Monster Hunter Rise, the sixth mainline entry in Capcom’s creature-slaying motion RPG, is now damaged on Steam Deck. Evidently, proper after the corporate changed its outdated digital rights administration (DRM) software program with a brand new one, the sport simply wouldn’t boot up anymore.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 difficulty.
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DRM is sort of controversial inside the PC gaming area. Mainly, 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 sport runs on like the identical poles of magnets repelling one another. That is what occurred with Resident Evil Revelations, as Capcom just lately added DRM to the 2012 sport which reportedly induced tons of efficiency points, prompting the studio to instantly roll that again as the sport was evaluation 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 knowledge might 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 consumer _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 concerning the sport 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 crew is “investigating” the difficulty.
“There have been reviews of the sport not operating on Steam Deck after updating to Ver.16.0.2.0,” Capcom mentioned. “The crew is presently investigating this subject. We are going to let you already know 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 shocking. In October 2023, Capcom mentioned throughout an R&D presentation that sport mods are the identical as dishonest. Since DRM doesn’t simply curb unlawful acquisition but additionally sport tampering, and provided that mods mess with a sport’s information, after all the corporate would do no matter it may possibly to cease people from tinkering with Capcom video games by any means crucial. That doesn’t make it OK, particularly if the software program breaks a sport.