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submitted 11 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

Denuvo strikes again!

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[-] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 159 points 11 months ago

That would certainly make me request a refund and just pirate the game.

[-] RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

There are no groups currently cracking Denuvo.

[-] kbal@fedia.io 71 points 11 months 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.

[-] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 11 months ago

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

[-] golli@lemm.ee 61 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Draegur@lemm.ee 31 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Hubi@feddit.org 44 points 11 months ago

Fitgirl

That's a repacker, not a cracker.

[-] Flyswat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 11 months ago

Cracker? I barely know her?

[-] RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago

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

[-] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 27 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 7 points 11 months ago

And men in general.

[-] Xttweaponttx@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah I think Empress got caught \ found by police? Or maybe that was just them being a little internet shit whining about "betrayals" 🤷

[-] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months ago

I followed her telegram for a while then it became too cringe

[-] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 11 months ago

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

[-] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 5 points 11 months 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.

[-] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago

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

[-] RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago

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

[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 4 points 11 months 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.

[-] Ptsf@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

Heads up, Steam has stopped refunding even broken games if it passes the two hour mark (even if it's from sitting there on your system process locked).

[-] kadup@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

Illegal where I live, probably why they give me warnings about that but always end up approving the refund

[-] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago
[-] kadup@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

Any online purchase can be refunded within 7 days, no matter the reason. I don't even need a reason other than "didn't like it" or "actually I'd rather use the money to buy some chocolate"

[-] kurumin@linux.community 1 points 11 months ago
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