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Resident Evil Revelations update reportedly adds DRM to decade-old game, breaks it, then removes DRM - for nowCapcom are apparently making good on their vow to crack down on mods
Capcom are apparently making good on their vow to crack down on mods
Image credit:Capcom
Image credit:Capcom
11-year-old gameResident Evil Revelationsrecently released an update that apparently introduced DRM, only to swiftly roll back the patch after complaints from players that it reportedly caused performance issues. Capcom aren’t giving up that easily on their vow to crack down on mods, though.
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As players dug into the surprise patch, they appeared to find references to Enigma Protector, a piece of DRM software designed to stop the use of mods and tools such as Cheat Engine.
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The introduction of DRM to a decade-plus-old game at the apparent cost of performance has, unsurprisingly, riled up players, who took to Revelations’ Steam page andsent its recent reviewscrashing down to a “Mostly Negative” average.
Revelations isn’t the only Capcom game to get the DRM treatment, either, it seems.Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collectionsaw Enigma Protector swapped in for its previous use of publisher-popular (andplayer-unpopular) DRM tool Denuvo last year, with the recentGhost Trick: Phantom Detectivere-release also using the anti-piracy tech.Resident Evil 5andStreet Fighter’s 30th Anniversary Collectionare also reported to be updated with Enigma Protector, though Capcom are yet to confirm any changes themselves.
In the case of Revelations, at least, the apparent hit to performance led Capcom to pull the patch a few days later, attributing the reversal to “an issue observed with the latest update” in aSteam blog. However, they promised that the update would be re-released once the problems are solved, signalling that they haven’t given up the war on mods just yet.
