A cracked version of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls runs better than the original game, and players are fuming
Undisclosed Theia DRM is apparently harder on performance than Denuvo
Back in 1996, Quake's shareware CD locked id Software's entire catalog behind flawed encryption that made it a free-for-all
A flawed CD copy-protection scheme cost id Software 150,000 unsold discs
Netflix brings 4K streaming to Chrome, but you probably don't qualify
The feature requires Windows 11, a speedy connection, and Netflix's $27-a-month Premium plan
Microsoft explains what caused the Xbox outage and how it plans to prevent it from happening again
The road to an all-digital future is full of potholes
Ace Combat 8 requires ray tracing GPU, 32GB RAM, and 125GB storage for recommended settings
The game also confirms Denuvo, Easy Anti-Cheat, and five daily activations
007 First Light removes Denuvo DRM just two months after launch
The game holds an 89% positive rating on Steam
Black Flag Resynced is a hit, but its always-online requirement just proved it's not really offline
Ubisoft Connect outage locked players out of single-player mode despite "offline" support
Sony's latest PlayStation DRM policy is causing widespread confusion (updated)
Facepalm: Console enthusiasts recently discovered another form of DRM policy reportedly implemented by Sony in games purchased on PlayStation systems. However, users are still debating how serious the policy is for long-term game ownership. AI-generated support messages and Sony's reluctance to directly address the issue have only added to the confusion.
Denuvo may have reached the end as every protected PC game is now crackable
The takeaway: The PC piracy scene appears to have reached a milestone many once thought unlikely: Denuvo, long regarded as one of the most formidable DRM and anti-tamper systems in gaming, has effectively been defeated. With hypervisor bypasses emerging as the latest breakthrough, there is now no known PC game protected by Denuvo that cannot be obtained for free through either a crack or a functional bypass.
Denuvo removed from Resident Evil Requiem, improving performance over hypervisor-based crack
Voices38 claims the Denuvo-free game code is faster and better at exploiting gaming hardware
Death Stranding 2 leaks early as unencrypted Steam build spreads online
An effort to rebuild civilization Down Under seemingly starts with piracy
Doom: The Dark Ages is the first Denuvo DRM game of 2025 to be cracked
Doom joins the small list of modern Denuvo-protected games to be cracked
GOG co-founder buys retro gaming storefront from CD Projekt Red
Nothing changes for users, but questions about long-term profitability linger
A nonprofit is paying hackers to unlock devices companies have abandoned
Repair advocates are paying people to disable restrictive firmware
GOG opens up about the uphill battle of fighting DRM and preserving classic PC games
Maciej Gołębiewski tells weird stories about the popular PC game store
FCKGW: How an internal Microsoft leak fueled Windows XP piracy
In context: Piracy has been a part of Windows history from the very beginning. Microsoft began taking the issue seriously with Windows XP, and Dave Plummer has now revealed that the first unauthorized copies of the operating system were actually the result of an internal information leak.
Open Printer is a fully open-source inkjet with DRM-free ink and no subscriptions
Repairable and customizable with Creative Commons parts and firmware
Recent Windows updates break Blu-ray and other protected video content playback on PC
The issue does not impact streaming services
Over a million gamers reclaimed censored titles in GOG's 48-hour push
Recap: GOG recently launched Freedomtobuy.games, a new initiative designed to fight censorship attempts against NSFW-themed games. For 48 hours, the CD Projekt subsidiary game offered users the ability to reclaim 13 games at risk of disappearing – for free. The giveaway has now ended, and downloads were so massive that the company struggled to maintain platform stability.
Steam's DRM was inspired by an exec's nephew and his trusty CD burner
CD burning was threatening Steam's entire business model
Burned: Valve's founding chief marketing officer, Monica Harrington, recently shared her account of how the company became the leading provider of digital PC games. Harrington pushed for stricter authentication measures after discovering how young players were more than willing to pirate their games.
HP settles lawsuit over ink-blocking printer update, with no payout or admission of wrongdoing
You can now stop HP's ink-blocking updates -- if you have the right printer
Brother printers are quietly sabotaging third-party toner with firmware updates
Following on HP's footsteps by crippling non-OEM toners sparks backlash
Hacker group releases updated tool to activate almost all modern Microsoft software
The MAS project is donation-free because "profiting from piracy is not good," the pirates say
Which PC game was the first to ship with baked-in DRM?
Did copy protection debut in the 90s, or was it much earlier than that?
Dragon Age: The Veilguard PC requirements revealed, no third-party DRM on PC
Veilguard can be played offline, too