Update includes controversial anti-tamper software
A new update for Tango Gameworks’ cyber-noir actionerGhostwire: Tokyohas quietly added the controversial Denuvo anti-piracy technology to the title, over a year on from the game’s initial release.
The addition, spotted by eagle-eyed players, wasauthenticated by DOSGafter an experiment conducted by the website caused the title to flag authentication errors, revealing that Denuvo software was now implemented in the first-person adventure, which launched on PC in March 2022. The Denuvo software has been a source of irritance in the PC world, following frequent instances where the resource-hungry anti-tamper tech has, reportedly, caused performance issues in PC ports of popular titles.
Just recently, Capcomremoved Denuvofrom the PC port ofResident Evil Village— a title that appeared to behugely hinderedby the addition of the software from a performance standpoint. The addition of Denuvo toGhostwire: Tokyo, a title published by Bethesda Softworks, comes just weeks after the publisher has come under fire for announcing that its upcoming vampire hunter,Redfall,would also support the copy-protection software.
In addition to the implementation of Denuvo, the newGhostwire: Tokyoupdate includes a selection of new missions, new combat abilities including “Charge Rush” and a new counter-attack skill, as well as new roguelite mode, which goes by the sinister title of The Spider’s Thread.Ghostwire: Tokyois available now on PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X.
