Denuvo

Denuvo
Developer(s) Denuvo Software Solutions GmbH
Initial release 2014
Platform Microsoft Windows
License Proprietary software
Website denuvo.com

Denuvo Anti-Tamper, or Denuvo, is an anti-tamper technology and digital rights management (DRM) scheme developed by the Austrian company Denuvo Software Solutions GmbH, a company formed through the management buyout (MBO) of Sony DADC DigitalWorks.

Technology

Early reports suggested that Denuvo Anti-Tamper "continuously encrypts and decrypts itself so that it is impossible to crack."[1] Denuvo Software Solutions has stated that the technology "does not continuously encrypt and decrypt any data on storage media. To do so would be of no benefit in terms of security or performance." The company has not revealed how Denuvo Anti-Tamper works.[2] The Chinese warez group 3DM claimed to have defeated Denuvo Anti-Tamper on 1 December 2014. The group claimed that the technology involves a "64-bit encryption machine" that requires cryptographic keys unique to the specific hardware of each installed system.[3]

Later, in early December, the same group released a crack for the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition, which uses Denuvo Anti-Tamper to protect Electronic Arts' Origin Online Access DRM.[4] But this took almost a month, which is unusually long for PC games.[4] Asked about the development, Denuvo acknowledged that "every protected game eventually gets cracked".[4] Ars Technica noted that most legitimate sales for major games happened within 30 days of release, and so publishers may consider Denuvo a success if it meant a game took significantly longer to be cracked.[5]

Games protected by Denuvo require an online re-activation for every hardware upgrade. Denuvo limits activations at 4 hardware upgrades per 24 hours.[6][7] Denuvo also requires access to the Internet once every 24 hours to validate the activation data of the game.

In January 2016, 3DM reportedly nearly gave up attempting to crack Just Cause 3, which is protected with Denuvo, due to the difficulties associated with the process.[8] They also warned that due to the current trends in encryption technology, in two years' time, the cracking of video games may become impossible.[8][9] Denuvo's Thomas Goebl believes that some console-only releases may get PC release in future due to this technology.[9] It was announced that 3DM would stop all research on Denuvo Anti-Tamper, stop cracking all single-player games from February 2016 for one whole year, start relying on other crackers and see if the sales have increased in China in one year's time.[10]

In early August 2016, it was reported that the Denuvo protection found in Doom had been bypassed by a cracker named Voksi.[11] Bypasses for many other Denuvo protected games were released within the following days.[12] Although the exploit used for these bypasses was patched 3 days after the first bypass was released, news followed that Rise of the Tomb Raider, Inside and Doom[13] had been fully cracked by the scene group CONSPIR4CY (CPY),[14] by successfully emulating the Denuvo protection and patching the remaining in game triggers.

Playdead later removed Denuvo from their game Inside in their later patches.

Controversy

Some consumers have alleged that Denuvo Anti-Tamper shortens the lifetime of solid-state drives (SSDs) by writing an excessive amount of data to the drive.[1][15][16][17] Denuvo Software Solutions responded by claiming that "Denuvo Anti-Tamper does not constantly read or write any data to storage media."[2]

List of Denuvo games

Games that are officially acknowledged to use, or reportedly use, Denuvo Anti-Tamper include:

Name Publisher Developer Release Date Source Cracked
FIFA 15 Electronic Arts EA Canada 2014-09-23 [18] Yes[19]
Lords of the Fallen CI Games Deck 13 2014-10-28 [20] Yes[21]
Dragon Age: Inquisition Electronic Arts BioWare 2014-11-18 [22] Yes[23]
Battlefield: Hardline Electronic Arts Visceral Games 2015-03-17 [24] Yes[25]
Batman: Arkham Knight Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Rocksteady Studios 2015-06-23 [26] Yes[27]
Mad Max[lower-alpha 1] Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Avalanche Studios 2015-09-01 [28] Yes[29]
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Konami Kojima Productions 2015-09-01 [30] Yes[31]
FIFA 16 Electronic Arts EA Canada 2015-09-22 [32] No
Might & Magic Heroes VII Ubisoft Limbic Entertainment 2015-09-29 [33] No
Might & Magic Heroes VII: Trial by Fire Ubisoft Limbic Entertainment 2016-08-04 [33] No
Anno 2205[lower-alpha 2] Ubisoft Blue Byte 2015-11-03 [34] No
Star Wars Battlefront Electronic Arts EA DICE 2015-11-17 [35] No
Just Cause 3 Square Enix Avalanche Studios 2015-12-01 [36] No
Unravel Electronic Arts Coldwood Interactive 2016-02-09 [37] No
Rise of the Tomb Raider Square Enix Crystal Dynamics 2016-01-28 [38] Yes[39]
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 Electronic Arts PopCap Games 2016-02-23 [40] No
Far Cry Primal Ubisoft Ubisoft Montreal 2016-03-01 [41] No
Hitman Square Enix IO Interactive 2016-03-11 [42] No
Need for Speed Electronic Arts Ghost Games 2016-03-15 [43] No
Eve: Gunjack CCP Games CCP Games 2016-03-28 [44] No
ADR1FT 505 Games Three One Zero 2016-03-29 [45] No
The Climb Crytek Crytek 2016-04-28 [46] No
DOOM Bethesda Softworks id Software 2016-05-13 [47] Yes[48]
Homefront: The Revolution Deep Silver Dambuster Studios 2016-05-17 [49] No
Total War: Warhammer[lower-alpha 3] SEGA Creative Assembly 2016-05-24 [50] No
Edge of Nowhere Insomniac Games Insomniac Games 2016-06-06 [51] No
Mirror's Edge Catalyst Electronic Arts EA Digital Illusions CE 2016-06-07 [52] Yes[53]
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter Bigben Interactive Frogwares 2016-06-10 [54] No
ABZÛ 505 Games Giant Squid Studios 2016-08-02 [55] No
F1 2016 Codemasters Codemasters 2016-08-19 [56] No
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided[lower-alpha 4] Square Enix Eidos Montréal 2016-08-23 [57] Yes
Fernbus Simulator Aerosoft GmbH TML-Studios 2016-08-25 [58] No
Champions of Anteria Ubisoft Ubisoft Blue Byte 2016-08-30 [59] No
God Eater Resurrection Bandai Namco Entertainment Shift 2016-08-30 [60] Yes
God Eater 2: Rage Burst Bandai Namco Entertainment Shift 2016-08-30 [61] No
Damaged Core High Voltage Software High Voltage Software 2016-08-30 [62] No
Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 Konami PES Productions 2016-09-13 [63] Yes
FIFA 17 Electronic Arts EA Canada 2016-09-27 [64] No
WRC 6 Bigben Interactive Kylotonn 2016-10-14 [65] No
Battlefield 1 Electronic Arts EA Digital Illusions CE 2016-10-21 [66] No
Just Dance 2017 Ubisoft Ubisoft Paris 2016-10-25 [67] No
Titanfall 2 Electronic Arts Respawn Entertainment 2016-10-28 [68][69] No
Rock Band VR Harmonix Music System Harmonix Music System 2016-10-30 [70] No
Golfzon Driving Range Golfzon Golfzon 2016-11-01 [71] No
Moto Racer 4 Microids Anuman 2016-11-03 [72] No
Football Manager 17 Sports Interactive Sega 2016-11-04 [73] No
Dragon Front High Voltage Software High Voltage Software 2016-11-06 [74] No
Yesterday Origins Microids Pendulo Studios 2016-11-10 [75] Yes
Handball 17 Bigben Interactive Bigben Interactive 2016-11-11 [76] No
Dishonored 2 Bethesda Softworks Arkane Studios 2016-11-11 [77] No
Planet Coaster Frontier Developments Frontier Developments 2016-11-17 [78] No
Watch_Dogs 2 Ubisoft Ubisoft Montreal 2016-11-29 [79] No
For Honor Ubisoft Ubisoft Montreal 2017-02-14 [79] No
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands Ubisoft Ubisoft Paris 2017-03-07 [79] No
South Park: The Fractured But Whole Ubisoft South Park Digital Studios Q1 2017 [79] No

Notes

  1. ↑ Windows version only
  2. ↑ Until update 1.3
  3. ↑ Windows version only
  4. ↑ Windows version only

References

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  2. 1 2 "Denuvo". www.denuvo.com. Denuvo Software Solutions GmbH. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Denuvo DRM has been cracked - PC Invasion". Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Purchese, Robert. "Don't call it DRM: what's Denuvo Anti-Tamper?". Eurogamer. Eurogamer.
  5. ↑ Orland, Kyle (7 January 2016). "Major piracy group warns games may be crack-proof in two years". Ars Technica. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Burke, Steve. "(Updated) Mirror's Edge Catalyst DRM Limits PC Users to 4 Upgrades".
  7. ↑ "Mirror's Edge: Catalyst DRM Rumors Are Wrong - PC Perspective".
  8. 1 2 Owen S. Good (9 January 2016). "Piracy group nearly gives up on cracking Just Cause 3, warns of bleak future". www.polygon.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  9. 1 2 Robert Purchese (8 January 2016). "Finally, tide turns in war with PC game crackers". www.eurogamer.net. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "3DM：新年开始不再破解单机游戏，汉化仍继续". 5 February 2016 (in Chinese). IT之家. 6 February 2016.
  11. ↑ Papadopoulos, John. "Denuvo has been defeated, first working crack for DOOM is now available | DSOGaming | The Dark Side Of Gaming". DSOGaming. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  12. ↑ Papadopoulos, John. "Just Cause 3, Rise of the Tomb Raider & Inside have been cracked/bypassed | DSOGaming | The Dark Side Of Gaming". DSOGaming. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  13. ↑ "Inside-CONSPIR4CY | PreDB.me". predb.me.
  14. ↑ "Denuvo Properly Cracked, "Rise of the Tomb Raider" First Victim - TorrentFreak". TorrentFreak. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  15. ↑ Gründken, Benjamin. "Dragon Age: Inquisition - Meldungen um SSDs zerstörenden Denuvo-Kopierschutz verunsichern Spieler, viel Lärm um nichts?". PCGamesHardware.de. PCGamesHardware.
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  17. ↑ "Denuvo-Kopierschutz zerstört gerüchteweise SSD-Laufwerke". Gulli.com. Gulli.
  18. ↑ "Terms & Conditions" (PDF). FIFA 15.
  19. ↑ "FIFA.15.Ultimate.Team.Edition-CPY". Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  20. ↑ "support page Denuvo".
  21. ↑ "Lords.Of.The.Fallen-CPY". Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  22. ↑ "- Terms & Conditions" (PDF). Dragon Age: Inquisition.
  23. ↑ "Dragon.Age.Inquisition.Deluxe.Edition-CPY". Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  24. ↑ "- Terms & Conditions" (PDF). Battlefield: Hardline.
  25. ↑ "Battlefield.Hardline-CPY". Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  26. ↑ "support page Denuvo".
  27. ↑ "Batman.Arkham.Knight-CPY". Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  28. ↑ "support page Denuvo".
  29. ↑ "Mad.Max.Incl.DLC.Cracked-3DM". Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  30. ↑ "support page Denuvo".
  31. ↑ Klepek, Patrick (February 17, 2016). "The Anti-Piracy Tech That's Giving Hackers Fits". Kotaku. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  32. ↑ "- Terms & Conditions" (PDF). FIFA 16.
  33. 1 2 "scanning EXE Might & Magic Heroes VII".
  34. ↑ "support page Denuvo".
  35. ↑ "- Terms & Conditions" (PDF). Star Wars Battlefront.
  36. ↑ "support page Denuvo".
  37. ↑ "- Terms & Conditions" (PDF). Unravel.
  38. ↑ "support page Denuvo".
  39. ↑ Klepek, Patrick (August 8, 2016). "For A Brief Moment, Hackers Beat PC Gaming's Best Anti-Piracy Tech". Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  40. ↑ "- Terms & Conditions" (PDF). Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2.
  41. ↑ "support page Denuvo".
  42. ↑ "support page Denuvo".
  43. ↑ "- Terms & Conditions" (PDF). Need for Speed 2016.
  44. ↑ "support page Denuvo".
  45. ↑ "support page Denuvo".
  46. ↑ "support page Denuvo".
  47. ↑ "support page Denuvo".
  48. ↑ Bakker, Raymond (September 7, 2016). "Release group CPY releases DOOM Denuvo crack". Retrieved September 9, 2016.
  49. ↑ "support page Denuvo".
  50. ↑ "support page Denuvo".
  51. ↑ "support page Denuvo".
  52. ↑ "- Terms & Conditions" (PDF). Mirror's Edge Catalyst.
  53. ↑ Mahmood, Sikandar (October 2, 2016). "CPY Fully Cracks Denuvo, Mirror's Edge Catalyst Available on Torrent Sites". Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  54. ↑ "support page Denuvo".
  55. ↑ "support page Denuvo".
  56. ↑ "support page Denuvo".
  57. ↑ "support page Denuvo".
  58. ↑ "support page Denuvo".
  59. ↑ "Terms & Conditions".
  60. ↑ "support page Denuvo God Eater Resurrection".
  61. ↑ "support page Denuvo God Eater 2 Rage Burst".
  62. ↑ "Support Page Denuvo".
  63. ↑ "Support Page Denuvo".
  64. ↑ "- Terms & Conditions" (PDF). FIFA 17.
  65. ↑ "Support Page Denuvo". By XT.
  66. ↑ "-Terms & Conditions" (PDF). Battlefield 1.
  67. ↑ "END USER LICENCE AGREEMENT".
  68. ↑ "scanning server.dll Titanfall 2". By XT.
  69. ↑ "After new update for Denuvo,we don't have Denuvo in exe file.In Titanfall 2 we see Denuvo in "server.dll" file".
  70. ↑ "support page Denuvo". By XT.
  71. ↑ "support page Denuvo". By XT.
  72. ↑ "support page Denuvo". By XT.
  73. ↑ "support page Denuvo". By XT.
  74. ↑ "Support Page Denuvo.". By XT.
  75. ↑ "Support Page Denuvo.". By XT.
  76. ↑ "Support Page Denuvo.". By XT.
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