Many pirate gamers have already grown accustomed to cracked versions of games being leaked online on launch day, even if protected by Denuvo. Thanks to a “cracking” method, the formidable DRM simply began to be bypassed.
However, Star Wars: Galactic Racer from Fuse Games studio, released in early October, brought an unpleasant surprise. A new version of Denuvo was embedded in the game, and the proven hypervisor method no longer worked. But recently, a hacker (or group) named ARTIFACT proposed an improved solution for bypassing the protection and announced a test.
Shortly after the initial post, they reported successful testing, and a “crack” for Star Wars: Galactic Racer appeared online.
Hacker ARTIFACT also dealt with the protection of another game, Planet Zoo 2. Frontier Developments also used reinforced Denuvo to protect its zoo-building simulator.
This hypervisor-based “cracking” method involves disabling PC security systems, which creates additional risks for players.
As practice has shown, this method also worked with Denuvo in the recent release of Phantom Blade Zero.