Bethesda and Tango Gameworks have quietly eliminated Denuvo DRM expertise from Ghostwire: Tokyo on PC as a part of a latest replace.
The controversial anti-piracy measure was eliminated (through SteamDB) as a part of an unscheduled replace that arrived earlier at this time. This comes greater than two years after Ghostwire: Tokyo initially launched, and with no remark or patch notes from the builders, it’s unclear why the transfer was made.
Though Bethesda hasn’t formally commented on Denuvo’s elimination, there are lots of who will little question be happy to listen to it’s gone. The software program’s main use permits it to maintain related video games from being tampered with, with loads of builders utilizing it as a roadblock towards these seeking to pirate their video games. Many gamers, in the meantime, have reported that Denuvo negatively impacts in-game efficiency and the general consumer expertise no matter whether or not a sport was pirated or bought legitimately.
Bethesda and Tango launched Ghostwire: Tokyo in 2022, however the artistic action-adventure sport didn’t initially include Denuvo. As reported by PC Gamer, the DRM expertise was added greater than a yr after the bottom sport was launched. That replace introduced alongside a plethora of different options as a part of a content material drop referred to as Spider’s Thread. It’s unclear how else at this time’s replace affected the general expertise previous Denuvo’s elimination.
IGN has reached out to Bethesda for remark.