Middle-earth: Shadow of War has just been released (read our perf review here) and it uses the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. And as you may have guessed, the game has been cracked in just a day.

Shadow of War follows Total War: WARHAMMER 2 and FIFA 18; two games that were also cracked one day after their release. To be honest, we are really wondering whether it’s worth using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. Denuvo was meant to protect the games for at least a respectable number of days after their official launch. However, all the three latest games using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech have been cracked in record time.

Denuvo's anti-tampering system, and others, are used to help address piracy reports gamespot. By comparison, Eurogamer reported that Mass Effect: Andromeda's DRM system was cracked in 10 days, while Resident Evil 7's was brought down in a little under a week. Denuvo is also used for games like Batman: Arkham Knight, Mad Max, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, and Rise of the Tomb Raider.

The Chinese cracking group 3DM said in 2016 that it believed anti-piracy measures on PC games would become so advanced that there might be an end to pirated games by 2018.

The Chinese cracking group 3DM said in 2016 that it believed anti-piracy measures on PC games would become so advanced that there might be an end to pirated games by 2018.

Only 12 months left and it seem to be easier than harder by these reports...

Originally Posted by W3bhunt3r

The Chinese cracking group 3DM said in 2016 that it believed anti-piracy measures on PC games would become so advanced that there might be an end to pirated games by 2018.

Only 12 months left and it seem to be easier than harder by these reports...

Maybe. That Chinese cracking group have their own predictions and so do we, but I predict it would never the end of game piracy. Where there are lokcks, there will be keys.