In contrast, Payday 3 devs Starbreeze dropped Denuvo from the co-op heist shooter less than a week before its release.

It also puts Lords of the Fallen (2023) at odds with other major releases this year, with the likes of Street Fighter 6 confirming the presence of Denuvo just days before release and fellow recent Soulslike Lies of P also opting to announce its use of the tech mere days before its launch. The stance from Lords of the Fallen developers Hexworks is a notable change from the original Lords of the Fallen - also called Lords of the Fallen, but now often awkwardly amended with a (2014) after it - which did use Denuvo DRM.

Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/CI Games Despite the company’s efforts to prove otherwise, the controversial tech has often been accused of hindering performance, as well as attracting flak for the increased difficulty of preserving games locked behind tight DRM. “We are pleased to confirm that Lords of the Fallen does not, and will never feature Denuvo,” the game’s official Twitter account wrote as clarification in response to a fan’s question over its listing as a game using Denuvo on YouTube channel Gameranx.ĭenuvo is typically used by developers as a defence against attempts to pirate games, as well as offering an anti-cheat solution for multiplayer games.

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