Resident Evil Requiem Denuvo DRM Fully Cracked, Making It the First 2026 Game to Have Its Copy Protection Bypassed : pcgaming

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wonder if the cost of licencing Denuvo outweighs the shrink from piracy...

[–] sulgoth@lemmy.ca 11 points 19 hours ago

I’m like 60% sure piracy management is more meant to appease shareholders than to actually break even on Denuvo licensing.

[–] TemplaerDude@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’ve been out of the scene for a while, are denuvo cracks happening more often now?

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, apparently a custom hypervisor has been built that essentially allows you to bypass Denuvo on all games, but it appears that there's been good progress on removing Denuvo altogether again as well (like a more traditional crack).

[–] user1738@europe.pub 0 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Do you know if ordinary users can ignore Denuvo on their own using this custom hypervisor, or do we still rely on cracks made by suspicious hackers?

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Have a read: https://fitgirl-repacks.site/hypervisor-guide/

Under "What’s inside those cracks?" answer #2:

The Crack/Bypass itself

Consists of EXEs/DLLs, which does the actual Denuvo bypassing + other additional DLLs, like Goldberg Steam emulator to get past the underlying Steam protection.

Those files work only for specific game versions, for which they were made. They won’t work on different game version or other games.

So I guess they still need to do some manual cracking instead of just "running it with Hypervisor". Looking at the amount of Hypervisor repacks by FitGirl that are upcoming or have already been released, it seems it does make the cracking much easier. (I don't know specifics though).

[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 points 3 hours ago

Huh?

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 52 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Does this mean it'll work under Linux/Proton since it's a (proper?) executable crack?

[–] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 28 points 1 day ago

Yes.

[+] Retail4068@lemmy.world -46 points 1 day ago (5 children)

So much effort to steal a good game 🤣

[–] Gabadabs@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Denuvo notably impacts both the performance and long term preservation of games. I imagine many people might buy a game, then download the cracked version without denuvo just for the performance gain.

[–] user1738@europe.pub 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

And also independence from Steam (or any other that also forces the launcher from it and makes you wait for the mandatory updates to only then be able to play)

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

You could disable automatic updates.

[–] Flatfire@lemmy.ca 1 points 27 minutes ago

Unfortunately this doesn't stop the game from requiring an update. Automatic or not, if an update gets pushed, you don't get to choose to stay on the older version without putting yourself in offline mode.

Denuvo is an always-online DRM. It will expire its session and prevent play unless re-authenticated. It's wild to me how the view around this has shifted. Back in 2013, this is how Microsoft wanted to design an entire gaming ecosystem. They got backlash, but it turned out they were just too up front about it. Instead we've had a decade of games that have slipped this requirement in through DRM and anti-cheat measures.

[–] homes@piefed.world 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

“If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing”

[–] oyzmo@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

true!

[+] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca -29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's such a dumb line, own up to stealing like a badass instead of pussyfooting around the term.

[–] homes@piefed.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Don’t blame me because you don’t understand the definition of the word. Try reading the article and actually learning something, instead of deflecting from your ignorance, lol

[+] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca -15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

When you don't pay for rent is it stealing?

When you rent something and take it over, is it stealing?

Highlighting the problems with renting something (that it can be taken away) doesn't change that. And to claim you're free to steal anything you rent because it's not really stealing doesn't give any merit, it just makes you look like a bitch.

You can assume all closed source software is a rental because you have no idea when it will stop working. The idea that you can reverse engineer it while admirable isn't realistic for 99% of the population, if it were then there wouldn't be a reason to have it be closed source.

[–] homes@piefed.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

we get it: you don't understand what the word "stealing" means, and making false accusations against me and slinging childish insults won't distract from the fact that what you're saying is nonsense, lol

[+] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca -9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you want to get into a debate of copying vs stealing then go ahead but it has nothing to do with the line about "it's not stealing if you were renting it"

[–] homes@piefed.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

you're the one who wants to debate anything, and you're the one who brought up "renting" anything's when I never mentioned that. once again, demonstrating how you have no clue what you're talking about - and, obviously, no clue what i'm talking about, lol

troll on, troll...

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Your example was paying rent and the quote is about buying. You do know that there's a difference, right?

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

way to miss the point

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 26 points 1 day ago

I don't pirate games, but I also don't buy games I otherwise would if they have denuvo. Always online DRM punishes paying customers and frustrates game preservation.

So I'll cheer every time a Denuvo game gets cracked.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

Or the fact you get better game performance because Denuvo is a poorly optmize piece of shit.

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

your right, we should've been putting that effort into a bad game instead 🙄

[+] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social -27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

ofc IGN doesn't comprehend bypasses, and calls it a “crack.”
Some1 should send IGN an “Editor’s nonexistent journalistic integrity award.”

[–] Meruten@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The article is not talking about the HV bypass for the game. Voices38 released a proper crack for RE9 yesterday.

[–] four@lemmy.zip 27 points 1 day ago

Literally second paragraph:

Resident Evil Requiem has been around for about six weeks, and while pirates were technically able to get around the Denuvo DRM by running a virtual machine, or hypervisor, it was risky and complicated, requiring you to completely disable Windows security and Secure Boot. With voices38's crack, though, you just have to modify the game's .exe file, making it much safer to actually run.

[–] Skipcast@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did you even read the article?

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

No, they just need to complain about something, anything, to feel superior

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah, they were wrong, but they also admitted it in one of the comment threads. Everyone makes mistakes, you don't need to be a dick about it.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 23 hours ago

This isn't that other place, and you can learn healthier forum habits.

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