Neowin News Feed for: Denuvo

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...

Homeworld 3 is the latest game to remove Denuvo DRM

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 20:12:01 +0000

The Denuvo Anti-Tamper solution is no longer a part of Homeworld 3. The Gearbox-published RTS title has been silently updated to remove the DRM tech. Read more...

BioWare confirms Dragon Age: The Veilguard won't have Denuvo or any third-party DRM

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 17:16:01 +0000

Dragon Age: The Veilguard will ship without any third-party DRM like Denuvo. BioWare has also detailed graphics specifications on PC and consoles. Read more...

Update for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor on PC removes Denuvo, brings FPS improvements

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:22:01 +0000

Respawn Entertainment's Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is now free of Denuvo DRM. The latest update brings major performance improvements and fixes for FPS hitching to the PC version too. 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...

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...

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...

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...

Doom Eternal's Denuvo anti-cheat implementation will be rolled back, id announces

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 21 May 2020 08:48:01 +0000

The recent Denuvo anti-cheat integration that spawned a massive community backlash towards Doom Eternal is being pulled, id has revealed. The removal will happen within the next week. 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...

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...