Video game hackers claim Denuvo and DRM to blame for ‘Resident Evil Village’ PC stutters

Rick Astley‘s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ has secured one billion views on YouTube after cementing its place in internet folklore.Astley’s debut song, which spawned the iconic Rickrolling trend, is one of a handful of hits to reach the impressive milestone on the site – joining the likes of A-Ha’s ‘Take On Me’, Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ and Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’.“I am kind of a big deal,” said Astley of the achievement.To mark the milestone, he has also announced plans to release a

Draft Of Darkness has been getting a lot of attention ahead of its upcoming release, with many comparing it to the Resident Evil series. Developed by Istanbul-based solo indie game developer Crawly Games, Draft Of Darkness is described as an experimental horror game with gameplay focused around death.While card-based, the top-down perspective and pixel style is very reminiscent of early PlayStation titles, looking like something that wouldn’t seem out of place as a spinoff to Resident Evil.

Fringe alum Anna Torv has joined the cast of HBO’s The Last of Us in a recurring role opposite Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey. The series, based on the widely popular 2014 PlayStation game of the same name, hails from Chernobyl’s Craig Mazin and The Last Of Us creator Neil Druckmann.

Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider has become the latest high-profile name to dismiss Gene Simmons‘ controversial claim that “rock is dead”.The KISS bassist first courted controversy with the comments in 2014, and doubled down on the remarks in a new interview which arrived in January.“Rock is dead. And that’s because new bands haven’t taken the time to create glamour, excitement and epic stuff,” Simmons told Gulf News.“I mean, Foo Fighters is a terrific band, but that’s a 20-year-old band.

Spelunky, recently compared difficulty in games to tolerance for spicy food in his most recent Game Developers Conference (GDC) talk.During a tangent on the talk about Spelunky 2 (thanks, PC Gamer), Yu said that “It can be hard for people who don’t like spicy food to understand why spicy food fans love it so much. If you’re just starting out on your spicy food journey, you can’t taste the flavor, just the heat.

Zoom Video Communications is the latest tech firm adding video games to its offerings, part of a broader push into apps and events.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix, coming off a pandemic-fueled bumper crop of subscribers in 2020, added just 1.5 million customers worldwide for the second quarter of 2021 — a significant slowdown from its previous torrid growth. The company also sketched out its plans to enter the video game market, eyeing it as a new way to attract and retain customers.Netflix lost subscribers in its key U.S./Canada region, posting a net loss of 430,000 paid streaming customers in the region.

Capcom has updated Resident Evil Village to add AMD’s FSR and optimise the Denuvo anti-piracy tech to reduce stuttering.Capcom had promised an update to improve PC performance, and it has finally arrived. The update adds AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution option to the game’s setting.This software allows for games to be played at a lower resolution and then be upscaled to a monitor’s native resolution.

ITALY: Land Of Wonders “portrays the beauty and tradition of [Italy] through an interactive and fun experience” according to a press release. Available for free, the mobile game is on both iOS and Android, and supports 11 languages.The game tasks the player with assisting Elio, an old lighthouse keeper, by collecting 20 sparks to help ensure the sun shines over Italy once again.

The new multiplayer game set in the ‘Resident Evil’ universe, ‘RE: Verse’ was originally thought to be coming out along with ‘Resident Evil Village’ but it was delayed until Summer, then given a release window of July and now… well, now it’s not coming out this year at all.

EXCLUSIVE: Jeffrey Pierce, the voice of Tommy in The Last of Us video game series, is set to recur as a different character opposite Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey and Gabriel Luna in HBO’s high-profile series adaptation of the Sony Playstation franchise. Murray Bartlett and Con O’Neil also have joined the cast of The Last of Us, from Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann.

EXCLUSIVE: Nexon, an Asian video game developer specializing in immersive virtual worlds, is setting up an LA-based film and TV division to be run by Disney and Activision Blizzard veteran Nick van Dyk.

Capcom has confirmed that a new PC patch is in the works for Resident Evil Village after it was discovered that its own DRM software was the cause.In a statement to Digital Foundry today (July 15), Capcom confirmed that Village will be receiving a PC update in the future to address issues regarding stuttering and frame rate drops.Resident Evil Village PC players have been struggling with performance issues since the game launched in May and last week (July 10) fans in the cracking community

Capcom has announced that its upcoming online PvP multiplayer, Resident Evil RE:Verse, has been delayed until 2022.The announcement comes from Twitter, where the company confirmed that the multiplayer will now launch next year so the team “can deliver a smooth gameplay experience”.“We will share updated launch details at a later time.

Super Mario 64 has broken the record for most expensive video game sold at auction, selling for an impressive £1,124,000 ($1,560,000 USD).The news comes less than two days after The Legend of Zelda broke the previous record when it sold at auction for $870,000.Listed on Heritage Auctions, the sealed copy of the 1996 game received a 9.8 A++ Wata grading, the highest possible rating possible.

Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds has revealed that he has been developing a multiplayer PC game – and is hoping it will be completed this year.Speaking to gaming magazine Level One in a new interview, Reynolds discussed his lifetime love of video games, as well as the game he’s been working on for the past year with his brother and manager, Mac.“He’s also like my best friend and we’ve always talked about making a video game,” the singer explained.

The show is hosted by Outside Xbox’s Mike Channell and presenter Julia Hardy, and aims to celebrate “the glorious union between cars and games”.

Resident Evil Village has officially shipped over 4.5 million units since launching in May, Capcom announces.A new translated Twitter post confirms that the latest game in the horror franchise has exceeded the 4.5 million mark in “cumulative worldwide sales”, crossing another milestone.This also means that Village has officially overtaken Resident Evil 2‘s two-month launch sales.