Octopath Traveler came out almost five months ago on the PC. However, and while most PC gamers were really pleased with this release, some were disappointed to find out that the game was using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. Thankfully, Square Enix has decided to remove it from the game.
Earlier today, the publisher released a new version that completely removes this anti-tamper tech from the game. Unfortunately, we don’t have any additional information about Octopath Traveler’s latest patch. Still, we are certain that some gamers will be glad to know that it no longer features Denuvo.
Funny thing is that Square Enix has not updated yet the game’s Steam store page. As such, its Steam page still claims that it uses Denuvo (however we can confirm that it no longer does).
Similarly to pretty much all other Denuvo-free games, Octopath Traveler now launches quicker than before. However, the in-game performance is similar to the Denuvo version. Or at least we could not find any performance differences in our initial tests.
Here is hoping that more developers and publishers will follow Square Enix’s example and remove Denuvo from their cracked games. You hear that Gearbox?
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They have never removed Denuvo from ANY of their games. Ho w about removing it from the rest of your games like lets say, “RISE OF THE TOMB Raider”. It’s been cracked for 5 years now, who are you protecting the game from, The actually honest buyers?
Near A Tomato still has Denuvo I think, it might depend partially on the developer or something.
If I supported scum like Square Enix, thia would make me happy
Same, I’m waiting till I can get it for around £10-15 UK quids. Have waaay to much to play :/
Pirates already cracked this game. This is a reason why Square removed it.
The crackers aren’t pirates
No its not, they’ve cracked every single enix game and this is the first and only game enix ever removed. So B.S on that
This is the second game that had Denuvo removed. First was Life Is Strange: Before the Storm back in 2017. Technically, Hitman has also had it removed, but I wouldn’t attribute that to Square Enix as that move was made by IO Interactive after they had split with Square Enix.
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