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Resident Evil Requiem Denuvo DRM Fully Cracked, Making It the First 2026 Game to Have Its Copy Protection Bypassed (www.ign.com)
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[–] 54 points 7 months ago (1 child)

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

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    • [–] 14 points 7 months ago (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 19 points 7 months ago (3 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).

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months 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?

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months 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).

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    • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    Add in the cost of interested people who move on when they see "Uses Denuvo DRM" or whatever it says on the steam page.

    I've got some games on my wishlist just to check back every now and then to see if they've removed it yet.

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    • [+] -26 points 7 months ago* (12 children)

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

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  • [–] 36 points 7 months ago (4 children)

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

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  • [+] -10 points 7 months ago (3 children)
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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

    You don't have a lot of reading comprehension. That first link is to a post where he says "all Denuvo games can be cracked". RE9 has already been cracked - your second link is the NFO for the release.

    I don't know why you think it is a "modified version of a HV" (the NFO says nothing of the sort) - when it's fundamentally a different method: it's an actual crack that patches the .exe and doesn't depend on windows HV or anything like that. It works on proton, unlike HV bypasses.

    Since you're quoting voices, you should know he's been very vocal about HV not being "a real crack", and he does it the old-fashioned way.

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  • [–] 27 points 7 months 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.

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  • [–] 13 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Did you even read the article?

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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

    edit: The petulant downboat is your impotent tantrum showing, friendo. C'mon, you deserve better. We all do. 🤗🤓

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    • [+] -45 points 7 months ago (31 children)

    So much effort to steal a good game 🤣

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  • [–] 35 points 7 months ago (23 children)
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  • [+] -28 points 7 months ago (21 children)

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

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago* (19 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

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  • [+] -15 points 7 months ago* (18 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.

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (4 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

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  • [+] -9 points 7 months ago (3 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"

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago (2 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...

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (12 children)

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

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  • [+] -7 points 7 months ago (11 children)

    If you read the TOS then you'd see you're renting the game. Steam can revoke your access.

    Hence how it's not owned, you're paying for a period of use.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago* (10 children)

    It says purchase.

    It says purchase.

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  • [–] -5 points 7 months ago* (9 children)

    "grants a license" not "grants ownership"

    You're renting it until Steam decides to revoke it. The article talks about these not being owning but you have to know going into it that you're not buying the product, you're buying a seat to use the product. That's renting. You're paying for access.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago* (8 children)

    Steam changed that after people complained, rightfully and a lot. Also, them granting a "license" is part of the problem. There's no reason for them to not sell you your own copy of the game other than to benefit shitty game devs.

    It honestly never ceases to amaze me how eager some people are to get fucked over by corporations. Why are you even defending this?

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  • [–] -1 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Defending what?

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Shitty business practices that actively fuck over consumers.

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  • [–] -1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    everything steam did for consumer protection is less about "people complained" and more about "EU courts don't fuck with that shit".

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  • [–] 13 points 7 months ago (3 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.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 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)

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    You could disable automatic updates.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months 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.

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