Major Blow to Denuvo Because Pirates Just Ran Out of Games to Bypass as of April 2026
2026-04-28 15:03 UTC
Replies (27)
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@Kolanaki@pawb.social 2026-05-06 07:34
Black Myth finally being piratesble, I tried it. Why does every fucking boss so far have the same "turn into a cloud of feathers that teleports around and can't be hurt" move they constantly do? Shit's fun when they actually fight, but this dumb fuck move so far being used by every main boss I encountered makes me glad I didn't buy this game.
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@ceenote@lemmy.world 2026-04-28 15:25
Huh. I guess they'll play the games now?
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@TipRing@lemmy.world 2026-04-28 19:05
I certainly hope Denuvo steps on something pointy, but there's no way I'm installing an HV bypass on any machine.
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@samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-28 16:49
Playing a game for free is not even remotely worth allowing a bypass to have absolute root access, but maybe this will make companies reconsider whether it's worth paying for Denuvo. Probably not.
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@SabinStargem@lemmy.today 2026-04-29 13:30
I have been waiting for SEGA to make Persona 5 and SMT 5 DRM-free for many years now. IIRC, Persona 5 Royal was $10 a week ago...but still DRM'ed. Fuck it. I might as well just pirate these things and not give SEGA a dime. They clearly don't want my money, nor respect my desire to be free of rootkits, restrictions, or surveillance. I just want to buy my games and play. 😒
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@Mwa@thelemmy.club 2026-04-29 10:00
why do people still play/buy games with Denuvo,it reduces your fps anyways. maybe Denuvo is as bad as Kernel level anticheat.
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@Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-28 21:16
Finally, the good news I kept scrolling for.
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@serpineslair@lemmy.world 2026-04-28 15:35
Bout time.
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@null@lemmy.org 2026-04-28 18:27
Ain't no way I'm paying full price for less updates and a rootkit. It's always better to wait on these games.
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@SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 2026-04-28 15:41
I have stacks of 1-1.5 tb sd cards in a holder on my steam deck case because I can never delete a game but I don't have time to play them either.
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@SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2026-04-29 08:11
Flash memory is not considered a good long term storage medium for archival purposes. The data slowly dissipates, a new card can hold the data around 5 to 10 years, theoretically. A cheap card even less. But the cells will wear down with every write so the charge in the cells will dissipate quicker if they have experienced lots of write cycles. So yeah I would power flash memory at least once a year to be safe.
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@Sebastrion@leminal.space 2026-04-29 11:51
If you have a server to Self Host stuff, you can also use [Gamevault](https://gamevau.lt/). It's like steam but Selfhost. You can Backup your Save Files onto your Server (you need to modify the Open Source Client for that, otherwise it's behind a Paywall.) It tracks your Playtime. You can install .7zip files, iso's and gog games very simple. You can also see what your friends are playing, if you share your Server. I also love it to collect fan games in it like PokeMMO, Mario 64 PC Port etc.
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@SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 2026-04-29 14:44
I also played voices38’s RE9, was great until raccoon city, then performance became unplayable, even on low settings. Quite a shame, I don’t think I can finish it.
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@Hubi@feddit.org 2026-04-28 16:34
The voices38 crack is not a hypervisor bypass though.
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@bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2026-04-28 17:35
So the Empress has fallen?
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@rtxn@lemmy.world 2026-04-28 17:08
The bypass probably allows more extensive dynamic analyses to be run on the running process. Crack development was seriously hindered by Denuvo's limit of five activations per day.
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@IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 2026-04-29 02:16
It just seems to me, that because it is trivial to crack them with HV, there's less effort to crack them properly.
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@Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2026-04-29 01:01
So, an OS that runs a HV that runs a HV that runs an OS that runs a translator that translates a windows-game to the original OS. If you had told me that absurd shit 30yrs ago I would have laughed at you.
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@Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2026-04-29 10:13
It is...I always trusted pirates more than companies (I was a big player back in the days) but this is way too much. I just don't play these games now (thanks denuvo) and I surely won't play those hv-"cracks". But...the worse thing is what denuvo will do now. Either they'll vanish or they'll step up by getting absolute total control kernel-side. I'd prefer vanishing. Why would anyone buy denuvo now if they don't react fast...
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@TipRing@lemmy.world 2026-04-28 23:14
It's the bypass in question that falsifies validation data to the Denuvo DRM. It runs under the OS (Windows in this case), which gives it more permissions than your operating system itself. You have to disable a significant amount of your security, reboot, run your game with the HV bypass, reenable your security, reboot, and then you can use your PC normally again. Even if you trust the HV bypass software (and I don't personally think that's a good idea), you are still opening your machine up to attack. If you are perfect in your actions and very cautious you can minimize the risk, but slipping up could leave your PC compromised. It's just too much risk.
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@pelya@lemmy.world 2026-04-29 06:16
> Is never connected to a network, public or private (always offline) 99% of all modern games won't even start
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@kevinsky@feddit.nl 2026-04-29 10:33
In simpler terms you need to have an entirely dedicated isolated system to play these games on, at which point the economical option is undoubtedly just to buy the damn game... Computers not connected to the internet are almost entirely useless for anything else, and computers that are connected to the internet are inevitably logged into to services, and being logged in to something automatically means there's personal data on it. If only credentials and authentication cookies. Just stay away from this. Get a console of Denuvo freaks you out, or just stay away from these games untill they patch denuvo out, like you should anyway. The only reason they keep using Denuvo is that they aren't adequately punished for doing so. Gamers are notoriously bad at voting with their wallet.
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@Hubi@feddit.org 2026-04-28 21:09
It's just a few weeks per game. It has gotten to the point where people are working down the list of uncracked games from the previous years.
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@sturmblast@lemmy.world 2026-04-29 13:12
I agree
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@Jankatarch@lemmy.world 2026-04-29 18:08
Ah you mix up. I am the potato pc bro.
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@CodenameDarlen@lemmy.world 2026-04-28 15:53
I played RE9 recently thanks to voices38 crack. Even the achievements were working, insane experience for something pirated. It's not the same convenience of Steam, but you can achieve similar: - I used a PowerShell script with rclone + Ludosavi backup to backup all my game saves periodically. - Add to Steam as non-Steam game to get controller support, screenshot and recording features. - And Hydra launcher (or Achievement Watcher) to save my played hours and get achievements notifications. Pro: You actually own your data instead of Steam owing it. All tools are open source and you can backup the database files. Cons: Less convenience. Already 100% all achievements.
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@mrfriki@lemmy.world 2026-04-28 19:12
Been out of the loop lately, how much time does it takes them on average to crack a new released game?