Capcom investigates performance PC version Resident Evil Village due to DRM – update

Capcom says it is currently looking into reported Resident Evil Village PC performance issues. Digital Foundry confirms previous reports that a pirated version without Capcom’s digital rights management will not suffer from hitches.

In a short update PC Gamer quotes a Capcom spokesperson who says that the game company is investigating the reports. Further details about this are still unknown. For example, it remains unclear what Capcom will do about the problem of stuttering and glitches in the official version of Resident Evil Village and when the company will come up with a solution for those problems.

A few days ago, there were mixed reports from PC gamers regarding the performance of Resident Evil Village. Some were not bothered by anything, while others had to deal with on a regular basis stuttering and slumping frame rates. This would include during movies, in the market part of the village, but also during boss fights when, for example, many flies come into view.

Empress, a player known for removing DRM from games, posted a cracked version of Resident Evil Village online. She blames the performance issues on the DRM deployed by Capcom, specifically Denuvo V11 and Capcom’s anti-tamper V3, wrote Dark Side of Gaming earlier. According to her, all stutters in her version have disappeared, because the DRM has been patched out. Digital Foundry confirms that the cracked version largely solves the problems.

Update, 3:16 p.m: Capcom has now informed Eurogamer that a patch is being worked on to address the PC performance issues. This patch should be available soon. Capcom is not yet giving more details.

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