Mostly just obfuscation, but obfuscation via injecting more code rather than just symbol mangling. It's designed to ram tamper checks & other validation all ove

Mostly just obfuscation, but obfuscation via injecting more code rather than just symbol mangling. It's designed to ram tamper checks & other validation all over the place, making it hard to identify & remove. And if you're thinking "but surely all that injected overhead would slow the game down?" then yes that's absolutely correct, it does: https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/282924-denuvo-really-does-cripple-pc-gaming-performance https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/282924-denuvo-really-does...