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A lot of big games and some of the smaller ones nowadays use some form of anti-tamper or copy protection tech in their games to prevent games being ripped and pirated online. Such protections have their upsides but also in the case of a few, legitimate players see them as being a bit of a barrier to them as well if the tech goes wrong.
So the news that developers of Rime, Tequila Works, might remove the Denuvo protection from the game if pirates manage to crack it is welcome to some but mainly confusing. It’s quite the surprising move, considering most companies wouldn’t touch it after the game was released unless it was negatively impacting on the game in some way.
This was announced over on Rime’s Steam forums by Tequila Works’ staff member Dariuas, who said that the inclusion of Denuvo had been a hotly debated topic in the studio. They decided to include it to “preserve [the] quality in Rime”, as cracking the game runs “the risk of creating issues” with the game’s graphics and audio, as well as being a way to stop pirated copies emerging of course.
However, if pirates do break though Tequila Works will “release a Denuvo free version of Rime and update existing platforms.” With Denuvo still being pretty good at keeping pirates out in the first month of a game’s sale but not so much beyond that after it’s been worked on, Rime could be going anti-tamper free sooner rather than later.
The responses to this have ranged from bemusement to utter outrage, with the Steam Thread being locked down due to the sheer amount of angry replies. Who knows how the move will work out in the long-term for them?
It’s probably going to lead to a lot of pirated Rime online in just over a month though…
If you’re a fan of The Witcher 3 and were looking for something new to add to your collection, listen up. It’s just been announced that CD Projekt will be releasing a special vinyl soundtrack for the game with 35 tracks including four that were previously only exclusive to pre-orderers of the game.
Made together with Spacelab9, the soundtrack will come with two silver vinyl discs along with a slip-cover that shows off a Leshen rampaging – with the four exclusive tracks Fields of Ard Skellig, Ladies of the Woods, Merchants of Novigrad and Hunt or Be Hunted being unavailable on the normal digital versions of The Witcher 3 soundtrack.
Also, if you’re looking for something much more collectible there will be a limited three-disc version released which also contains the soundtrack from the Hearts of Stone expansion. There will only be 500 of these special editions released to the public, so needless to say they’re probably going to be quite costly.
The listing for the standard vinyl edition is currently up on ThinkGeek now, with the release set to be June 2nd. It’s going to retail for about $30, which isn’t a terribly bad price. As for the special limited three-disc version, Spacelab9 have said that it will be available via Gaya Entertainment, so if you’re wanting that one be prepared to check there on the 2nd next month.
