Monster Hunter Rise, the sixth mainline entry in Capcom’s creature-slaying motion RPG, is now damaged on Steam Deck. It appears that evidently, proper after the corporate changed its outdated digital rights administration (DRM) software program with a brand new one, the sport simply wouldn’t boot up anymore. That sucks, however Capcom is investigating the problem.
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DRM is sort of controversial inside the PC gaming area. Principally, it’s used to stamp out piracy and different unlawful technique of getting your palms on copyrighted works. In observe, although, DRM tends to counterattack no matter software program a recreation runs on like the identical poles of magnets repelling one another. That is what occurred with Resident Evil Revelations, as Capcom not too long ago added DRM to the 2012 recreation which reportedly brought about tons of efficiency points, prompting the studio to instantly roll that again as the sport was evaluate bombed.
Now, the identical factor has occurred to Monster Hunter Rise. In a Steam replace that dropped on January 22, Capcom mentioned that “some system information shall be up to date.” Whereas the corporate didn’t make clear what this meant, VGC reported (by way of modder FluffyQuack) that the corporate changed Monster Hunter Rise’s Denuvo DRM tech with Enigma Protector DRM, the identical software program that broke Revelations.
As X/Twitter person _flowerworks_ demonstrates within the above video, Monster Hunter Rise simply doesn’t begin on Steam Deck anymore. Other people within the official subreddit have additionally posted in regards to the recreation being unplayable now that Capcom has changed Denuvo with Enigma Protector.
Capcom is conscious that Monster Hunter Rise is damaged now, posting on the sport’s Steam retailer web page that the event group is “investigating” the problem.
“There have been studies of the sport not working on Steam Deck after updating to Ver.16.0.2.0,” Capcom mentioned. “The group is presently investigating this concern. We are going to let you realize as quickly as we discover out extra, so please maintain on for additional info.”
Kotaku reached out to Capcom for remark.
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It is a bummer, however it shouldn’t be too stunning. In October 2023, Capcom mentioned throughout an R&D presentation that recreation mods are the identical as dishonest. Since DRM doesn’t simply curb unlawful acquisition but in addition recreation tampering, and provided that mods mess with a recreation’s information, after all the corporate would do no matter it may well to cease people from tinkering with Capcom video games by any means vital. That doesn’t make it OK, particularly if the software program breaks a recreation.
