Denuvo sues voices38 for hacking 26 games

Denuvo has filed a federal lawsuit against an unknown person or group using the name voices38.The complaint lists at least 26 games for which the defendant, according to the company, released modifications that bypassed Anti-Tamper.

What Denuvo claims

The lawsuit was filed in the District Court for the Northern District of California.Denuvo accuses voices38 of circumventing technical protections and associates these actions with a violation of the provisions of the DMCA.The games listed include Resident Evil Requiem, Stellar Blade, Black Myth: Wukong, 007 First Light, Pragmata, Hogwarts Legacy, Doom: The Dark Ages and others.

These are the plaintiff's accusations, not a fact established by the court.The defendant has not yet been identified in the documents.

What does the company require?

Denuvo is asking for damages and an injunction to prevent the defendant from circumventing Anti-Tamper in past, current and future games.The latter wording is particularly broad and shows that the company is trying to stop not only the spread of existing files.

Discord, Reddit and Steam accounts are mentioned in the case materials.The likely next legal step is an attempt to obtain, through legal requests, data that will help identify the owner of these accounts.

Why is this significant for the PC market?

Denuvo remains one of the most controversial technologies for protecting PC games: publishers use it against piracy during the launch period, and some players criticize DRM for its possible impact on usability and performance.The court case takes a long-standing technical conflict into the legal arena.

Resident Evil Requiem appears on the list - we recently talked about new Resident Evil movie, but the lawsuit itself relates specifically to computer games and the security system.

What happens next

voices38 has publicly stated that work will continue as usual.The key question now is whether Denuvo will be able to identify the defendant and ensure that the claims are considered on the merits.Until then, any conclusions about the outcome of the process are premature.