Capcom removes Denuvo from Monster Hunter Stories

Denuvo’s controversial anti-tamper technology has been removed from Monster Hunter Stories

Capcom has released patch 1.1.0 for Monster Hunter Stories, removing Denuvo from the game’s PC version. As usual, Capcom did not document this change, SteamDB uncovered it. Capcom’s official release notes for this update simply says that it delivers “minor bug fixes” and adds Latin American Spanish as a text language option.

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.

Earlier this year, Denuvo was removed from several high-profile games, including Ghostwire Tokyo and The Callisto Protocol. Last year, Denuvo was also removed from Resident Evil: Village.

Has removing Denuvo boosted the PC performance of Monster Hunter Stories?

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 comparative testing.

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