Dead Island 2 releases tomorrow and unfortunately, this new zombie game is using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. During our benchmarks we were able to trigger this anti-tamper tech, and here is the proof of our claims.
By using MSConfig, we were able to reduce the number of CPU cores our AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D uses. This is an easy way via which we can test different CPU configurations in a game. And, after five CPU changes, we were met with the following message.
So, as you can clearly see, Dead Island 2 uses Denuvo. The game’s executable file also hints at the inclusion of Denuvo (as it’s around 438MB in size).
Dead Island 2 will release exclusively via Epic Games Store, and its EGS page does not list the anti-tamper tech. As such, we believe this is something that will interest a lot of PC gamers that are currently looking into buying this game.
As we’ve already reported, Dead Island 2 is one of the best-looking games on PC. This is mainly due to its pre-baked lighting. And honestly, if games with a dynamic Time of Day cannot match the quality of these visuals, I’d prefer if games kept using pre-baked techniques.
Lastly, our PC Performance Analysis for this game will go live tomorrow.
Stay tuned for more!
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whatever, sooner or later they will run of money for support denuvo and it will be removed.
This is one of the miost idiotic thing I’ve ever heard in my entire life.
1- You don’t use quotation marks to correct misspell
2- Nobody corrects a typing error
3- You don’t have the mental capacity to know the difference between misspelling and a typing error
lol.. that’s why he’s the MVP….
like remedy lying about selling control , when it was epic paying more than 10M , but remedy does not learn and they made alan wake remaster also exclusive , they are functioning on money paid by epic and not costumers.
EXACTLY! Therefore it doesn’t matter where the money comes from. They are basically making a game ONLY to get paid not to be played. I’ve said this from day one. If Eric have them 10 million dollars to make a game and no one plays it, they still win because they got 10 million dollars they don’t care if anyone played it. Anyone buying/playing it is just cherry on top for them. They already got paid. It’s sad brother, sad as fuq. They will basically make a game to get paid and never release it, they’ll do that.
It appears that the latest Denuvo is a HARD BAD A$S !!! anyway “EMPRESS” already have the crack but wouldn’t disclose it ( i guess she wants more money !!) at least she released the crack for “Hogwarte Legacy” just to send a message.
I’ve suspected for some time that the crackers are in cahoots with the companies. Not saying that empress is. But the way they fell off is as if they are getting paid not to crack Denuvo from the parent company themselves.
don’t know whats worst a pirated game or buying a game from a fraud company
don’t mind him he’s always like that. I’ve blocked him a long time ago lol. His ideologies are super off.
that’s probably why they don’t bother to pirate certain games , no one would download it XD
It’s Dead Island 2, not fcking Half-Life 3
Oh no! i won’t be able to play this Dead Island reskin in UE4 day one…
Dead Island series became obsolete when Dying Light released.
Pir*te will always be pir*tes, if the game cr*cked they will snatch it, and on the contrary of the picture, if the game uncr*cked they will just move on with their life looking for another. I take this from my personal experience of my rebellious youth era…
Pirate will always be pirates, if the game cracked they will snatch it, and on the contrary of the picture, if the game uncracked they will just move on. I take this from my personal experience of my rebellious youth era…
This is an average game won’t make any difference.
poor pirates
wow such nice words said by a compnay where its eula tells they can do whatever they wish with costumer info including selling it to the first scammer available , pays studios and publishers the costs of millions of copy sold to make it look like a success of sales , is owned 40% by a company who is clearly the worst of its kind in terms of everything , has probably millions of accounts with fake info just to get ”FREE games” , tells studios that publishing in other stores “isn’t a option”, brags about the steam cut ,when other stores as alternatives exist…
Also know among pc users as epic spyfraud
you whatever you are , either is delusional , tv worshiper or absolutely insane.
why are you crying?
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Im not crying , but you will in 4 years
4 years of tears, enjoy
my joy most certain, you fraud company i hope you get banned
my what?
how much did you pay for alan wake remaster exclusivity??? also 10 milion???
Me? 0$, keep crying.
He’s a bot, he’ll always end up telling you not to cry. Literally every time. I’ve given up a long time ago. It seems they were out of commands when they made that account.
Poor consumers, if anyone buys this game to suffer with denuvo…. I will not buy any game that uses this. I will not play any game that uses this. Denuvo punishes the paying customer much worse then the pirates…. im in shock its still used. When are we going to start speaking with our wallets and boycotting any game with denuvo?
some PC users who have had access 3 days before the official release, complain about optimization problems and are playing on a screen has
1080p the game demands too many resources, this shows the failure of this DRM system and its performance problems that significantly increases the use of Vram and CPU one of the most common negative characteristics in any game that makes use of Denuvo, Well… my Money goes to another game and I’ll play RedFall on GamePass and let Empress do its job 😉 I’m in no hurry to want to play a monotonous zombie killer, good job Deep Silver (all plausure)
i met some devs and publishers on fantasy basel in Switzerland, and i ask them why the exclusivity , they immediate started talking about the usual excuse , the steam cut… So i ask them “who talked about steam?”
i told them “good luck selling paid copies by epic instead of fans or actual real people”
They are all full of ShXt. From the published down to the devs and people don’t understand that a lot of these decisions are made by devs. Devs are not like devs 20 years ago. These devs are getting publishing deals, where they have the final day on parasitic behavior. The publishers don’t get involved like they use to especially when it’s a big name studio.
Gearbox devs from boderlands 3
can agree with everything you said except Redfall. you’re ghey sorry bro
Sneaky Bastards, I know they don’t disclose usage of Such Oppressive Parasiteware.
Is this news?
Wait till John finds some Nude Zombie mod’s……
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Thank u, best p0st..
Awesome,we get to wait till soysters pay and test the game,then the game gets updates then Haxxorz do their thing,then pirates do their pirate thing…the result? Lag and stutter free game without DRM-Aids/Cancer….i don’t see a problem here just positive things
And don´t forget! ON STEAM ! reviews as negative for 1 year
That’s okay, wouldn’t pay full price on launch anyways…
1080p the game demands too many resources, this shows the failure of this DRM system and its performance problems that significantly increases the use of Vram and CPU one of the most common negative characteristics in any game that makes use of Denuvo, Well… my Money goes to another game and I’ll play RedFall on GamePass and let Empress do its job 😉 I’m in no hurry to want to play a monotonous zombie killer, good job Deep Silver (all plausure)
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Thankfully its a crappy repetitive games
Wanna see Denuvo apologist? Just go to any steam forum. Type Denuvo and search. Just sit back and watch the persecution begins. You could show them video proof and spreadsheets of the things that Denuvo does that negatively affects the gaming experience and they’ll right our shut you down. Just hordes of them coming at you like the locusts.
On the other hand, I’ve been saying this from day one, talking about Denuvos performance impact is the wrong way to go about this. The simple fact that you can’t launch what you paid for if servers goes belly up, which they have. Or just sticking to the factual downsides of Draconian DRM is where the argument needs to go. DRM is basically a Parole Officer that you constantly have to check in with. What adds insult to injury is that you’re automatically a criminally when you buy the product. Which is a poor and disrespectful way to run a business.
Man .. why does these developers just enabling this type of sh*t when the corporate behind this DRM has malicious intents of expanding into other territories the more we enable them , STOP ENABLING THIS ANTI-CONSUMER SH*T , Shame on EpicGames for partnering with Irdeto
for real. would be great if it was removed by the time it hits steam or shortly after.
like metro exodus?
Yeah definitely, it seems that it is becoming more common for the devs to remove it after a years time.
the devs and publisher from metro exodus should be sued for fraud and mislead product , they moved the game as epic exclusive just 2 weeksa before launch , and worst is if you buy a early pc boxed game like the Aurora edition , it still comes with stickers glued on top of steam (printed on the paper) and inside the code says “steam” but its a code for epic …no imagine you buying the aurora edition but no stickers are hiding steam??? surprise , surprise
Anti Denuvo lads, we keep dunking on your tinfoil theories ever since LotF 2014 — best you use some rope to cure your inability to cope