Pirates are finding it harder to crack new PC games

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Pirates at the infamous Chinese hacking forum 3DM are complaining that recent PC games are simply too darn hard to crack, according to Torrent Freak. The problem is apparently Denuvo, a copy protection scheme that prevents tampering of the underlying DRM. Two recent games that use the scheme, FIFA 16 and Just Cause 3, have still not been cracked, despite appearing in early December. Based on the current pace of encryption tech, "in two years time I'm afraid there will be no free games to play in the world," said one forlorn pirate.

While hackers from 3DM did break an early Denuvo-locked title, Dragon Age: Inquisition, the tech has been improved over the intervening year. It's nearly unheard of for PC games to remain uncracked for more than a few weeks -- often, they're broken before they even go on sale. If the recent Denuvo games remain locked for much longer, pirates may give up and either buy them on Steam or Origin or move on to something else. Suffice to say, the gaming industry will be keeping a close eye on what happens.

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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/07/pirates-are-finding-it-hard-to-crack-new-pc-games/

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lolohnoeszszPosted:

Haha "no free games to play" oh man people who pirate are dumb as shit. Are people so lazy and poor they can't afford to buy the game legit? Like wow man that's really sad.

JRMHPosted:

f/cking degenerate
Rawrrrrrr alot of games now days are garbage so you won't have to buy them anyways! ^o^


Actually no some great games coming out soon you just choose to play the bad ones or the more mainstream games..

If you think games are garbage now lets see you make one

Rawrrrrrr alot

Rawrrrrrr not all


This sucks. I want the money-sucking corporations to miss out on sales. I really do. They don't deserve our money. :

ehPosted:

Rawrrrrrr alot of games now days are garbage so you won't have to buy them anyways! ^o^


Actually no some great games coming out soon you just choose to play the bad ones or the more mainstream games..

If you think games are garbage now lets see you make one

RawrrrrrrPosted:

alot of games now days are garbage so you won't have to buy them anyways! ^o^

MushroomElmPosted:

Tickld This is definitely a good thing, less pirates means more revenue for the companies which means better games and less crappy DLC.


Glad you're optimistic..But that's not what it means at all. They will continue to shell out crappy DLC at a cost that you hate but is just low enough for you to think you have the dignity to buy it. Games these days are really just 'Demo's you pay for. The rest of the content comes out in payments/installments at developer discretion'

OXTPosted:

Effective It is better for the developers. They can make their money but now a days people don't like paying and like getting it for free so either way I feel it'll stay the same


That's why the developers are messing with the pirates haha.

EffectivePosted:

It is better for the developers. They can make their money but now a days people don't like paying and like getting it for free so either way I feel it'll stay the same

LinearPosted:

A lot of indie devlopers have written about piracy on their games - most of them are happy with it. I can't remember who, but I can quote "those people were not really going to buy the game anyway".

RobbedPosted:

I think they'll find a way to make it easier again though.

ehPosted:

Azreh They did crack it though...


You did not read the article then. Even if they did find a crack after this was posted its becoming "harder" to crack these triple A games.

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