Now here is a pleasant surprise. Warner Bros and Turtle Rock Studios have just removed the controversial Denuvo anti-tamper tech from Back 4 Blood.
Back 4 Blood is a 4 player co-op shooter that came out in 2021. So, it took almost three years for Warner Bros to remove Denuvo from it. I don’t really know what prompted the publisher to remove it. I mean, this is a really old game. Normally, you’d expect WB to remove it a year after a game’s release. Still, I’m not complaining as it’s a good thing to have fewer games with Denuvo.
For those wondering, Back 4 Blood had a peak of 3700 players in the last 24 hours. Its recent reviews are also Mostly Positive. So, it’s not a “dead” game. In fact, the game has more users than Suicide Squad: KTJL. Imagine that.
To be honest, I was a bit disappointed by Back 4 Blood. It’s not a bad game, but it’s nowhere close to Left 4 Dead. And although it came out three years ago, it’s still priced at 59.99 euros.
It’s also worth noting that other companies have also removed Denuvo from their games. In March 2023, KRAFTON removed Denuvo from The Callisto Protocol. NEOWIZ has also removed it from its Souls-like game, Lies of P. And, earlier this year, EA removed the controversial anti-tamper tech from One Way Out.
And that’s not all. Bethesda’s Wolfenstein Youngblood, Ghostwire: Tokyo and Doom Eternal no longer have it. Warner Bros has also removed it from Mortal Kombat 11. Then we have Bandai Namco who has removed it from Tekken 7 and NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER.
Capcom is also another publisher that has removed Denuvo from its older titles. For instance, Resident Evil 2 Remake, Resident Evil 3 Remake, Devil May Cry 5 and Monster Hunter World no longer have it.
Another company that has removed Denuvo from a lot of its PC titles is Square Enix. The Japanese team has removed it from games like The Diofield Chronicle, VALKYRIE ELYSIUM, TRIANGLE STRATEGY, LIVE A LIVE and Forspoken. Moreover, both Octopath Traveler and its sequel no longer use it. And, earlier this month, SE also removed Denuvo from Star Ocean The Second Story R.
Stay tuned for more!
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