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Bethesda Backpeddles on Doom Trilogy Online Requirement
With the release of the Doom trilogy (1-3) on the Nintendo Switch earlier this week, you would’ve been forgiven for thinking that this was a great exercise in giving fans what they want and, for Bethesda, how to print money with very little effort. The launch, however, has been nothing…
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Beyond Good And Evil 2 Requires Permanent Online Connection
Beyond Good And Evil 2 The upcoming release of Beyond Good And Evil 2 sees a highly-loved franchise finally getting a very long overdue sequel. Well, it’s actually a prequel, but you get the idea. Being an Ubisoft development though, there are clearly more than a few concerns about exactly what…
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Game Released With Denuvo Anti-Piracy Alternative!
Valeroa Anti-Piracy Protection In terms of piracy protection for games, at the moment there is pretty much only one product on the market. Well, more accurately, one that is widely used. That is, of course, Denuvo. I have found myself over the last few years regularly writing about it and often…
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GOG Debuts FCK DRM Initiative to Promote DRM-Free Sources
Improving Consumer Digital Ownership Rights GOG is taking aim squarely between the eyes of Digital Rights Management (DRM) and is swinging hard. The DRM-free store has been in operation for a decade now and rejecting DRM is the cornerstone of their existence. They are a major proponent in offering DRM-free…
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CAPCOM Removes Denuvo from Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite
Now Denuvo-Free CAPCOM‘s large roster cross-over action brawler Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite recently released a 10GB patch. Apparently, this patch not only includes several game fixes, but also removes Denuvo. The Denuvo anti-tamper technology is a common protection mechanism employed by video game developers. Especially since it is a decent…
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Game Dev Tycoon Update Adds Piracy DRM Hard Mode
Game Dev Tycoon Game Dev Tycoon released in 2013 and gave us the opportunity to run our own video game company. In it, we could design our own video games, give them a name, genre and depending on the market demands, how much work was put into it, bug testing and the…
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A New Denuvo Version Is Already Protecting Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite
There’s a new version of Denuvo out there. We recently told you that Denuvo 4.8 has been compromised. However, it looks like the anti-tamper tech is already a few steps ahead, as a new Denuvo version is available. Capcom was among the first to adopt the new version by introducing…
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EFF Resigns From W3C Over New Web DRM
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is resigning from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) over its decision to standardise HTML5 DRM. The W3C made Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) web browser DRM standard, despite objections from within and outside of the organisation. The non-profit digital rights group the EFF, in particular, protested…
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Security Researchers Worried About Newly Approved Web DRM Standard
Earlier this week, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) approved a DRM standard for the web. The standard – Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) – is designed to protect copyrighted content, such as Netflix videos, from piracy. However, its implementation has deeper implications for free web use. The Electronic Frontier Foundation,…
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Latest Denuvo DRM Software Has Already Been Hacked!
The latest Denuvo anti-piracy DRM software, used in titles such as Nier Automata, Dead Rising 4, 2Dark and Mass Effect Andromeda, may have already have been broken. Reports are suggesting that the anti-tampering software has been successfully by-passed despite the V4 version being only released a little over a month ago.…
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Kodi Consider Adding DRM to Appease Rights Holders
The misinformed battle between Kodi and rights holders may soon be over as Kodi consider adding DRM in an attempt to appease content owners. Kodi has gained a massive amount of users over the last few years, but they have also had to defend themselves due to the primary use…
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Netflix Launches New Anti-Piracy Initiative
Netflix is, rightly, worried about piracy, but the entertainment company is set to launch a new initiative to challenge those that might steal its content. A new online job posting has revealed that Netflix is seeking to a qualified lawyer to head up a new Global Copyright Protection unit. The…
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Netflix Launches Official Linux Support Through Firefox
Netflix has announced that its video streaming service is now officially available on Linux-based systems using the Firefox internet browser. Of course, Netflix has been unofficially available on Linux through a third-party Chrome extension for some time. The official support, though, does not require any additional plugins as it delivers…
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W3C Approves DRM for HTML5
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has published a working draft proposing use of Encrypted Media Extensions (EME). EME is effectively a set of digital rights management (DRM) system APIs to protect media which is delivered through a browser in HTML5 or JavaScript, rather than through a plugin such as…
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Denuvo Readies New Version of Their DRM
It has been nothing but bad news for Denuvo recently, with their anti-piracy DRM getting cracked in just a few days on Resident Evil 7, and then Conan Exiles was released accidentally with the DRM disabled, allowing pirates to upload it to the masses with relative ease. Then they had…
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