The game-cracking community was abuzz this past week as a major Denuvo bypass was revealed.<\/p>\n
On 5 August<\/strong>, Russian hacker “Voksi” shared the bypass, giving PC pirates access to previously protected games,\u00a0including Rise of the Tomb Raider, DOOM, Just Cause 3, and Total War: Warhammer.<\/p>\n The bypass worked by using a custom loader to swap the Steam AppID of two games, essentially tricking Steam into launching one of the copy-protected games (and in the process verifying it).<\/p>\n The work-around meant that over 600,000<\/a><\/strong> gamers downloaded and played the previously protected titles over the weekend of 6 and 7 August.<\/p>\n The bypass was quickly snuffed out however, and those that had not already downloaded and activated the pirated games were left stranded.<\/p>\n Not soon after the Voksi bypass was blocked however, a\u00a0group called CONSPIR4CY uploaded a cracked version of Rise of the Tomb Raider.<\/p>\n This once again gave hope to pirates that Denuvo had finally been cracked, as the pirated copy did not require Steam or an internet connection.<\/p>\n At this point,\u00a0it’s not certain whether the Rise of the Tomb Raider release was a one-off or if we can expect to see more Denuvo-protected games being compromised\u00a0soon.<\/p>\n Xbox One S versus PlayStation Neo \u2013 specifications and performance<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Watch: This is what happens at the end of No Man\u2019s Sky<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
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