Two years is a long time in the world of technology, and hackers will likely invent new ways to work around Denuvo and any other anti-piracy measures that may be implemented in the future. That being said, the statement from the Chinese group could simply be a way to deal with the frustration of being unable to crack a game.
Denuvo itself managed to stump pirates of Dragon Age: Inquisition for an equally long time period although it looks like the German company has implemented even tighter restrictions for JC3.įortunately for most pirates, Denuvo has a reputation for being immensely expensive to license although many publishers may start seeing the benefits of investing the extra cash to secure their games.
Just Cause 3 uses the latest version of Denuvo, an extremely sophisticated anti-tamper software suite. The owner of the 3DM forum explained that their top hacker almost gave up trying to work around the anti-piracy measures set on the final level of the game although he is still working on it after receiving a pep talk. However, it turns out that Just Cause 3 has been causing the regular hackers a long series of headaches. Most people who pirate games are used to the idea that they will be able to get a working copy within a few days of the official release at most. This comes after pirates across the world have failed to produce a working crack of Just Cause 3 a whole month after the game was released. For instance, on MetaCritic website the game hit 5.1 out of 10 rating, with 45 negative reviews versus 40 positive ones.A notorious Chinese hacking forum, 3DM, has warned pirates that anti-piracy measures in video games are becoming sophisticated enough that they will become impossible to crack in about two years.
Meanwhile the most acid tongued Internet users say that Just Cause 3 is not cracked, because nobody is interested in it. At the same time some developers, including famous creators of The Witcher trilogy, CD Project Red, are against any kinds of protection against piracy. If companies start to use it on a massive scale, it will influence the price of games, and consequently diminish the audience. The main disadvantage of Denuvo, which can be a real obstacle for popularization of the system, is its high price. But let’s cast our minds back to 2010 when something like that was said about DRM protection. However programmers stated that they are not ready to admit their defeat.Ĭommenting on Denuvo protection hackers noted: taking into consideration its resistance to cracks, piracy could cease to exist in several years. Developers have equipped the game with Denuvo security system, which is very difficult to crack. It is referred to action-thriller Just Cause 3. appreciation for the developers, while simultaneously supporting a good cause.
Representatives of Chinese pirate hacker group 3DM, which has been cracking new games for PC on a massive scale for several years now, have announced that the protection of a recently released game does not allow cracking it. Dying Light Platinum Edition Update v1.45.0 incl DLC-CODEX. Hackers from 3DM admitted that they cannot crack Just Cause 3 14 January 2016