Square Enix has just released a new update for DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake that has removed the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake came out in October 2025. This means that it took the publisher around five months in order to remove it.
Square Enix is one of those publishers that have repeatedly removed Denuvo from their games. In December 2025, they removed it from Just Cause 3. SE has also removed it from The Diofield Chronicle, VALKYRIE ELYSIUM, TRIANGLE STRATEGY, LIVE A LIVE, and Forspoken. Moreover, both Octopath Traveler and its sequel no longer use it. And that’s not all. In May 2024, SE removed it from Star Ocean The Second Story R. Finally, in March 2025, the publisher removed it from Final Fantasy 16.
Then we have Capcom. In November 2025, they removed it from Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny. Monster Hunter Rise, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, and Resident Evil Village are also Denuvo-free as we speak. Similarly, Resident Evil 2 Remake and Resident Evil 3 Remake no longer use it. In July 2025, the Japanese team also removed it from Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess. Plus, Capcom has recently removed it from Resident Evil 4 Remake.
As I’ve reported, other companies have also removed Denuvo from several of 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. In October 2024, Gearbox removed it from Homeworld 3, too.
And that’s not all. Bethesda’s Wolfenstein Youngblood, Ghostwire: Tokyo, and Doom Eternal no longer have it. Then we have Bandai Namco, which has removed it from Tekken 7 and NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER.
Another publisher that has removed Denuvo from some of its PC games is Warner Bros. Warner Bros has removed it from Gotham Knights, Back 4 Blood and Mortal Kombat 11. However, Mortal Kombat 1 is still using it. My guess is that the publisher will remove it once it releases the next main part in the Mortal Kombat series. Suicide Squad and Hogwarts Legacy are also still using it, even though they came out in 2023 and 2024, respectively.
All in all, this is great news for all JRPG fans who have boycotted games that used Denuvo. So, right now, you can go ahead and purchase it. Then again, the remake is still priced at 59 euros. So, I suspect a lot of people will sail the high seas. In my opinion, you should support those who have removed Denuvo from their games. But let’s be real. A lot of players will still pirate it, no matter what. It sucks, but it is what it is.
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