A couple weeks ago, Playdead removed Denuvo’s anti-piracy tech from the Steam version of Inside. They did so in typical Playdead fashion, which is to say without using words to explain any of it. Now id Software’s done the same with Doom. Sadly, they didn’t make the announcement with heavy metal.
Given the amount of information that’s floating around ahead of release, seemingly the entire internet downloaded Pokémon Sun and Moon before release. Well, it seems that the ban hammer is finally coming down on those pirates.
Given the amount of information that’s floating around ahead of release, seemingly the entire internet downloaded Pokémon Sun and Moon before release. Well, it seems that the ban hammer is finally coming down on those pirates.
“We don’t believe in DRM, and we don’t like DRM,” two of the developers behind the new game Shadow Warrior 2 recently told Kotaku in an e-mail, when we asked them about their game’s lack of anti-piracy protection. DRM, of course, refers to digital rights management or anti-piracy systems that are widely used to keep people from stealing games and other software. “We don’t believe it works,” they said. “Nor that it’s good for the players.”
It’s like somebody always says, probably: If you can’t beat ‘em, convince them to join you.
Denuvo, an advanced form of anti-piracy tech, withstood cracks for years
. But 2016 may well be seen as the year it finally succumbed its opponent’s advances in an age-old arms race.
Denuvo, an advanced form of anti-piracy tech, withstood cracks for years
. But 2016 may well be seen as the year it finally succumbed its opponent’s advances in an age-old arms race.