Yesterday, we informed you about the PC release of Yakuza Kiwami and today we are happy to report that this new Yakuza game will not be using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. This information comes straight from Steam’s database so it is really trustworthy.
Now while Steam’s database specifically states that the developers have removed the Denuvo anti-tamper tech (and contrary to Yakuza 0’s Steam store page, Yakuza Kiwami’s page does not list the Denuvo anti-tamper tech), SEGA may re-implement at launch (because reasons). If something like that actually happens, SEGA will be the one to be blamed here for intentionally removing and then re-adding Denuvo.
We got in touch with SEGA and asked for clarification on whether Yakuza Kiwami will drop the Denuvo anti-tamper tech, as well as whether there are any plans to remove Denuvo from Yakuza 0, so we’ll be sure to update this article once – and if – the publisher responds.
Yakuza Kiwami releases on February 19th and promises to be the ultimate and most “extreme” version of the original vision of the Yakuza series, featuring enhanced gameplay, an expanded cinematic story, the return of the battle styles from Yakuza 0, more nightlife spots, and re-recorded audio by the series cast. The PC version will support 4K resolutions, uncapped framerates, customisable controls and ultra-widescreen support.
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Nah I don’t believe that. They’ll re-add it a few days before the release.
It’s not 7-8 years old games…so,I don’t believe it…unless Sega happy that their non denuvo title sold very well..
I don’t trust Sega to keep to their word, nor do I trust any “AAA” company to keep to their word. I’ll believe it when I see it.
In this case the tag was there and it was removed, check the link in the article, though it’s likely that they will add it again in the last minute before release.
Actually, the Steam store page listed Denuvo a few days ago and has now been removed. So SEGA deliberately removed it from the game’s store page too (again we got in touch with SEGA for clarification but since Catherine Classic also does not have Denuvo, things are looking pretty good). Also, and we’ve said it one million times, do not pre-order; if SEGA re-implements Denuvo, we’ll be sure to report it
Yeap, title updated to reflect that
Its Bob boi.
90% of his comments are of extremely low quality or pure clickbaits.
Man, I’m glad I’m not the only one getting that impression..
probably a scam so people pre order it
They didn’t removed it from Sonic Mania and all of it’s f**k ups. they might add it before launch, but if they don’t then it’s good move. played them all even Kenzan they are good games, specially 0 and Kiwami 1 and Yakuza 6.
Yeah but shenmue didnt have denuvo
So as Onimusha but the reason behind them are, one is too old they couldn’t put an x64 DRM on it and the other one was ran through an old emulator i guess.
It’s a good sign when they start removing them from their other and older games, for example Yakuza 0 which was already cracked. VC and Football Manager both have denuvo and they came after shenmue, Totalwar 2019 will have denuvo.
I know and that’s a crying shame for Sonic Mania. The only reason I still use the Steam version, Denuvo and all is because of mod support (the pirated version doesn’t support mods).
Sonic Mania is the only Denuvo game I even own.
Kenzan is in japanese only?
Yes. you need a walkthrough or a friend that can translate the game while you are playing, like mine 😀
Ishin is also japanese but didn’t played that.
That looks like work, and these games are long as hell. No translation projects for PS3 games i guess? shame
Sadly no , even in english ones most of your play time is going to be reading subs and reading dialogue boxs. oh and i f**cking hate/love it when you finish everything you now have to go play this ultra hard mini game (arcabe,baseball etc..) and beat it with perfect score for some hidden boss/story/fighting style to unlock.
I finished Yakuza 0 recently, but i don’t have time for 100% runs and it’s better than running for some scrap content
Yeah i couldn’t 100% any of them, i came close on 0 and 6 but thats it, for me it’s impossible to play some of it’s mini games but i got Ryu’s 4th fighting style in 0, the one with white aura, that was great nad it took me over 100hours.
Pre-ordered. The second they put it back i’m getting a refund.
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Pre-ordered. The second https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/303aaef29958f00c25fc8b4489ffc95843f4c49a819d302d20077f41a72a67d6.jpg it comes back i’m getting a refund.
the money lost on piracy these days don’t justify the money wasted with this piece of crap software.