Today, Denuvo announced that they are now offering Anti-Cheat tools for game publishers on the PlayStation 5. Now, while Denuvo is known for its Anti-Temper solutions to help protect PC games from being pirated, this new solution will look towards stopping cheaters in both offline and online games.
Here’s the full statement from Denuvo;
As security and innovation collide, Denuvo by Irdeto today announces it has joined the exclusive PlayStation®5 Tools and Middleware program. Denuvo, the leader in video games protection, offers its Anti-Cheat solution through this program to publishers and developers whose games are available on PlayStation®5.
Denuvo is at the forefront of games security with over 2 billion unique game installs protected across all platforms, and over 1,000 games secured. Joining the PlayStation®5 Tools and Middleware program therefore fosters Denuvo’s continued commitment to excellence and innovation in game security. It also supports Denuvo’s goal of protecting the developers’ investment, where approximately 70% of their revenue is earned in the first two weeks after the launch of a game.
Today, as a member of ecosystem players, Denuvo will carry on its mission of bringing fairness and fun back to gaming by providing its Anti-Cheat solution to all developers who want to protect their games and gamers, from hackers and cheaters, on PlayStation®5. According to its Global Gaming Survey, 77% of the gamers express being repelled from a game due to cheating occurring, creating a tremendous risk on monetization of games.
Denuvo’s Anti-Cheat incorporates advanced technology to secure both online gameplay as well as securely reward offline progress. The technology helps game developers protect sensitive game logic or data, preventing cheaters from changing sensitive variables and ensuring its trustworthiness. A number of games incorporated Denuvo’s Anti-Cheat at launch of PlayStation®5 to ensure best experience for the gamers.
Developed by security experts and video game enthusiasts, Denuvo’s technology has no negative impact on in-game performance and its non-intrusive methodology ensures the developer’s workflow is never impacted.
“Cheating ruins video games for honest players,” said Reinhard Blaukovitsch, Managing Director of Denuvo, Irdeto. “This can lead to lower engagement, game traffic and shrinking revenues for game publishers. We are really proud be able to help the world’s most talented developers to bring rich experiences for gamers on Playstation®5.”
Denuvo has a solid track record of protecting AAA titles for over a decade and collaborates with game developers of all sizes, offers cross-platform technologies on PC, Consoles, iOS and Android to secure against games piracy as well as protecting the integrity of the experience. Securing revenue sources beyond the game sales has become increasingly important for the publishers who rely on ad-revenues, in-game currency, downloadable content (DLC) and more broadly gamers long-term engagement into the games.
As to why this is happening, I can only speculate this has something to do with two things. The first is an increase in in-game cheating that’s being noticed on the console front. Not that this hasn’t been there before, but just not as loud as the PC gaming cheating scene has been. Secondly, this could very well be PlayStation setting the groundwork for upcoming PlayStation games headed to the PC that might offer cross-play support with PlayStation 4/5 titles.
It’s interesting to see that PlayStation and several publishers had already incorporated Denuvo’s Anti-Cheat tech, as indicated by the press release. As of this moment, we don’t know which games they are referring to.
We know that not every Denuvo protected game is truly protected for those who follow the PC scene. There have been handfuls of games that have been cracked months, weeks, and some instances, days after they are released. Denuvo is seen as a challenge to most game-cracking groups. With the company teaming up with PlayStation, I wonder if this will also be seen as a challenge for those who produce cheating applications. I suppose we’ll have to wait and see.
Source: Denuvo
