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Denuvo strikes again!

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[-] RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

There are no groups currently cracking Denuvo.

[-] kbal@fedia.io 64 points 1 day ago

In that case, request a refund and just forget about the game. It's that little bit worse for the publisher who chose Denuvo.

[-] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Doubt it.

Now that it's much harder to crack they'll sell more. So many thiefs out there with plenty of money to burn who choose not to because they can get away with it.

[-] YouAreLiterallyAnNPC@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago

Are the thieves with plenty of money to burn in the room with you, right now? Can you point them out? Where did they hurt you? Was it actually EA or Ubisoft but you're scared to let us know? Was it Paradox's DLC scheme, or Total War? Are they the ones who really hurt you? It's ok. You're in a safe space. The AI generated loot skins can't hurt you, here.

[-] VerilyFemme 18 points 1 day ago

There are several individuals though. Fitgirl and Empress come to mind.

[-] golli@lemm.ee 53 points 1 day ago

Doesn't fitgirl just repack stuff (compressing the game for smaller download sizes) rather than doing the actual cracking?

[-] Draegur@lemm.ee 28 points 1 day ago

Oh I get it, fitgirl will Make It FIT! Huh.

[-] Hubi@feddit.org 39 points 1 day ago

Fitgirl

That's a repacker, not a cracker.

[-] Flyswat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 1 day ago

Cracker? I barely know her?

[-] VerilyFemme 2 points 1 day ago
[-] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 day ago

I think Empress is too busy ranting about trans people to crack games anymore

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 6 points 1 day ago

And men in general.

[-] RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago

Empress has not cracked anything for a long time and Fitgirl has never cracked anything

[-] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago

Is anything worth cracking? GTA 6 will be. But what has come out recently is worth the effort?

[-] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 3 points 18 hours ago

Yea I would think anyone who has a workaround is keeping it quiet, otherwise it'll get fixed before then. Then it would be harder to break it for gta.

Is it because companies tend to strip denuvo from the games after some months?

[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 4 points 17 hours ago

The rumour going around, back then, was that Denuvo went under the table and paid crackers who had the ability to break their DRM to like -- Stop doing that. And that this was the reason EMPRESS (actually insane woman) was the only person left who could crack it.

Of course, there is no way to prove that.

[-] RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think it is mostly due to it being difficult to hack and those with the skill are well employed and don't want to risk legal action or spend the time to crack games.

[-] princessnorah 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah, didn't Denuvo themselves hire a few of the former crackers?

this post was submitted on 15 May 2025
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