Denuvo, the corporate finest recognized for its heavily-criticized PC gaming DRM expertise, has set its sights on a brand new scourge: Nintendo Swap piracy. Kotaku experiences: The software program maker introduced throughout GamesCom 2022 on Wednesday that it’ll start promoting a brand new product known as Nintendo Swap Emulator Safety to stop Swap video games from being pirated on PC. It would not look like partnering with Nintendo on the initiative, which as a substitute appears aimed largely at third-party publishers of multiplatform video games. “As with all different Denuvo options, the expertise integrates seamlessly into the construct toolchain with no impression on the gaming expertise. It then permits for the insertion of checks into the code, which blocks gameplay on emulators,” the corporate wrote in a press launch. Previously, nonetheless, Denuvo’s “checks” have been accused of creating some video games run worse.
“Even when a recreation is protected in opposition to piracy on its PC model, the launched model on Swap could be emulated from day one and performed on PC, subsequently bypassing the sturdy protections provided on the PC model,” Denuvo wrote. “The Nintendo Swap Emulator Safety will be sure that anybody wishing to play the sport has to purchase a respectable copy.”
