Recently, Capcom announced it was bringing back the original Dead Rising game in the guise of a deluxe remaster. Since then, the studio has run its summer showcase, where it unveiled a release date of September 19. However, there’s one thing PC users should know about the title.
According to the Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Steam page, the game will be incorporating “3rd-party DRM,” in this case the ever-unpopular Denuvo. Fans who are all too familiar with Capcom’s work probably won’t be surprised to know this, but it still may come as a disappointment to some.
If you’re not aware, Denuvo is essentially anti-piracy software that often gets shipped with a lot of games. However, it’s considered controversial and is often to blame for poor performance and framerate issues, particularly on PC. Some games like Back 4 Blood and Doom Eternal have removed DRM, though not until years after release.
Dead Rising vs. Digital Rights Management
That aside, the new remaster of Dead Rising sure does look tasty. Given that the original came out way back in 2006, it’s aged quite a bit in terms of its visuals. For the Deluxe Remaster, Capcom is giving the graphics a much-needed boost through its in-house RE Engine, the same development toolkit used for the modern Resident Evil games.
Dead Rising really hit the spot back in the day. It absolutely nailed the George A Romero-style of zombie apocalypses, tasking players with remaining inside a shopping mall for three days, surrounded by hordes of the undead.
I can’t speak for the fan base regarding the use of Denuvo DRM. I just know two things:
- A lot of gamers don’t seem to like it.
- Publishers and developers have been known to take it out after the fact.
We’ll see what happens in this case.
