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Who is currently cracking Denuvo games? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I am editing a page on a wiki, and I don't want to accidentally publish misinformation.

I know of empress, but is there anyone else releasing cracked Denuvo games?

RIP CODEX

Edit: Denuvo not Denvuo

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[–] DrugsMcChrist@lemmy.ml 91 points 8 months ago (2 children)

isn't it only Empress at this point, which is the entire reason why she is tolerated?

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 53 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yup, just the nutter doing it.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I feel like I'm missing something here

Why do people say they're crazy?

For context I have no idea who this "Empress" is

[–] Jomega@lemmy.world 53 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Transphobe who talks like a JRPG villain. Here's a rationalwiki article about her.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 8 months ago

Ah that explains a lot and they do sound pretty unhinged

Thanks for the link

[+] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee -70 points 8 months ago (2 children)

For context I have no idea who this “Empress” is

so why do you dispute the fact she is crazy? 😂 and why do you call her "they"? the word "empress" is pretty gender-clear.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 54 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

At no point did I dispute the accusations, I simply asked out of curiosity why people say Empress is crazy.

As for why I referred to her as they, I honestly didn't notice that I did. I typically use gender neutral terms when referring to people simply out of habit.

[–] monz@pawb.social 23 points 7 months ago (2 children)

“they” is fine to use for any individual or group as a catch-all.

[+] Anamana@feddit.de -20 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

That kinda makes it sound like she is either nonbinary or a group of people tbh. Not here to rant on it or anything, but I also misunderstood it.

I prefer just using the name if I'm unsure, otherwise it really gets confusing for most people whose native language is not English. We have to find a middle ground between accessibility and respect to the individual imo.

[–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

They is proper grammar for a singular person. Has been for a long, long time.

[–] sarmale@lemmy.zip -2 points 7 months ago

I just learned this few months ago, so even if its been a long time, many people dont know about it, id say this 1 year ago too

[–] Anamana@feddit.de -3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Doesn't make it less confusing, because basically noone uses and teaches it like that. But hey if you think it's practical you do you. I just think it isn't, which is probably also why it vanished. I'm happy it hasn't been a trend in the german gendering style.

[+] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee -21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

so, your decision how to call someone is more important than the person's wish? really?

imagine that riot if it were the other way around...

[–] Ithi@lemmy.ca 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They/them is gender neutral. People literally use it to avoid offending people by accidentally misgendering.

It's not like they went out of their way to say he or "they" to try and trigger people. She's also not here stating her "wish".

With all the actual assholes out there it's ignorant as fuck to be so reactionary on someone else's behalf when the person you're attacking is likely on the same side as you.

I'm sure there'd be no reaction at all if you called them they. Feel free to watch I guess since I did it.

[–] miracleorange@beehaw.org 3 points 8 months ago

I tolerate her because she's fuckin hilarious.

[–] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml 37 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There is a crack team called MKDEV that targets Football Manager series which uses a slightly weaker version of Denuvo. They didn't crack the 2024 series so far, but chances are they will sometime soon.

[–] Euphoma@lemmy.ml 35 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure MKDEV, who is one person, quit cracking earlier this year.

[–] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml 14 points 8 months ago

Oh damn, that'a sad loss

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 28 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have little doubt someone will lay into me for saying this but is even Empress bothering anymore? I haven't seen anything from her in months.

[–] junusdenised420@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Apperently she is busy modding starfield, she said that in an nfo

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Great. She'll be busy fixing that turd for at least 5 years. 😩

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 11 points 8 months ago

I saw that on her telegram but wasn't sure how serious she was about it. I guess we won't be seeing any denuvo infections get cured any time in the near future cause god knows that shitheap is going to need plenty of attention.

[–] LeylaLove@hexbear.net 26 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure it's only Empress. On another note, I would not believe the Empress story if I hadn't been around long enough to actually watch everything play out in real time.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Is there a documented history or tl;dr I could check out to catch up?

[EDIT] nvm, conversation one comment thread down linked to this: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/EMPRESS

[–] lemann@lemmy.one 25 points 8 months ago

Pretty sure it's just Empress lol

[–] Selmafudd@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There are two, Empress and I can't remember the other name, the other person/group just does Football Manager games running older versions of Denvuo

[–] imkali@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I believe youre talking about MKDEV, but someone else in this thread said they quit earlier this year :/

[–] Hackerpunk1@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yes MKDev (also called MenuDev by some) cracked FIFA 23 before exiting the cracking scene this year.

[–] Yglorba@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If I recall correctly, CODEX's Denuvo cracker was Empress anyway, so it has been just her for a long while now. There have been one or two cracks by other people for games using ancient versions of Denuvo that nobody bothered to crack before, but she's the only one doing anything with Denuvo's current version.

[–] SchizoDenji@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

MKDEV cracked Football Manager 2023 and FIFA 23 and even infodumped his workflow. Sadly, nobody seems to have picked up his place.

[–] 520@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Any links to this? I'd be interested in seeing how it is done

[–] SchizoDenji@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

It's on his discord server.

[–] konalt@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

I believe there's one that only cracks football games. I'm not too deep into the crack universe though