That updated version appears to be setting back cracking groups, forcing Mass Effect pirates into using the older, pre-patched version of the game. Unheralded in the patch notes was the updated version of Denuvo included within it. The recently released Bioware title Mass Effect: Andromeda was patched recently for a variety of gameplay functions. It seemed for all the world like Denuvo was destined for the grave.īut these things don’t always progress in linear fashion. Once thought to be the DRM unicorn that video game makers had dreamed of for years, the time it took for cracks to be released for Denuvo-protected games shrunk to months, then weeks, and finally days. The recent saga of Denuvo DRM has been fairly fast moving as these things go. Torrent Freak notes that the new crack released for '2Dark' could be a reaction to game publisher Bigben Interactive's inclusion of DRM in their game, despite their promise that the title will not incorporate the content protection technology, as reported by Tech Raptor.Thu, Apr 13th 2017 03:22am - Timothy Geigner This could mean that other games, including 'Mass Effect: Andromeda,' 'Dead Rising 4,' 'NieR: Automata' and 'Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition' will have pirated versions floating around online sooner rather than later, according to Ars Technica. 'With its usual fanfare, cracking group CPY announced that it had defeated Denuvo v4 protection on 2Dark, a lesser-known stealth adventure game from the creator of Alone in the Dark.' Torrent Freak has noted that cracking group CPY's announcement proves that the Denuvo DRM protection can now be defeated faster than ever. With the newest version of Denuvo's DRM, called 'Version 4' by the cracking community, it took a little over a month, according to Tech Dirt which noted, 'That was fast.' However, Denuvo's protection began to be breached in a matter of weeks, and then finally, in days. This span of time from the release of a new game to the first appearance of pirated copies used to be enough to guarantee some protection of revenue, at least for a time. At first, it took months for new cracks to be released for new versions of the copyright protection scheme, according to Tech Dirt.

What does this mean for game publishers?Ī while ago Denuvo's DRM was hailed as a solution that could feasibly withstand the constant efforts of software crackers to break their protection.

In the battle between the makers and breakers of piracy protection software, the ball is now on Denuvo Digital Rights Management's (DRM) court as software-cracking groups defeated the latest version of the content protection scheme, a day after 'Version 4' of the DRM. Facebook Twitter Email Print Img No-img Menu Whatsapp Google Reddit Digg Stumbleupon Linkedin Comment 0 The latest version of Denuvo's Digital Rights Management (DRM) system, used to protect copyrighted media from piracy, has been bypassed.

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