14 DAY TRIAL // The time of cracked PC games might be coming to an end. This is the warning from a warez group and from the company that makes the Denuvo protection.
Denuvo is a newcomer to the scene, and it’s already making a really big impact, even if it’s not promoting itself as DRM (digital rights management). It’s designed to work with existing protections, like Steam, and it’s been used with great success until now. The titles that have been protected by Denuvo took a long time to be cracked and warez groups are reporting that it’s getting more and more difficult.
3DM is the group that managed to crack the games protected with Denuvo, and they are the only ones that are trying to do this. It’s also the only group that had any kind of success. The fact that it now takes up to a month and, even more, to crack a game is showing that Denuvo is working and that the landscape is changing.
Denuvo is a powerful protection
There is a saying that says any game will be eventually cracked, but that’s not going to hold true for a long time. According to torrentfreak.com, the leader of the 3DM warez group said that in two years cracking games won’t be possible anymore.
“Recently, many people have asked about cracks for ‘Just Cause 3′, so here is a centralized answer to this question. The last stage is too difficult, and Jun [cracking guy] nearly gave up, but last Wednesday I encouraged him to continue. But according to current trends in the development of encryption technology, in two years’ time I’m afraid there will be no free games to play in the world,” Mr. Po Jie (3DM leader) said in a blog post.
Denuvo is not the only unbreakable technology to surface. There were a few others in the past, like StarForce or Tages. In fact, Tages is a good example. It was used to protect a racing game named Toca 3, which lasted for an entire year.
One thing is certain. You never, never say that something can’t be cracked and that your company is king. There will always be someone to prove you wrong.