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stretch611 writes:

According to TorrentFreak, the long-awaiting stealth game Hitman 2 — which comes 'protected' by the latest variant of Denuvo (v5.3) — leaked online. Aside from having its protection circumvented, this happened three days before the title's official launch on November 13.

It appears that a relatively new cracking group called FCKDRM obtained a version of Hitman 2 that was only available to those who pre-ordered the game. While several groups have been chipping away at Denuvo for some time, FCKDRM is a new entrant (at least by branding) to the cracking scene. (Note: The group is not related to the FCKDRM initiative, an anti-DRM site launched by GOG.com, even though it does use the logo.)

It should be noted that the owners of Denuvo released marketing material a few months ago suggesting that even 4 days of protection (actually even hours according to them) is worth the price of their DRM. (However, no mention of -3 days.)

Original Submission

1. "stretch611" - https://soylentnews.org/~stretch611/
2. "TorrentFreak" - https://torrentfreak.com/hitman-2s-denuvo-protection-cracked-three-days-before-launch-181112/
3. "Hitman 2" - https://hitman.com/
4. "FCKDRM initiative" - https://fckdrm.com/
5. "released marketing material" - https://torrentfreak.com/denuvo-cites-huge-losses-for-aaa-game-not-using-its-anti-piracy-tech-181108/
6. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=30196

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