Relic removes Denuvo from Company of Heroes 3

Denuvo’s controversial anti-tamper technology has been removed from Compaby of Heroes 3

Relic has officially removed Denuvo from the PC version of Company of Heroes 3. This was an undocumented change that arrived as part of the game’s November 27th update. We confirmed this change by looking at Company of Heroes 3’s .exe file, which is now almost 300MB smaller. These kinds of changes are common for games that have had Denuvo removed.

This removal comes almost three years after Company of Heroes 3’s launch.

Why do PC gamers hate Denuvo?

Denuvo is a controversial anti-tamper technology that is designed to prevent the piracy of PC games. While preventing piracy is a positive thing for developers, Denuvo’s technology has been found to negatively affect the performance of games. Additionally, it also interferes with the modding of many games, another factor that makes the technology unpopular. Most conversations about Denuvo online involve PC gamers expressing their dislike of the anti-tamper technology. With this in mind, we can see why removing Denuvo’s tech from games is seen as a popular move.

Last year, Denuvo was removed from several high-profile games, including Ghostwire Tokyo and The Callisto Protocol.

Has removing Denuvo boosted the PC performance of Company of Heroes 3?

So far, there have been no reports of notable performance gains as a result of the game’s Denuvo removing update. Sadly, we do not have pre-patch performance data for this game, which prevents us from doing any comparative testing.

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