Denuvo sues voices38 after Resident Evil Requiem crack
In brief
- Denuvo has reportedly taken legal action against the anonymous cracker voices38, linked to Resident Evil Requiem and other Denuvo-protected games.
According to IGN, Resident Evil Requiem was cracked about a month and a half after release. voices38 reportedly posted on Reddit that “all is fine” and that “everything will continue as normal”.
What happened
IGN says Denuvo has filed a complaint or lawsuit against voices38, an alias associated with bypassing Denuvo’s anti-tamper protection. The publication cites a case in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, though the exact procedural status is not fully detailed in the report.
In the provided sources, voices38 is described as the person or group behind cracks for 26 games. Resident Evil Requiem is one of the most recent titles mentioned, alongside Doom: The Dark Ages.
IGN also reports that voices38 responded on Reddit with the message that everything is continuing as normal. That reply is cited in the report as a response to Denuvo’s legal action.
Timeline
16 September 2026: IGN reports that Denuvo is taking legal action against voices38.
16 September 2026: In the same report, voices38 posts on Reddit that everything is fine and that everything will continue as normal.
16 September 2026: The sources say Resident Evil Requiem was cracked about 1.5 months after release.
16 September 2026: The legal context references 26 games linked to voices38.
Background
Denuvo is a widely used PC anti-tamper DRM solution designed to make it harder to modify or bypass game protection. In coverage of this case, the system is described as a layer meant to slow piracy around a game’s launch.
Resident Evil Requiem is one of the titles explicitly named in the sources. The claim that the game was cracked after roughly a month and a half comes from the provided reporting and is not independently confirmed in the available text.
The identity behind voices38 has not been definitively established in the sources. It also remains unclear whether Denuvo has already completed a formal legal process or is in the middle of one.
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Sources
- IGN: “Pirate who cracked Denuvo games like Resident Evil Requiem plans to continue doing so despite being sued”
- Videocardz: report on a Denuvo lawsuit against voices38
- Kotaku: report on Denuvo filing a lawsuit against a prolific game pirate