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‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ DRM Is Locking Out Linux Users Who Bought the Game | As gaming on Linux becomes more popular, Denuvo’s “activations” limit will become a bigger problem.
As gaming on Linux becomes more popular, Denuvo’s “activations” limit will become a bigger problem.
Doom: The Dark Ages, Bethesda’s recently released prequel to the demon slaughtering first-person shooter, is using anti-piracy software that’s locking out Linux users who paid for the game. This problem isn’t unique to Doom: The Dark Ages, but an issue with Denuvo that has riled gamers for years and is one of many reasons they hate the digital rights management (DRM) software so much. Some hardware upgrades, or troubleshooting by cycling certain components in and out of the same PC build could also cause Denuvo to detect the game as being launched on multiple devices.
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