So Denuvo was finally reliably cracked, at least on Windows

A Hypervisor bypass came out recently, and since then a lot of Denuvo games from years past have been released by a scene group known as DenuvOwO (I think, either that or DenuvOwO is the name of the crack).

Much more reliable than the Empress cracks in their time as these seem to work for every denuvo game instead of being on a case-by-case basis.

Unfortunately only Windows compatibility for now as it requires bypassing some kernel-level features and drivers. So I haven't tested these cracks myself. You could, by all accounts, prepare a dual-boot partition with Windows in it. Probably. (Hoping it doesn't break GRUB or something).

Usually the release comes with a script that you have to run once/every time you want to launch the game, restart your computer, then run the game through 'hypervisor_launcher.exe". Then once you exit the game it reverts the changes it did to your computer.

I wouldn't be able to go into the details but it does make some pretty unrecommended changes to how Windows handle things, including installing unsigned drivers, so it's safer that it reverts these changes, even if you have to reapply the patch and restart your computer every time you want to play the game.

The process is a bit involved but at least Denuvo has been cracked, and I think that's a big victory and is probably making the parent company sweat lol.

Interestingly it seems that for Steam Denuvo games on Linux, because of the Steam Deck popularity, it just phones home to a denuvo server to authenticate the license so you can play denuvo games. So I wonder if you could somehow fake that call or spoof the info it sends so that it thinks you are simply reinstalling the game on the same device. It's probably been attempted tbh but I remember this used to be a cracking method for some games back in the day.