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[Kareha]

It's only been a day :

http://www.pcgamer.com/middle-earth-shadow-of-war-has-been-cracked-in-just-a-day/

I searched but couldn't find a post about this.

 

[RRockman]

Rekt

 

[Kouriozan]

At this point, investing in Denuvo is just a waste of time and money.

 

[elixia]

good grief so fast

 

[Kareha]

At this point publishers should just rely on Steams built in DRM as Denuvo is getting cracked as fast as that does now.

 

[Ahasverus]

Denuvo is laughing its way out to the bank, knowing they can do nothing and still earn money.

 

[Linkark07]

I have to ask: why publishers continue putting Denuvo in their games?

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

I have to ask: why publishers continue putting Denuvo in their games?

Shareholders terrified of the few who pirate and want anything done

 

[CHC]

lol

Yeah, Denuvo is pretty much toast.

 

[Mifec]

Not only has it been cracked, it's been cracked by someone who didn't crack 64bit denuvo before. Now we have 3 groups cracking it.

I expect The Evil Within 2 to be cracked tomorrow.

 

[Theswweet]

Remember when people said "Denuvo is killing piracy!"?

lmao

 

[Soul of the Beast]

I wish I can run a business like Denuvo.

Please give me your money.

 

[Shari]

Not only has it been cracked, it's been cracked by someone who didn't crack 64bit denuvo before. Now we have 3 groups cracking it.

I expect The Evil Within 2 to be cracked tomorrow.

Yep. Id say it'll get cracked within the first 10h from release. As you say more groups being able to do the job raises competition which in turn is going to bring cracking denuvo to a very few hours after release.

I'd doubt it'll ever by as fast as bypassing steamworks but still remarkable considering how long it took just a few months back.

 

[Glass Rebel]

Once again proving that the only people who benefit from anti-piracy systems are the people selling anti-piracy systems. Who woulda thunk it?

 

[Lanrutcon]

Denuwho?

 

[mazillion]

Everyone knows Denovo games are cracked quickly I don't know how it could possibly accomplish anything anymore with that reputation.

Doesn't even protect from the impatient pirates who might've otherwise bought the game if they didn't know it was going to be cracked in a day.

 

[Dinjooh]

Wonder how long denovo has to last before it's deemed worthy for the publisher.

Is getting the game off of pirate sites for a day enough? 12 hours?

 

[hemo memo]

Remember when people said "Denuvo is killing piracy!"?

lmao

I believe Denuvo biggest accomplishment is teaching pirate groups to get more creative.

 

[Lylo]

It's only been a day :

http://www.pcgamer.com/middle-earth-shadow-of-war-has-been-cracked-in-just-a-day/

I searched but couldn't find a post about this.

Yeah, it's being discussed in this thread:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1386312&page=13

At this point, it almost looks like the Denuvo official thread...

 

[xrnzaaas]

Denuvo is laughing its way out to the bank, knowing they can do nothing and still earn money.

I refuse to believe this is anything else than deals signed before Denuvo games started to get cracked within a day.

 

[stan423321]

You know, I'm not even mad at Denuvo devs at this point (though the part where they are/were basically reselling other obfuscation product is still hilarious), the stupid part is that publishers keep buying their services instead of rolling out their very own home-made antitamper that would probably be more effective just by the virtue of uniqueness... and could probably skip the separate activation part.

 

[Mohasus]

At this point publishers should just rely on Steams built in DRM as Denuvo is getting cracked as fast as that does now.

This updated denuvo lasted THREE TIMES as long as the one in Total Warhammer 2.

 

[shimon]

I have to ask: why publishers continue putting Denuvo in their games?

Apparently shareholders. Although I don't know what kind of shareholders would think protecting your game for less than a day is worth spending 100k...

 

[Audioboxer]

Last year, Denuvo Software Solutions boasted that some publishers were only considering PC versions of console titles because of the DRMs previous success, when it was still stopping pirates, though the link between piracy and sales is questionable. Indeed, a recently published EU Commission report couldn’t find robust evidence of a link at all.

 

[Randomizer123454444]

I have to ask: why publishers continue putting Denuvo in their games?

Lack of better solution* is my guess.

* better solution in the mind of the company leadership

 

[Infinite_Daremo]

Can you pirate loot crates though?

Who could be fucked to download 100gb for a new version to be released a week later probably requiring half the game assets to be downloaded again.

 

[Nikodemos]

Can you pirate loot crates though?

They should let pirates buy loot crates.

 

[Lanrutcon]

Can you pirate loot crates though?

Apparently you can cheat engine currency, which...translates into loot crates? I think?

 

[RyanHardy101]

Shareholders terrified of the few who pirate and want anything done

But... that's dumb, the few that pirate will not buy the game either way, they will wait for the crack, either a day or whatever months it takes, the prices for new games in some countries are ridiculous.

 

[Sad Affleck]

But... that's dumb

It's the games industry. Publishers and dumb decisions go hand in hand.

 

[Blobbers]

this is the new version of denuvo too

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Could someone explain-like-I’m-five how Denuvo went from UNCRACKABLE to “lol”? I mean I know this happens with pretty much every security protection effort but what got “solved” in this case that previously seemed impossible?

 

[FHIZ]

lol

Yeah, Denuvo is pretty much toast.

It’s been getting cracked quickly for a while now, people keep saying this, games keep using it, getting cracked, more “it’s done” comments, then more games still use it, so on and so on.

It’s almost comical.

 

[Shredderi]

So essentially Denuvo was nothing more than a training course for the crackers that helped them get even better and more creative at cracking games? And publishers still pay for it?

 

[Lanrutcon]

Could someone explain-like-I’m-five how Denuvo went from UNCRACKABLE to “lol”? I mean I know this happens with pretty much every security protection effort but what got “solved” in this case that previously seemed impossible?

Breaking a system often just comes down to understanding the system. With time came experience, with experience came knowledge.

Denuvo's only long term hope was that no-one would take enough interest in it. Once it got attached to high profile releases that crackers were targeting, it was just a matter of time.

 

[Shredderi]

Breaking a system often just comes down to understanding the system. With time came experience, with experience came knowledge.

Denuvo's only long term hope was that no-one would take enough interest in it. Once it got attached to high profile releases that crackers were targeting, it was just a matter of time.

Yeah they will always lose the battle of attrition.

 

[Mifec]

It’s been getting cracked quickly for a while now, people keep saying this, games keep using it, getting cracked, more “it’s done” comments, then more games still use it, so on and so on.

It’s almost comical.

It's done in the sense that it impedes the consumer if and when the denuvo servers go down.

 

[shimon]

Can you pirate loot crates though?

Who could be fucked to download 100gb for a new version to be released a week later probably requiring half the game assets to be downloaded again.

You can't access loot crates bc market is online only.

Could someone explain-like-I'm-five how Denuvo went from UNCRACKABLE to ”lol"? I mean I know this happens with pretty much every security protection effort but what got ”solved" in this case that previously seemed impossible?

At first it was something new so it required time to learn how it works. At this point crackers figured out the basics so they can do it within a day.

 

[Rebel Leader]

 

[scitek]

Rekt

Crakt

 

[patchday]

This was crazy fast. Guess the hackers got it figured out now

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Holy shit, that was quick.

 

[b0uncyfr0]

And it was by Codex too - talk about an entrance!

 

[Poodlestrike]

I have to ask: why publishers continue putting Denuvo in their games?

Combination of wanting to look like they're doing something combined with defraying the heaviest period of piracy (launch) best they can.

 

[butman]

This feature was lootbox only too?

 

[Jag]

Larian continues to win. Make a quality product. Don't charge double what it's worth. Get your consumers behind you and don't fuck around with DRM.

 

[Vuze]

Can't say I feel sorry that a WB Game got cracked shortly after release, even less so with the loot crate shit surrounding it.

 

[shimon]

Larian continues to win. Make a quality product. Don't charge double what it's worth. Get your consumers behind you and don't fuck around with DRM.

How are the sales so far?

 

[Chao]

So they cracked it open like a loot box amirite

 

[Blackage]

So if they crack the game and mods allow it so you can get the game's in-game currency for lootboxes, would that be considered stealing to acquire lootboxes like that since you can also buy them for cold hard cash? :thinking: