Doom: The Dark Ages has had its controversial Denuvo DRM software compromised by pirates, making it the first 2025 release to be 'cracked'
… There's a subset of PC players that tends to avoid buying games that have Denuvo applied, for instance. …
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Denuvo is an anti-tamper software used in video games to slow down or prevent unauthorized copying by adding mechanisms that detect and deter runtime modifications.
… There's a subset of PC players that tends to avoid buying games that have Denuvo applied, for instance. …
… The past has taught us to be wary of Denuvo implementation in games which are heavy on the CPU, however, so it's easy to see where veterans are coming from. It's currently unclear whether the game will also have Denuvo in its Epic Games Store version . …
… Elsewhere, PC players have at least one reason to worry about its potential performance, as the Denuvo DRM solution has been applied to the game at least on Steam. …
… The game also received last minute changes to its Steam version, adding Denuvo DRM . …