The extremely anticipated Tekken 8 lately brought about a stir amongst followers once they observed that the Finish Person License Settlement on Steam made point out of the controversial anti-tamper software program Denuvo. Thankfully, recreation director Katsuhiro Harada took to Twitter to announce he has “no plans to introduce Denuvo or anything.”

this EULA might be merely a duplicate/paste of TEKKEN7 or one thing (I am not a registered this however positive).
Anyway, I’ve no plans to introduce Denuvo or anything in TEKKEN8, so cease your tedious allergic reactions to each single factor & sit quietly (sit the hell down). https://t.co/oT1Wj9VTpd

— Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) August 7, 2023

In keeping with Harada, the point out of Denuvo is probably going as a result of the EULA is a duplicate of Tekken 7’s. Though Harada’s Tweet isn’t a definitive affirmation that Tekken 8 received’t use the anti-tamper software program, it’s a good signal.

Tekken 8 may keep away from a few of Tekken 7’s issues

Builders use Denuvo to stop (or no less than stall) video games from being cracked and pirated. Ideally, it shouldn’t have an effect on gameplay. Nonetheless, each gamers and builders have beforehand complained concerning the anti-tamper software program, with some builders ultimately eradicating it from their video games. Denuvo has acknowledged the damaging press, although the problems surrounding it proceed.

Tekken 7 was properly recieved when it launched in 2015. Nonetheless, it did endure from body fee drops and different efficiency points on PC. Harada attributed this to the sport’s anti-tamper software program, which occurred to be Denuvo. This naturally explains why followers felt upset concerning the point out of Denuvo in Tekken 8‘s EULA, and why Harada is so adamant on avoiding it.

Anti-tamper third social gathering middleware. It’s dwell updating packages and I heard “it’s repair quickly” from them. We’ll examine it and replace.
Thx
RT @TiredOcean: What does the encryption program do?

— Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) April 13, 2018

Although Harada has recommended gamers “sit quietly”, impatient followers have been exploiting the Closed Community Take a look at to play past the check interval. Tekken 8 will launch on PC, PS5, and Xbox Collection X/S, although it has but to obtain a launch date.