 +0000

A group called Ethics in Tech held a legal march in Cambridge, MA on Saturday with their final destination being Tim Berners-Lee's office. They were aiming to stop EME (DRM) becoming a web standard. Read more...

Kodi defends the prospect of using DRM in its app to deter piracy

Rich Woods — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 23:06:01 +0000

In a blog post, the developers behind the popular Kodi media center application defended the prospect of using DRM in their app, without actually committing to the decision to do so. Read more...

Kodi is considering adding support for DRM to defeat piracy

Rich Woods — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 21:24:01 +0000

The team behind the Kodi media player are becoming increasingly frustrated with the growing use of its app for piracy. To help combat this, it's considering adding support for DRM. Read more...

Decision by Tim Berners-Lee might have stopped DRM from creeping into web standards

Paul Hill — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 02:06:02 +0000

Tim Berners-Lee has passed a decision to the W3C Advisory Committee on whether to extend the EME development through to March 31, 2017. The committee is divided on EME and could stop development. Read more...

Netflix will work on Firefox 49 for Linux

Paul Hill — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 06:30:01 +0000

Firefox 49 for Linux will bring with it support for the Content Decryption Module, Widevine. This will enable users on the platform to watch Netflix videos, at least technically. Read more...

An exploit found in Google Chrome makes it easy to download movies illegally

Justin Luna — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 16:44:02 +0000

A vulnerability in Google Chrome's video streaming system has been discovered. The current Digital Rights Management system of the browser allows users access to the video, for them to pirate. Read more...

Recent update to Oculus Rift unintentionally makes piracy easier

Usama Jawad — Mon, 23 May 2016 11:52:01 +0000

A recent update to the Oculus Rift blocked a piece of software named Revive. Now, Revive has received an update which restores its functionality, while also making VR piracy way easier. Read more...

New Oculus update kills workaround that allowed Rift exclusives to be played on HTC Vive

Timi Cantisano — Fri, 20 May 2016 20:00:01 +0000

If you were one of the brave few using the Revive workaround for the HTC Vive, it looks like the fun has come to an end, as a new Oculus software update has killed the workaround. Read more...

Games protected with SafeDisc or SecuROM won't run on Windows 8, 7 or Vista now either

Steven Parker — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 12:30:01 +0000

Following the heartbreaking news that our games from the noughties will no longer run in Windows 10 due to the removal of certain DRM support, Microsoft has now killed it in Vista, 7 and 8. Read more...

Your games protected with SafeDisc or Securom DRM won't run on Windows 10

Steven Parker — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 10:26:01 +0000

OK, its been a few years since those protections were used on media discs, but for those still rockin' older games or DRM protected audio CDs on their Windows 10 PCs, it's now not possible. Read more...

Take control of Windows 10 with DoNotSpy10

Razvan Serea — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 17:30:01 +0000

DoNotSpy10 is the world's first antispy tool for Windows 10. Its straight-forward user interface allows you to manage how Windows 10 respects their privacy. Read more...