Capcom’s latest call has many PC players fuming: Resident Evil 9: Requiem will ship with Denuvo. The anti-piracy tech has been repeatedly criticized for causing performance issues across numerous games.

Capcom is once again turning to Denuvo to shield a marquee launch. Resident Evil 9: Requiem is already up for pre-order, and the studio paired that with other moves like a themed Pro Controller for Nintendo Switch 2 and a collaboration with Fortnite. It has now surfaced that the Monster Hunter team will use the market’s most criticized DRM for Grace Ashcroft’s next, highly anticipated adventure, slated for February 27, 2026.

On the game’s Steam page, one of the feature callouts confirms Denuvo integration. Many players will bristle at the news, as the technology has been linked to performance and optimization problems in other PC releases—a track record that naturally raises questions about how the new Resident Evil will run on this platform.

Even so, no one should be shocked that Capcom is sticking with this approach. Titles like Monster Hunter Wilds and Dragon’s Dogma 2 also relied on Denuvo to curb illicit distribution. In fact, the most recent franchise entry, Resident Evil 4 Remake, launched with Denuvo in March 2023 and still uses it. The common studio playbook is to keep the DRM in place for months or years before stripping it out later—meaning it could be a long while before Resident Evil 9: Requiem becomes Denuvo-free.

The Problems With Denuvo

So what does Denuvo actually do, and why the backlash? In short, it runs frequent checks to verify a game’s legitimacy—an operation that continuously taps CPU and memory. As a result, users have reported performance and optimization issues in a range of digital releases following its implementation.

The sting is that these flaws hit paying customers. In other words, players who buy a legal copy can end up with a worse experience than those using modified versions that strip Denuvo out. This debate isn’t new: the vendor has repeatedly claimed its tech doesn’t impact performance, but many remain unconvinced.

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