It appears that someone at Capcom has accidentally published a Denuvo-free version of Resident Evil 2 Remake. While the company has re-implemented the anti-tamper tech in the game, the Denuvo-free executable file has been leaked online, and those interested in such a version can get it and enjoy the game without having Denuvo running in the background.
Without going into a lot of details, the Denuvo-free version is based on the latest 1.04 game version and is around 170MB in size (the executable file with Denuvo is around 362MB in size).
Now I’m pretty sure that there will be some comparisons between the Denuvo and the Denuvo-free versions, so it will be interesting to see whether there are any actual performance differences between them (aside from the faster loading times).
It’s worth pointing out that Capcom had already removed the Denuvo anti-tamper tech from the previous Resident Evil game, Resident Evil 7, so I am pretty sure that the Japanese company will, one day, also remove it from Resident Evil 2 Remake.
As always, we won’t allow direct links to this Denuvo-free version of Resident Evil 2 Remake so don’t waste your time asking about it. Still, it’s really funny witnessing Capcom making the same mistake – aka releasing Denuvo-free versions of its games – in both Devil May Cry 5 and Resident Evil 2 Remake.
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Someone at capcom really hate denuvo by “accidentally” leaking non denuvo exe twice…
I wonder if it was the same employee that accidentally leaked the Denuvo-free version of Devil May Cry 5?
Correction: The .exe is based on 1.02 version so it’s still outdated. It is content complete as far as DLCs are concerned tho.
Denuvo was a mistake.
Capcom: oops
It was a mistake in the first place
“Accidentally”
Damn, I thought they had finally grown a brain
Got to love the double standards as well considering said journalists will happilly report on Leon and Mr X with a tong.
Man with thong=praise/awesome/happy
Women wearing skimpy outfit=Sin/forbidden/sexualize
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Lol,what a dumb logic they got..
Lol, I don’t get this either. They just want a reversal of the alleged oppressive roles, not true equality.
Girls were telling my “no boys allowed” as long as I can remember growing up, but when boys said that to girls, an adult was called in to force equality.
read my post above
“I don’t get this”
Useful idealist retards living in a big social bubble push for rhetoric and are financially aided to do so.
George Soros?
its called “equality” and by that they mean that they are “gender communists” meaning that in order to make up for all those years of women wearing bikinis or now men have to wear it while women dont.
This is why i hate those people so much. Their definitions of sexism, racism, etc etc, is to promote x oppressed group while punching down on non oppressed group. Instead of “lets not be racist towards black people” its ‘lets promote non whites and suppress white people so things are equal.
They are not for equality, they are mentally deranged.
Capcom best release group…
I own both RE2:Remake & DMC 5 and I won’t play them till they remove Denuvo. Got them with the purchase of my Vega 64 last year. Fun fact if i didn’t own them for free i would’ve pirated them all because of Denuvo. I’m a proud pirate of all things Denuvo and Epic Hostage games.
man don’t waste your money, i started thinking about how much i spent on video games in my life, i’ve been playing games for a long time, i have over 4000 games on 4 different steam accounts alone. even if i paid average $20 for each game that’d make it $80k and that’s without counting physical copies i threw away and games on other clients. be smart, a $60-70 game might not look that much from time to time but when you look back, it’s crazy how much money you wasted on trash you don’t need.
What’s your point? That games should be free or sold for pennies because we “don’t need” them? Then why bother with them (i.e. piracy)?
my point is there is no value in games, you waste your time and money by paying for them.
If you consider video games such a waste of time, why bother at all? You can go watch movies, read books or do anything productive/creative.
Why pirate games and use them as past time?
i already read more books and watch more movies than play video games. i do pirate games but i always end up either not playing them at all or play them for 10 minutes before deleting them.
now that i think about it, i spend more time on dsog than playing games.
Well, so you prefer reading and chatting about games than playing them. That’s a hobby on its own.
Apart from that, if something is a waste of time and does not worth your investment in money – it does not worth it in time too. But playing games and at the same time not paying at least for the ones you enjoy…that’s a little hypocritic.
no, i enjoy talking shet about games, there’s a difference. i don’t enjoy games and i don’t enjoy talking about them.
Are you sure that’s not a waste of time though?
Wouldn’t you prefer (on the time you spend on dsog talking sh*t on games) enjoying content on another medium you don’t consider of such low standards (like movies, books or music) – and probably talking about it?
i get bored of reading books, this is more entertaining to me.
You got issues.
Maybe go watch paint dry seems more on your level and at least then you wouldn’t be stealing “just for the heck of it” .
He’s arguing that you won’t be able to buy everything that you enjoy
That’s as true for videogames as it is for music or film
True & 100% agree. I was all about “supporting them for their work. Then I realize that these fools basically have the whole consumer angle 1 sided. Imagine a world where you buy something with your hard earned cash and you don’t own Jack-Schitt?.. Well, welcome to that world. One of the most hurtful things is to have a game in your library for 4 years now and then you go to boot up the game, when your Internet is out and you get a message saying ” you need to sign online”… Because if you don’t boot up a Denuvo game within a week, while being online, it will lock you out until your Internet is back and you can sign. I’m done bro, no more playing by the rules.
What I wanna know is, if a game is already cracked why is there still Denuvo in it? Because the only thing Denuvo is doing securing the game from is me, the legitimate buyer.. while the Pirate download their FREE game
I just don’t understand why Publishers + Developers do not just sell games on a platform like GoG. People are going to pirate a game with or without Denuvo.
Denuvo hurts buyers more then it protects sales with it’s odd performance spikes as well as creating stutter in games.
Well everybody wants money… I mean you don’t work for free do you? But the point is… Why use something they know hurts performance for their own customers… I am sure better solutions are at hand besides Denuvo.
I don’t think we do know definitively that “Denuvo hurts performance”. There have been a couple of instances where it has, but there have been even more instances where it hasn’t. Most of the time it’s speculation that when a game has poor CPU performance AND Denuvo, Denuvo is blamed as the culprit as a default without any evidence that it’s actually the cause, despite may other possible factors that can contribute to poor CPU performance in a game.
So as the game is already cracked and available for free online, what exactly is CrapCom protecting with its D implementation? The ego of its CEO?
Remove D and maybe a few pirates may actually buy the freaking game else keep feeding the ego and suffering losses. Simple right.
He’s not remarking on Denuvo, he’s replying to a comment that a video game developer is somehow “greedy” because they want to protect their investment.
I know devs need to protect their investment. Everyone does but keeping the DRM past its due date isn’t helping anyone. If the companies think that pirates will buy the game cause they can’t get latest update/play MP or can’t play latest DLC for free, they have absolutely no freaking idea. The only thing they are doing is hurting their paying customers. Cause pirates don’t care the state of the game so long its FREE.
Wht’s a due date for piracy. I’m personally working towards going into a field where people love using free sites and such to get your products. If I had put a anti tamper thing on it so I can actually make my profits. Why is that greedy? Why do ppl have a problem if I want to be paid for my product? If the community was honest they wouldn’t have to do that. You ppl make no sense. GoG releases are usually localizations and old games for a reason. If your games out 5 years and still sells, you have the fair right to tamper proof it. Sucks, but it’s absolutely fair
Grats, you managed to make 0 sense!
BUSINESSES are GREEDY by nature. That’s what they’re supposed to be. They exist solely to make a profit. Additionally, you are a consumer with 100% agency in where and how you spend your money. You’re not getting the short end of any stick.
Greed is predictable. Virtue and principle is not. I’d have my businesses and corporations greedy instead of virtuous on any given day.
“They can’t stand even the possibility of someone getting their things for free…”
You would be a TERRIBLE business owner. Best stick to your gender studies major and welfare checks.
Dude… Companies don’t really care about their games. I mean… Look at MK11. In 10-15 years the servers will go down and all of those Krypt costumes and other stuff will be unavaliable for anyone who decides to play this amazing fighting game.
They. Just. Don’t. Care.
“there will be some comparisons between the Denuvo and the Denuvo-free versions, so it will be interesting to see whether…”
…John rushes to publish such an article with all nude character mods enabled. ?
And we love him for that.
I bet the difference will be negligible…
what for the game is cracked and it doesnt get any more dlcs. I just dont get game companies.
Say what you want about activision but atleast they dont use denuvo, cod games didnt use denuvo nor does sekiro.
no no no the sjw journalists were enjoying themselves when someone released mister x bikini mods but when women wear the bikini then its problematic.
You cant make this up
I have a sneaking suspicion… that there a CrackWatch-loving spy amidst CAPCOM’s emplyee circle. Hail Hydra, I guess !)