Veilguard Skips Denuvo: Developers Trust Players

Veilguard Has No Denuvo DRM Because They

BioWare has both good and bad news for Dragon Age The Veilguard players: you won't encounter problems from DRM, but PC players can't preload the game.

Veilguard Fans Celebrate No DRM DecisionBut No Preload for PC Gamers

"Veilguard will not use Denuvo on PC. We trust you," Dragon Age: The Veilguard project director Michael Gamble
shared today on Twitter (X). For context, digital rights management (DRM), like Denuvo, is anti-piracy software favored by major game publishers like EA, but it's unpopular with players, especially PC gamers, as it often causes performance problems. Since DRM is frequently linked to performance issues, players are pleased with BioWare's decision. "I support this. I will buy your game at launch. Thank you," one user replied to Michael Gamble.

Veilguard also confirms that you won't need to be online constantly to play, as Gamble stated in a reply to another user. However, the no-DRM benefit has a drawback: BioWare confirmed that "no DRM means no preload for PC players." This disappoints some players, as Veilguard needs at least 100GB of storage. Console players are unaffected and can preload Veilguard. Xbox players with early access can install now; PlayStation early access players must wait until October 29.

Veilguard Has No Denuvo DRM Because They

Alongside the confirmation of Veilguard omitting Denuvo, BioWare released the system requirements today. "Players with powerful PCs will be able to leverage our suite of Ray Tracing features and unlimited frame rates. For the minimum PC specs, we focused on making the game as accessible to as many players as possible," BioWare said. "For consoles (Playstation 5 & Xbox Series X|S), there will be fidelity and performance modes, targeting 30 and 60 FPS respectively." To have all the Ray Tracing effects enabled on PC, your system requires either Intel Core i9 9900K or AMD Ryzen 7 3700X with 16GB of RAM, as well as Nvidia RTX 3080 or AMD Radeon 6800XT graphics cards.

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