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Mollie Taylor

Final Fantasy 16 is the latest game to be freed from the shackles of Denuvo, though its 7-year-old predecessor still remains in DRM jail

Final Fantasy 16.

Ah, Denuvo, the forever enemy of PC gamers. The anti-tamper software's inclusion in most modern game releases rarely ever goes down well, but something that is almost always a universal win is when a developer finally goes ahead and removes it. Which is exactly what's just happened to Final Fantasy 16.

It's pretty common for publishers to drop Denuvo anywhere from six months to two years after a game releases on PC, mostly once sales die down and piracy is less of a concern to the bigwigs.

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