Well here is a nice surprise. The Evil Within 2 releases later today (in just an hour) and it appears that it will not be using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. A small update was issued for the review build yesterday and from the looks of it, Denuvo isn’t present anymore.
Now we don’t know whether Denuvo was included by a mistake (a leftover perhaps) or intentionally. The point is that The Evil Within 2 will not be using it. And that’s undoubtedly great news for all PC horror fans.
To be honest, we are pleasantly surprised that a new game from Bethesda will not be using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. After all, all previous Bethesda games used it (Dishonored 2, DOOM and PREY). So good call Bethesda.
Our PC Performance Analysis for The Evil Within 2 will go live later today (or tomorrow). Until then, you can watch the first 15 minutes from the PC version which will give you an idea of what you can expect – performance wise – from this new game.
In The Evil Within 2, players take the role of detective Sebastian Castellanos. Sebastian will have to descend once more into the nightmarish world of STEM in order to save his daughter.
Bethesda has also released the launch trailer for this latest horror game, and you can watch it below.
![Launch Trailer [Red Band] | The Evil Within 2 (2017)](https://www.dsogaming.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-youtube-lyte/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FKvP2H0UERZw%2F0.jpg)
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Of course it’s not, cause it’s on private trackers day 01. lol
Denuvo was removed from this game few hours ago . The games was cracked pretty much when it was available to play on Steam .
why so sudden?
Johnny boy, small question, how did you know the review copy had Denuvo?
Is it present on the system files or something?
HEX Editor
Thanks man, really nice work
Top tier
GOOD. One step forward for gamers 🙂
Too bad the game sucks anyway :
It’s not for children, you shouldn’t be playing.
Children love mature video games, dotard.
Get an adult to help you with what I said, then you can respond without looking like an idiot.
I only respond to other idiots. Welcome to the club…and this game still SUCKS!
They adressed all the complaints of the first game, still sucks. Whatever. I watched some gameplay in youtube, its better than the first game in every way.
Well that’s personnal taste. I’m sure some liked the first one and are eagee to play the second.
Huh. Is ZeniMax actually dropping Denuvo? O.O
Hopefully, they’re pretty much the only big publisher who’s games I mostly like.
And even they haven’t got much left to their name any more, between the SJW pandering & the blatant quality degradation.
I mean, when you have to wonder if the next Bethesda game is going to be a Bethesda game, or an actual RPG…..
man 2017 is the year bethesda went crazy. This, paid mods, sjw pandering.
They went crazy years ago, this is just the pinnacle of it.
Oh, I gave up on Bethesda Game Studios after being thoroughly disappointed by Skyrim at launch. But the games they’be published have been a lot better than all the other big publishers the last few years. DOOM, Wolfenstein TNO/TOB, and Dishonored 2 have all beena lot of fun. I’m definitely worried that their games will be infested with microtransactions sooner rather than later, and I really hope Wolfenstein 2 isn’t laced with Trump references like Marvel Comics did with Red Skull (I play Wolf for escapism, after all). But for now, they’re less sh*t than the competition, if only in pure game quality.
Dishonored 2’s expansion pack is an SJW sh*tfest, so I have very little hopes in regards to Wolfenstein 2, especially after the MAGA pun they tried to pull, unfortunately.
And yeah, Marvel Comics…… I don’t know if they’re purposefully trying to crash their brand in pursuit of a massive-scale reboot, or if they’re just being idiots, but either way, that won’t last.
This is 100% in reaction to SoW being cracked in just over 24h
Absolutely, though that does make one wonder if it’s just a cost-cutting measure, in which case they’re going to jump back onto the DRM wagon the moment Denuvo 2018 comes out (if it does), or if they’ve actually accepted the absurdity of DRM, as unlikely as that would seem….. O.o
I’m pretty sure that they just wanted to get some positive PR, no point leaving in the most hated DRM just so it can protect the game for a day.
I’m willing to bet they saw how fast the last few games have been getting cracked, and figured the negative PR wouldn’t be worth a few hours of “protection.” In any case, I’m ecstatic.
they saw the latest Denuvo version being cracked in 1 days in recent games and decided to remove it for good.
The soulless AI… it’s learning.
My previous comment came true.
“Now we don’t know whether Denuvo was included by a mistake”
right…but wolfenstein 2 will.
I got the game, it owns just go out and buy it, I feel it is a masterpiece(if your into the genera). It’s like the new Resident Evil that the majority wanted from 7(even though I really like 7 for what it is, its still different then reg RE).
PC optimization and options are solid as well, I can run 5760×1080 near MAX 60FPS on one 1080 Ti.
There is even a FOV slider to 90! WTF am I dreaming or is this real life? Awesome, this is what PC gaming should always be like.
i would say its like sillent hill and re4 wih last of us sneaking and crafing.
Totally this ^^^ and it owns, I personally love the formula it feels so good.
well, aside from the fact that you dont have to worry so much about resources and ammo management because you can get more by exploring the open world and you can predict the jump scaes coming since all of them are in missions and not in the open world.
?????????
Even if i’m not interested at all in the game, i must say i’m very happy that such big title dropped denuvo, it’s a win.
hmmmmmm
Though they may be hiding it on their Wolfy listing?
Then again, why. Hm. Oh well, I guess we’ll know soon enough, regardless.