Monster Hunter Rise, the sixth mainline entry in Capcom’s creature-slaying motion RPG, is now damaged on Steam Deck. It appears that, proper after the corporate changed its outdated digital rights administration (DRM) software program with a brand new one, the sport simply wouldn’t boot up anymore. That sucks, however Capcom is investigating the problem.
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DRM is kind of controversial throughout the PC gaming house. Basically, it’s used to stamp out piracy and different unlawful technique of getting your arms on copyrighted works. In follow, although, DRM tends to counterattack no matter software program a recreation runs on like the identical poles of magnets repelling one another. This is what occurred with Resident Evil Revelations, as Capcom just lately added DRM to the 2012 recreation which reportedly prompted tons of efficiency points, prompting the studio to instantly roll that again as the sport was overview bombed.
Now, the identical factor has occurred to Monster Hunter Rise. In a Steam replace that dropped on January 22, Capcom mentioned that “some system information shall be up to date.” While the corporate didn’t make clear what this meant, VGC reported (through modder FluffyQuack) that the corporate changed Monster Hunter Rise’s Denuvo DRM tech with Enigma Protector DRM, the identical software program that broke Revelations.
As X/Twitter consumer _flowerworks_ demonstrates within the above video, Monster Hunter Rise simply doesn’t begin on Steam Deck anymore. Other people within the official subreddit have additionally posted concerning the recreation being unplayable now that Capcom has changed Denuvo with Enigma Protector.
Capcom is conscious that Monster Hunter Rise is damaged now, posting on the sport’s Steam retailer web page that the event staff is “investigating” the problem.
“There have been stories of the sport not working on Steam Deck after updating to Ver.16.0.2.0,” Capcom mentioned. “The staff is at the moment investigating this challenge. We will let you realize as quickly as we discover out extra, so please maintain on for additional data.”
Kotaku reached out to Capcom for remark.
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This is a bummer, nevertheless it shouldn’t be too shocking. In October 2023, Capcom mentioned throughout an R&D presentation that recreation mods are the identical as dishonest. Since DRM doesn’t simply curb unlawful acquisition but additionally recreation tampering, and on condition that mods mess with a recreation’s recordsdata, in fact the corporate would do no matter it could possibly to cease people from tinkering with Capcom video games by any means essential. That doesn’t make it OK, particularly if the software program breaks a recreation.