Like many current Capcom video games revealed on PC, Resident Evil Village (opens in new tab) included everyone’s favorite anti-piracy software program Denuvo (opens in new tab)when it launched again in Could 2021. Additionally like many current Capcom video games revealed on PC, the DRM has now been quietly eliminated.
As chronicled (opens in new tab)by VGC, Denuvo’s removing from Village was initially reported by the web site Darkish Facet of Gaming (opens in new tab), then verified by SteamDB (opens in new tab), which tracked a brand new change to the sport stating “Eliminated Third-Social gathering DRM – Denuvo Anti-tamper, 5 completely different PC inside a day machine activation restrict.”
No matter your perspective on online game piracy, Resident Evil Village’s Denuvo safety brought about extra elementary issues for a lot of gamers, with studies (opens in new tab)that the DRM’s presence may severely impression sport efficiency. These studies have been confirmed when Capcom launched an replace to Resident Evil Village designed to “optimise the anti-piracy expertise.”
Bundling PC releases with Denuvo looks like commonplace follow for Capcom’s huge titles, with Resident Evil 2 Remake (opens in new tab), Resident Evil 3 Remake (opens in new tab), and Monster Hunter (opens in new tab) World all launching with the anti-piracy software program included (all of which later had the software program eliminated). Denuvo has lingered in Village for an unusually very long time, nevertheless. The sport’s anti-piracy software program was cracked round a month after launch, but it is taken Capcom nearly two years to ditch Denuvo. Then once more, not less than Capcom eliminated Denuvo intentionally, in contrast to Warner Bros Video games Montreal, who by chance ditched (opens in new tab) Denuvo from Gotham Knights final October earlier than including it again in (which little doubt helped that sport’s doubtful fame.)
It is price noting the Resident Evil 4 remake additionally comes with Denuvo packaged in, with some gamers within the sport’s Steam Discussions complaining (opens in new tab)it causes points starting from traversal stuttering to save lots of file corruption. At current, nevertheless, Denuvo has not been confirmed as the reason for these reported points.
