Denuvo it’s a component that’s apparently better at angering legitimate users than doing its job: protecting content from piracy. Despite the controversy, developers and publishers continue to rely on such DRM, so the company that develops it, Irdeto, announced SecureDLCan optional mechanism offered to game developers that handles protect microtransactions on platforms such as Steam, Microsoft Store and Epic Games Store.

This motivated the existence of SecureDLC in the fact that, according to its criteria, game owners can easily bypass existing protections for DLC packs using readily available tools, allowing them to gain access to additional or premium content. who did not pay.

At this point, DLC is something normalized in the video game industry, although for a long time it was demonized due to the unfair use that many companies gave it (and in certain cases continue to give it), especially some like Capcom, who began to make amends after the huge blow to which happened with Street Fighter V.

Basic SecureDLC scheme, Irdeto mechanism (responsible for Denuvo) to protect DLC.

Irdeto has published information about SecureDLC on a dedicated website through which it reports its implementation into DLC by developers is simple because it’s a small, simple process that requires little code modification and is API-based. Also sold as “the first solution in the industry to solve this problem”.

The company said that SecureDLC is now available to developers using Denuvo and that it is pleased to offer its customers a mechanism to help them secure and maximize revenue, as well as enable them to use new business models. Developers can monetize their efforts.

As we can see, Irdeto is willing to give everything to fight piracy and illegal access to content, although many users will surely understand or interpret SecureDLC as a new way for Denuvo to penalize them for obtaining material legally. The debate is served.