News Summary

• Since DRM doesn’t just curb illegal acquisition but also game tampering, and given that mods mess with a game’s files, of course the company would do whatever it can to stop folks from tinkering with Capcom games by any means necessary..
• This is what happened with Resident Evil Revelations, as Capcom recently added DRM to the 2012 game which reportedly caused tons of performance issues, prompting the studio to immediately roll that back as the game was review bombed.Now, the same thing has happened to Monster Hunter Rise..
• It seems that, right after the company replaced its old digital rights management (DRM) software with a new one, the game just wouldn’t boot up anymore..
• In practice, though, DRM tends to counterattack whatever software a game runs on like the same poles of magnets repelling each other..
• Kotaku tested the game on Steam Deck and was able to start a new save without a hitch, even after the update..
• Other folks in the official subreddit have also posted about the game being unplayable now that Capcom has replaced Denuvo with Enigma Protector..