Deep Silver removes Denuvo from Dead Island 2 and fans are happy to be able to own the game for real this time. While you still have to deal with the Steam DRM system, its still a layer of security that can be easily cracked. More studios should start removing Denuvo from their games, as the technology is known to spy on your PC and embed itself at a Kernel level recognizing each system in a personal way to avoid the sharing of copies. There’s a ton of ways to implement piracy safeguards but they require time, so oftentimes studios will turn to Denuvo for their service despite the consequences.
Deep Silver removes Denuvo after a year
Meanwhile, Black Myth Wukong still has Denuvo on top of it, a game that was meant to sell got hampered because they didn’t remove such a thing. This means that if the Denuvo service drops or your internet connection is out you can’t play the game ever. Denuvo relies on a server based architecture to check your games with a main server at Denuvo’s Headquarters, they do that to ensure the copy is legitimate and for that they need internet to transmit information from your computer to their systems.
Dead Island is a franchise beloved by some gamers, and they would be truly heartbroken if they realized they can never play their game again because Denuvo went down. You actually don’t own what you buy, especially if it has Denuvo on top of it, digital downloads exist to bring convenience over ownership and they were meant to be cheaper but, no, big studios lied to us. Back in the early days, downloads were cheaper but that changed very quickly, moving to digital only was the worst mistake we could have made as it allows those who have money to control what we own.
