Dying Light 2 Will Come with Controversial DRM Software Denuvo

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It's fair to say that the majority of gamers are probably not keen on DRM, but it's something that players has learned to live with as some sort of necessary evil. Studios and publishers obviously have a vested interested in protecting their IPs, but that doesn't mean the fan base is happy about it, especially when it comes to causing issues. The Denuvo anti-cheat software is notoriously controversial, often being the culprit in many new releases running less than optimally. Unfortunately, it's been confirmed that Dying Light 2: Stay Human will feature the DRM tech.

At the eleventh hour of the game being released, a spokesperson for Techland, the studio behind the upcoming Dying Light 2, has stated that the game will ship with Denuvo. In a post on the Steam forums, a user uploaded a screenshot from Imgur, which showed a reply from the developer to an inquisitive user which clearly states that it will be using the anti-piracy software. Since then, the Steam page for the game itself does show that it does incorporate «3rd-party DRM,» which is bound to be disappointing to some fans.

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For those who are perhaps out of the loop, the reason some may be upset about Denuvo being included in the game is down to numerous instances in the past in which games have been known to run poorly, with lower framerates. Titles such as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order have since removed Denuvo, as have the likes of Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and Crysis Remastered. All developers involved updated their releases after the fact, which eventually removed the anti-piracy software. Whether this is something that Techland will do with Dying Light 2 remains to be seen.

With Ubisoft saying that other third-party software is