Denuvo DRM is an object of hate for many gamers. Being anti-piracy software that may or may not slow down your PC, it's become something of a boogeyman, to the point where—in a frankly ill-advised attempt to reach out to gamers, a Discord server for the software had to be shut down in two days. This crusade to rehabilitate itself in the eyes of the public has, surprising no-one, fallen a bit flat—they still leap on any game with Denuvo in it, sometimes before they even come out.
In response to a since-deleted tweet by site 80 level (although the article is still up—with, fair play, a correction), Bethesda sets the record straight: "Indiana Jones and the Great Circle does not include Denuvo. It was only in review builds for leak precautions." As for why the rumour took off, 80 level cites the SteamDB patch branches for the game.
