As it stands, Pragmata, the next major title from Capcom, is scheduled to release tomorrow on April 17. However, pirates are already playing the game already due to it being cracked via the Hypervisor method, a new piracy method that has been making the rounds, as it's allowed bad actors to bypass Denuvo-locked games in exchange for some security concessions.
That method has put Denuvo on the backfoot, with its parent company, Irdeto, affirming that it is aware of the method and that updated security measures would be introduced to try and combat it.
"We’re already working on updated security versions for games impacted by hypervisor bypasses," Daniel Butschek, Irdeto’s head of communications, told TorrentFreak. "For players, performance will not be compromised by these strengthened security measures."
However, it doesn't seem like those were instituted before Pragmata hit its release date.
The presence of the crack, or bypass, has ignited a fiery debate within Steam's forums, as users contend with the idea that a game is playable to pirates before paying customers.
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"Denuvo's one job: prevent piracy," one user wrote. "Given the pirates got the game...
