Be Quiet! Pure Power 12 M - 850W ATX 3.0 PSU review
Corsair H170i Elite Capellix XT review
Forspoken: PC performance graphics benchmarks
ASRock Z790 Taichi review
The Callisto Protocol: PC graphics benchmarks
G.Skill TridentZ 5 RGB 6800 MHz CL34 DDR5 review
Be Quiet! Dark Power 13 - 1000W PSU Review
Palit GeForce RTX 4080 GamingPRO OC review
Core i9 13900K DDR5 7200 MHz (+memory scaling) review
Seasonic Prime Titanium TX-1300 (1300W PSU) review
Middle-earth: Shadow Of War PC DRM Was Cracked Within 24 Hours
Middle-earth: Shadow of War has just been released (read our perf review here) and it uses the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. And as you may have guessed, the game has been cracked in just a day.
Shadow of War follows Total War: WARHAMMER 2 and FIFA 18; two games that were also cracked one day after their release. To be honest, we are really wondering whether it’s worth using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. Denuvo was meant to protect the games for at least a respectable number of days after their official launch. However, all the three latest games using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech have been cracked in record time.
Denuvo's anti-tampering system, and others, are used to help address piracy reports gamespot. By comparison, Eurogamer reported that Mass Effect: Andromeda's DRM system was cracked in 10 days, while Resident Evil 7's was brought down in a little under a week. Denuvo is also used for games like Batman: Arkham Knight, Mad Max, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, and Rise of the Tomb Raider.
The Chinese cracking group 3DM said in 2016 that it believed anti-piracy measures on PC games would become so advanced that there might be an end to pirated games by 2018.
Review: Middle-Earth Shadow of War: PC graphics performance analysis - 10/11/2017 06:32 PM
We'll test Middle-Earth Shadow of War for Windows PC relative towards graphics card performance with the latest AMD/NVIDIA graphics card drivers. With close to 20 cards, multiple graphics cards are b...
Video: Middle-earth Shadow of War Story Trailer - 06/09/2017 07:38 AM
Developer Monolith Productions and publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment released a new story trailer for the upcoming and highly-anticipated Middle-earth: Shadow of War. Middle-earth: Shad...
Middle-earth: Shadow of War Trailer - 05/18/2017 07:57 AM
Middle-earth: Shadow of War is set to launch on PC on August 22, 2017 in North America, and on August 25th in Europe (it’s unclear if it will launch for Project Scorpio on these dates, becau...
Middle-earth: Shadow of War - 4K Gameplay - 04/12/2017 08:08 AM
Middle-earth: Shadow of War is set to launch for Xbox One, Project Scorpio, PC, PS4, and PS4 Pro, on August 22, 2017 in North America, and on August 25th in Europe. ...
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Requirements - 04/09/2014 08:04 AM
Shadow of Mordor's Steam page has gone live, revealing the PC system requirements for this new action RPG LOTR title. According to the Steam page, PC gamers will need at least a quad-core CPU, 4GB ...
Hilbert Hagedoorn
Don Vito Corleone
Posts: 45569
Joined: 2000-02-22
Don Vito Corleone
Posts: 45569
Joined: 2000-02-22
#5481255 Posted on: 10/13/2017 08:31 AM
Hmm, what I experienced DRM wise (that is Denuvo btw) really isn't relevant for you guys. I means that was after the 4th install on a PC and afters witching like graphics 20 cards. So the way it is implemented seems fair.
That screenshot is yours? You should add a bit of your experience to the article too.
Hmm, what I experienced DRM wise (that is Denuvo btw) really isn't relevant for you guys. I means that was after the 4th install on a PC and afters witching like graphics 20 cards. So the way it is implemented seems fair.
Atombender
Senior Member
Posts: 2521
Joined: 2002-11-08
Senior Member
Posts: 2521
Joined: 2002-11-08
#5481258 Posted on: 10/13/2017 08:42 AM
But still, If you illegally downloaded the game you could have done as much testing as you would like. But now you legally bought it you get these kind of messages. So you're being punished for buying the game, although I understand that it's not relevant for a regalar gamer.
I'm still surprised the companies who make video games don't have some sort of version in which you switch as much hardware as you like.
I mean there are a lot of websites who make these kind of comparisons like you do, who will also have the same problems.
But still, If you illegally downloaded the game you could have done as much testing as you would like. But now you legally bought it you get these kind of messages. So you're being punished for buying the game, although I understand that it's not relevant for a regalar gamer.
I'm still surprised the companies who make video games don't have some sort of version in which you switch as much hardware as you like.
I mean there are a lot of websites who make these kind of comparisons like you do, who will also have the same problems.
Hilbert Hagedoorn
Don Vito Corleone
Posts: 45569
Joined: 2000-02-22
Don Vito Corleone
Posts: 45569
Joined: 2000-02-22
#5481261 Posted on: 10/13/2017 08:49 AM
I hear you, but I use legal games solely. And that does come with these protections. It's a vicious circle, I know.
I hear you, but I use legal games solely. And that does come with these protections. It's a vicious circle, I know.
lucidus
Senior Member
Posts: 11835
Joined: 2011-12-31
Senior Member
Posts: 11835
Joined: 2011-12-31
#5481272 Posted on: 10/13/2017 09:20 AM
Yeah but what did locking you out for so long accomplish in the end? Steam CEG takes care of casual copying as it is and family share has its own risks and limitations. I also don't like how denuvo needs to relicense itself after a number of days determined by the publisher, which breaks offline mode. Anyway, it's ok, denuvo's invulnerability power up has expired so it will take care of itself
And you're not wrong either, 20 different graphics cards in a day ... none of us are going to do that.
Hmm, what I experienced DRM wise (that is Denuvo btw) really isn't relevant for you guys. I means that was after the 4th install on a PC and afters witching like graphics 20 cards. So the way it is implemented seems fair.
Yeah but what did locking you out for so long accomplish in the end? Steam CEG takes care of casual copying as it is and family share has its own risks and limitations. I also don't like how denuvo needs to relicense itself after a number of days determined by the publisher, which breaks offline mode. Anyway, it's ok, denuvo's invulnerability power up has expired so it will take care of itself
And you're not wrong either, 20 different graphics cards in a day ... none of us are going to do that.
Click here to post a comment for this news story on the message forum.
Senior Member
Posts: 11835
Joined: 2011-12-31
That screenshot is yours? You should add a bit of your experience to the article too.