Resident Evil 7’s Denuvo Drm Cracked Within Days

Within a week of the release of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, the copy protection of the PC version of the horror game was cracked. Never before has the Denuvo drm been bypassed so soon after the release of a new game.

The Italian CPY is responsible for the cracking of Resident Evil 7. It is not known which method the cracker group used, but the quick workaround may indicate that other games equipped with Denuvo-drm are also being cracked quickly.

It is not yet known whether publisher Capcom will make adjustments to the new Resident Evil game in response to the cracking of the DRM. Some publishers removed Denuvo from their games after the game was cracked. Bethesda did that with Doom and Crytek with The Climb. Stories that Denuvo would return money to game studios if their game’s security is breached within a certain period of time were denied by the DRM maker.

For months, Denuvo proved to be an effective way to combat game copying, until the “anti-tampering” technology was first circumvented in August of last year. Since then, a number of games have been cracked with Denuvo, but often it took several months.

The advanced DRM also affects players who purchase games legally. Each time a gamer makes changes to his PC hardware, a Denuvo game must be reactivated. There is a limit of a maximum of four hardware changes per 24 hours, which can get in the way of a paying user. In addition, the technology hinders the use of mods in some games.