Immediately after the long-awaited appearance of the South Korean action game on Steam, fans of the project noticed a banner informing about the presence of third-party anti-piracy protection Denuvo Anti-tamper with the modification “5 different PC within a day”. This means that activation of a digital copy is available only on 5 devices per day, which significantly slows down the hacking Stellar Blade.
Previously, the publisher PlayStation did not add DRM to its games, but this time Sony and Shift Up decided to play it safe. Probably, the developers took this step to increase profits in the first months after the release. At the same time, information appeared about the mandatory linking to a PSN , which greatly puzzled both PC s and the game's authors themselves.
PSN for Stellar Blade and Denuvo availability
The information that a PSN is required to run Stellar Blade is FaikovaAccording to official information, the title will not require a mandatory connection to PlayStation, players will only receive an additional costume for logging in via PS.
Despite this, the project remains unavailable for purchase on Steam in regions where PlayStation Network is not available: this is more than 130 countries, including Russia, Kazakhstan, Vietnam and the Philippines. Like the players, the developers from Shift Up were puzzled by this information and promised to sort out the blocking by the release.
The situation with Denuvo is more sad - the protection will definitely be in the project and there are no plans to remove it in the near future. This surprised players, since most previous Sony ports did not contain third-party DRM. Denuvo is often criticized in the community for its possible impact on performance and limitation of rights. The developers assure that the presence of protection will not affect performance in any way. As evidence, they provided a table in which they compared the frame rate in the game with Denuvo active and disabled.
When Stellar Blade gets hacked
It is impossible to accurately calculate the time it takes to crack Denuvo's protection: hackers may need a couple of weeks to work, as in the case of Hogwarts legacy, as well as several years, such as with Watch Dogs: Legion.
After reviewing the proposed table, you will be able to independently compare the timeframes for hacking Denuvo in projects of recent years and see the nickname of the hacker who posted the game in open access.
| Name of the game | Status | Who hacked | Timing of hacking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resident Evil Village | ✅ hacked | EMPRESS | After 64 days |
| Fenyx Rising Immortals | ✅ hacked | EMPRESS | In 81 day |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | ✅ hacked | EMPRESS | After 134 days |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | ✅ hacked | EMPRESS | After 404 days |
| Mafia: Definitive Edition | ✅ hacked | Y | In 20 days |
| Crysis remastered | ✅ hacked | Y | After 33 days |
| Marvel's Avengers | ✅ hacked | Y | After 44 days |
| Monster Hunter World: Iceborne | ✅ hacked | PARADOX | After 193 days |
| Death Stranding | ✅ hacked | Y | After 93 days |
| Team Sonic Racing | ✅ hacked | CODEX | In 381 day |
| Maneater | ✅ hacked | EMPRESS | In 876 days |
| Resident Evil 3 | ✅ hacked | P2P | In 181 day |
| Detroit: Become Human | ✅ hacked | CODEX | In 189 days |
| F | ✅ hacked | MKDEV | In 212 days |
| Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order | ✅ hacked | CODEX | After 4 days |
| Need for Speed Heat | ✅ hacked | P2P | In 49 days |
| Planet Zoo | ✅ hacked | EMPRESS | After 324 days |
| Code Vein | ✅ hacked | CODEX | In 5 days |
| Gotham Knights | ✅ hacked | Razor1911 | In 6 days |
| The Callisto Protocol | ❌ not hacked | — | Release date: December 2, 2022 After ~480 days, the developers themselves removed Denuvo from the game. |
| Marvel's Midnight Suns | ❌ not hacked | — | Release date: December 2, 2022 |
| sonic frontiers | ❌ not hacked | — | Release date: November 8, 2022 |
| Person 5 Royal | ❌ not hacked | — | Release date: October 21, 2022 |
| Hogwarts legacy | ✅ hacked | EMPRESS | In 13 days |
| Resident Evil 4 | ✅ hacked | EMPRESS | In 51 day |
| Dead Island 2 | ✅ hacked | EMPRESS | In 86 days |
| Star Wars Jedi: Survivor | ❌ not hacked | — | Release date: April 12, 2023. On September 02.09.2024, XNUMX, the developers themselves removed Denuvo from the game. |
| Street Fighter 6 | ❌ not hacked | — | Release date: June 2, 2023 |
| Payday 3 | ✅ no hacking required | Developers | Release Date: September 21, 2023 |
| Mortal Kombat 1 | ❌ not hacked | — | Release Date: September 19, 2023 |
| Assassin's Creed Mirage | ❌ not hacked | — | Release date: October 5, 2023 |
| Avatars: Frontiers of Pandora | ❌ not hacked | — | Release date: December 7, 2023 |
| Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown | ❌ not hacked | — | Release date: January 18, 2024 |
| Yakuza: Like a Dragon | ✅ hacked | EMPRESS | 201 day |
| Judgment | ✅ hacked | EMPRESS | 323 day |
| Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth | ❌ not hacked | — | Release date: January 25, 2024 |
| Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League | ❌ not hacked | — | Release date: 2 Feb 2024 |
| Persona 3 Reload | ❌ not hacked | — | Release date: 2 Feb 2024 |
| Dragon's Dogma 2 | ❌ not hacked | — | Release date: March 22, 2024 |
| Black MythWukong | ❌ not hacked | — | Release date: 19 Aug 2024 |
| star wars outlaws | ❌ not hacked | — | Release date: 30 Aug 2024 |
| Metaphor: Refantazio | ✅ hacked | s byed Denuvo's protection by patching the game's demo version (this was possible due to the similarity of the executable files), removing the time limit, which allowed access to all content. | Release date: October 11, 2024. The game was hacked after 7 days. |
| Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii | ❌ not hacked | — | Release date: 20 Feb 2025 |
| Monster Hunter Wilds | ❌ not hacked | — | Release date: 28 Feb 2025 |
| Assassin's Creed Shadows | ❌ not hacked | — | Release date: March 19, 2025 |
| The First Berserker: Khazan | ❌ not hacked | — | Release date: March 27, 2025 |
| Atomfall | ❌ not hacked | — | Release date: March 27, 2025 |
Based on the data provided, it can be concluded that the game is unlikely to be hacked in the near future. Experienced hackers have not been seen for a long time, and newcomers are not yet able to cope with Denuvo.
The information contained in this material is intended for informational purposes only. The author of the publication and the site istration recommend that you purchase a licensed version of the game if possible in order to the project developers.
Stellar Blade on PC promises to be an exciting experience for players, but the presence of Denuvo protection coupled with regional restrictions has raised concerns among the community. Hopefully, the developers will take player into and take steps to improve accessibility and experience.
If the game is available for purchase in your region, pay attention to the information on how to top up wallets in Russia on various platforms. Having purchased the project, you can immediately launch it without waiting for hacking:
We hope this article helped us understand whether there will be a hack. Stellar Blade, and also figure out whether the game will require mandatory linking to PSN. Write to comments: Do you plan to buy the project on the release day, or will you wait for the trial version to appear in the green store?
