This week, publisher Square Enix and developer Deck Nine Games announced thenext title in theLife is Strangefranchise,Life is Strange: True Colors. This new entry of the beloved narrative-driven adventure series will feature a new story, characters, powers, and in a series first it will not be episodic. It has now been revealed that the game will also utilize the controversial Denuvo Anti-Tamper software.
Denuvo is an anti-piracy software that developers and publishers pay to utilize to save time and money on developing other measures. Anti-piracy software is common for PC games, but Denuvo draws the ire of many because Denuvo has been shown to negatively affect game performance. Performance is important to many PC gamers, but a story-driven game likeLife is Strange: True Colorsshouldn’t be especially taxing on PC.
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On the official pre-order listing forLife is Strange: True Colorson Steam, Denuvo Anti-Tamper is listed under the details about the game. This news shouldn’t come as a surprise, as previous games in the franchise utilize Denuvo, as do many of publisher Square Enix’s other western-developed titles likeJust Cause 4andShadow of the Tomb Raider.
Denuvo is apparently costly to continually keep in games, so it is not uncommon for developers to patch out Denuvo once a game is no longer new. The 2015 originalLife is Strangeand its prequelBefore the Stormdo not currently have Denuvo, butLife is Strange 2, which released in 2019, still has it, which paints the picture thatLife is Strange: True Colorswill likely have it for some time.
Denuvo was recently confirmed to be coming to the PlayStation 5as well, which is one of the consolesTrue Colorswill be releasing on. It is unknown if the PS5 release of the game will utilize Denuvo as of this writing.
Life is Strange: True Colorslaunches September 10 for PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
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