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[[wikipedia:Denuvo|'''Denuvo Anti-Tamper''']] (not to be confused with Denuvo Anti-Cheat) is a video game [[DRM|digital-rights management]] (DRM) software developed as the successor to [[SecuROM]] by [[Sony]] Digital Audio Disc Corporation (DADC) since 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Purchese |first=Robert |date=19 Dec 2014 |title=Don't call it DRM: what's Denuvo Anti-Tamper? |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/denuvo-anti-tamper-drm |url-status=live |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=EuroGamer}}</ref> After a buyout in 2018, it is now distributed by the company [[Irdeto]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Ivy |date=23 Jan 2018 |title=Irdeto acquires Denuvo in bid to beef up security for the games industry |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/irdeto-acquires-denuvo-in-bid-to-beef-up-security-in-the-games-industry |url-status=live |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=Games Industry}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Ivy |date=29 Aug 2018 |title=Denuvo: "There is no uncrackable game. What we do is protect the initial sales" |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/denuvo-and-irdeto-on-protecting-early-sales-from-piracy |url-status=live |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=Games Industry}}</ref> It is commonly referred to simply as “Denuvo”, and it is currently the most advanced video-game DRM on the market. The goal of Denuvo is to make cracking a game as difficult as possible, in order to protect a game’s launch window.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Orland |first=Kyle |date=6 Feb 2018 |title=Denuvo: Our cracked RE7 protection is still better than nothing [Updated] |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/02/denuvo-our-cracked-re7-protection-is-still-better-than-nothing/ |url-status=live |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=ArsTechnica}}</ref> Denuvo does this successfully in most cases, but it has been cracked multiple times. These cracks have mostly been done by a mysterious cracker known as Empress.<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Anastasio |first=Cecilia |date=22 Feb 2021 |title=The Woman Bulldozing Video Games’ Toughest DRM |url=https://www.wired.com/story/empress-drm-cracking-denuvo-video-game-piracy/ |url-status=live |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=Wired}}</ref>