The hot can of worms is the widespread perception that Denuvo make software which ruins performance.ĭenuvo Anti-Tamper has gained a reputation for tanking framerates and even for prematurely burning wearing out solid-state drives (SSDs), something you'll often hear passed around as well-supported facts everyone should know. Opposing Denuvo because you oppose DRM seems perfectly sensible to me, though my own stance isn't so tough that I skip games over it. It doesn't help that Denuvo grew from the company behind SecuROM, which often caused problems for game purchasers that game pirates didn't suffer. Some people dislike Denuvo Anti-Tamper because it exists to strengthen primary DRM, and they dislike DRM - and especially DRM supported by a secondary layer which wants to check in online. The part of yesterday's announcement that will likely draw most interest is Denuvo's claim that-hang on, allow me to dramatically pause for a sip from a can of worms-their Anti-Cheat "has no impact on the gameplay experience." All anti-cheat software is bypassed eventually, so what matters is how strenuously the anti-cheat makers fight back and for how long. Which seems fairly standard.ĭenuvo's Anti-Tamper isn't nearly as tough as it once was, when some l33t d00dz foresaw an end to piracy, but they are at least familiar with the endless arms race between security tech and cr4ck3rz. I'm just mentioning it now so when, in the future, you see Denuvo Anti-Cheat in a game you don't send me "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?" e-mails.ĭenuvo's announcement says that their Anti-Cheat "makes use of the latest hardware security features offered by Intel and AMD, combined with machine learning of game-agnostic process metrics, to ensure no false positives and maximum detection of cheating." So as well as trying to block cheats from sneaking into software where they shouldn't be, as a backup and for further verification it'll try to identify behaviour which indicates someone is cheating. They say it partially uses machine learning to detect cheaty behaviour-a trick used by others, including by Valve in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive-but don't say much about its efficacy or any developers who are using it. On Wednesday they announced Denuvo Anti-Cheat, a new doodad for developers to tie into their games to bust cheats. Denuvo, the folks behind the much-maligned DRM-strengthening software Denuvo Anti-Tamper, intend to block more shenanigans.
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