FIFA 18 Cracked In Record 10 Hours, Tough Times Ahead For Denuvo

Denuvo had been on a downward spiral since earlier this year, ever since Resident Evil 7 was cracked in under 5 days. Every release after that had been getting cracked in shorter time and it seems to have finally come to a head with the release of FIFA 18.

FIFA 18 is easily among the biggest releases this year, and is like the Call of Duty of sports games. One would imagine that it would be one of the most secure releases and EA sure did try. It was being protected by the latest version of Denuvo anti-tamper, but still got cracked in just under 10 hours, with pirated version of the game appearing on popular torrent sites on release day itself. This raises some serious questions about the relevance of adding Denuvo in games, and whether publishers will seek to add new means of protecting their games.

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