Assassin’s Creed Mirage has launched today for PC and consoles, and though it offers a solid, focused, stealth-driven experience for those pining after the series’ earlier instalments, Ubisoft has also attracted some criticism for its PC version.
18.09.2023 - 17:33 / gamespot.com / George Yang
The reason is unclear.
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Just a week before its release, Payday 3 developer Starbreeze announced that it has removed the anti-piracy software Denuvo from the PC version of Payday 3.
«Hello heisters, we want to inform you that Denuvo is no longer in PAYDAY 3,» said Starbreeze global brand director Almir Listo in a Steam update. «We look forward to seeing you in New York City! Happy heisting!»
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It's unclear why Starbreeze decided to remove Denuvo so early, especially since the game isn't available to the wider public until September 21. Those who purchased the Silver and Gold Editions of the game can play the game now as they received the early access perk. Denuvo is an anti-piracy software that has attracted a less-than-stellar reputation, though we don't know if that played a role in the decision to abandon it just before launch, when companies are most concerned about piracy.
Players aren't typically fans of Denuvo because the software is known to negatively impact the performance of games on PC (though Denuvo itself disputes these claims).
Starbreeze took the opposite route of what developers usually do, which is adding in Denuvo days before release. Capcom did that with Street Fighter 6 back in June, and Tango Gameworks did so as well when Ghostwire: Tokyo got its Spider's Thread update.
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Assassin’s Creed Mirage has launched today for PC and consoles, and though it offers a solid, focused, stealth-driven experience for those pining after the series’ earlier instalments, Ubisoft has also attracted some criticism for its PC version.
Very much like an assassin sliding a poison needle into your wrist while shaking your hand, Ubisoft have added Denuvo's anti-piracy/anti-cheating DRM software to Assassin's Creed: Mirage in the game's day-one update, aka patch 1.0.2. We've known for a while that the game would use Denuvo, together with the VMProtect software, but what's baking the noodles of many players is that the Denuvo functionality has been snuck in after the Assassin's Creed: Mirage review embargo, denying critics the chance to assess its impact on the game.
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