It appears that Electronic Arts has removed the Denuvo anti-tamper tech from EA Sports FC 27 Lite. This appears to be a mistake, as EA Sports FC 27 still has it. Not only that, but this is the first EA Sports FC/FIFA game from which EA has removed Denuvo.
What this means is that, right now, you can play EA Sports FC 27 in offline mode. This wasn’t possible before. The first cracks for the game have also appeared, allowing you to access and enjoy the whole Career Mode.
Even if EA re-implements Denuvo, there is already a cracked version of EA Sports FC 27 Lite on the Internet. So, those who wanted to play this new EA soccer game can fully enjoy it without having to pay a single cent. Well, that is if they decide to sail on the high seas.
As I said, the crack – and the Denuvo-free executable – are only for EA Sports FC 27 Lite. They are not for the full EA Sports FC 27 game. In case you didn’t know, there are some differences between the Lite and the Full versions.
To be honest, I expect EA to update the Lite version soon and add Denuvo back to the game. In other words, I don’t think EA will follow the lead of some other PC game publishers. After all, this is EA we’re talking about.
Take, for instance, Square Enix. Square Enix has removed it from DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake. In December 2025, it also removed it from Just Cause 3. Not only that, but it has 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.
Another publisher that has removed Denuvo from its PC games is 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.
Those are the two publishers that have removed Denuvo from a lot of their PC games. However, this does not mean that other publishers have not removed it from some 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.
Then we have Bandai Namco, which has removed it from CODE VEIN 2, Tekken 7, and NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER. IO Interactive has removed Denuvo from 007 First Light. Bethesda’s Wolfenstein Youngblood, Ghostwire: Tokyo, Doom Eternal, and Doom: The Dark Ages no longer have it. And finally, Warner Bros. has removed it from Mortal Kombat 11, Gotham Knights, and Back 4 Blood.
Stay tuned for more!
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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