7 months after its release, anime soulslike Code Vein II was cracked - Denuvo was removed by Bandai Namco itself

In early 2026, Code Vein II was released on consoles and PC. Bandai Namco Entertainment protected the PC version of the game with the infamous Denuvo protection — some players attributed performance issues to this DRM solution.

However, in early September, an update was released for Code Vein II, and users noticed that Bandai Namco Entertainment itself decided to remove Denuvo from the game. After this, the standard DRM remained, which was very quickly cracked by hackers, and the game was leaked online.

Overall reviews for Code Vein II on PC on Steam are still “mixed” (65% rating after 7 thousand reviews), but the situation is changing — recent reviews are “mostly positive”.

Code Vein II is a sequel to the anime soulslike, which many players remembered for its deep character editor — some joked at the time that they spent more time in it than in gameplay: