It's only a matter of time before The First Berserker: Khazan cracks Denuvo protection if a huge number of players are interested. Although this is the publisher's first major game in the soulslike genre, the project quickly attracted the attention of gamers. In recent years, developers have increasingly implemented third-party DRM protection in order to increase profits from game sales, and NEXON is no exception.
The new project includes Denuvo Anti-tamper with the modification "5 different PCs within a day" - the function limits the maximum number of PCs on which a digital copy can be activated to five devices. In the article, we will analyze the approximate dates when the First Berserk: Khazan will be hacked, whether we should expect a trial version in the "green store", and provide comparative statistics on bypassing DRM in other AAA games.
When will The First Berserker: Khazan be hacked
Hacking First Berserk: Khazan depends on the popularity of the project and the desire of hackers to bypass protection. The terms are approximate and can vary from several months to a couple of years. The following factors affect the speed of hacking Denuvo:
- Popular hackers back at work: EMPRESS hacked a huge number of Denuvo games, but has been largely silent for the past year. Although it has stated that it will return to work soon, many popular titles have not been hacked.
- Another hacker, FitGirl, has made her data publicly available Dragon's Dogma 2 six months after the release, but has not taken on other projects with Denuvo. The hope remains for successful newcomers who will find vulnerabilities in the latest version of Denuvo and release titles in the public domain.
- Game popularity: If the project sells millions of copies, more hackers will take it up and try to make it publicly available. This does not mean that they will succeed: for example, Black MythWukong It was never cracked, despite sales exceeding 20 million copies.
For a complete picture, check out the overall statistics of project hacks since the summer of 2023. The table shows that hackers have been reluctant to take on games with Denuvo protection lately.
| Name of the game | The status of | Who hacked | Timing of hacking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resident Evil Village | ✅ hacked | EMPRESS | After 64 days |
| Fenyx Rising Immortals | ✅ hacked | EMPRESS | In 81 day |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | ✅ hacked | EMPRESS | After 134 days |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | ✅ hacked | EMPRESS | After 404 days |
| Mafia: Definitive Edition | ✅ hacked | CPY | In 20 days |
| Crysis remastered | ✅ hacked | CPY | After 33 days |
| Marvel's Avengers | ✅ hacked | CPY | After 44 days |
| Monster Hunter World: Iceborne | ✅ hacked | PARADOX | After 193 days |
| Death Stranding | ✅ hacked | CPY | After 93 days |
| Team Sonic Racing | ✅ hacked | CODEX | In 381 day |
| Maneater | ✅ hacked | EMPRESS | In 876 days |
| Resident Evil 3 | ✅ hacked | P2P | In 181 day |
| Detroit: Become Human | ✅ hacked | CODEX | In 189 days |
| Football Manager 2020 | ✅ hacked | MKDEV | In 212 days |
| Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order | ✅ hacked | CODEX | After 4 days |
| Need for Speed Heat | ✅ hacked | P2P | In 49 days |
| Planet Zoo | ✅ hacked | EMPRESS | After 324 days |
| Code Vein | ✅ hacked | CODEX | In 5 days |
| Gotham Knights | ✅ hacked | Razor1911 | In 6 days |
| The Callisto Protocol | ✅ hacked | The developers themselves removed Denuvo from the game. | In ~480 days. |
| Marvel's Midnight Suns | ❌ not hacked | Release date: December 2, 2022 | |
| sonic frontiers | ❌ not hacked | Release date: November 8, 2022 | |
| Person 5 Royal | ❌ not hacked | Release date: October 21, 2022 | |
| Hogwarts legacy | ✅ hacked | EMPRESS | In 13 days |
| Resident Evil 4 | ✅ hacked | EMPRESS | In 51 day |
| Dead Island 2 | ✅ hacked | EMPRESS | In 86 days |
| DeadSpace Remake | ✅ hacked | 0xZeOn | In 1074 days |
| Star Wars Jedi: Survivor | ❌ not hacked | Release date: April 12, 2023. On September 02.09.2024, XNUMX, the developers themselves removed Denuvo from the game. | |
| Street Fighter 6 | ❌ not hacked | Release date: June 2, 2023 | |
| Payday 3 | ✅ no hacking required | Developers | Release Date: September 21, 2023 |
| Mortal Kombat 1 | ❌ not hacked | Release Date: September 19, 2023 | |
| Assassin's Creed Mirage | ✅ hacked | MR.GOLDBERG, ANON, DEMDE, DEADMAU5, MACHINE4578 | In 408 days |
| Avatars: Frontiers of Pandora | ❌ not hacked | Release date: December 7, 2023 | |
| Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown | ✅ hacked | YUZU | On release day |
| Yakuza: Like a Dragon | ✅ hacked | EMPRESS | 201 day |
| Judgment | ✅ hacked | EMPRESS | 323 day |
| Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth | ❌ not hacked | Release date: January 25, 2024 | |
| Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League | ✅ hacked | KSENIA & MR.GOLDBERG | In 360 days |
| Persona 3 Reload | ❌ not hacked | Release date: 2 Feb 2024 | |
| Dragon's Dogma 2 | ✅ hacked | Mr.Goldberg | In 240 days |
| Black MythWukong | ✅ hacked | voices38 | In 616 days. |
| star wars outlaws | ❌ not hacked | Release date: 30 Aug 2024 | |
| Metaphor: Refantazio | ✅ hacked | Users bypassed Denuvo's protection by patching the game's demo version (this was possible due to the similarity of the executable files), removing the time limit, which allowed access to all content. | Release date: October 11, 2024. The game was hacked after 7 days. |
| Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii | ❌ not hacked | Release date: 20 Feb 2025 | |
| Monster Hunter Wilds | ❌ not hacked | Release date: 28 Feb 2025 | |
| Assassin's Creed Shadows | ❌ not hacked | Release date: March 19, 2025 | |
| The First Berserker: Khazan | ❌ not hacked | Release date: March 27, 2025 | |
| Atomfall | ❌ not hacked | Release date: March 27, 2025 | |
| DOOM: The Dark Ages | ✅ hacked | voices38 | In 303 days. |
| Stellar Blade | ✅ hacked | voices38 | In 331 days. |
| Mafia: The Old Country | ✅ Hacked | voices38 | In 288 days. |
| Borderlands 4 | ❌ not hacked | Release Date: September 11, 2025 | |
| Solo Leveling: Arise Overdrive | ❌ not hacked | Release date: November 24, 2025 | |
| Crimson Desert | ❌ not hacked | Release date: March 20, 2026 | |
| PRAGMATA | ✅ hacked | voices38 | In 28 days. |
| Resident Evil: Requiem | ✅ hacked | voices38 | In 43 days. |
| 007 First Light | ✅ hacked | voices38 | In 14 days. |
| Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced | ❌ not hacked | Release date: July 9, 2026 |
Having studied the available information, we can draw some conclusions:
- Over the past year, only one project with Denuvo protection has been hacked - Dragon's Dogma 2. However, the first version of the game leaked onto the Internet: with bugs and poor optimization.
- Metaphor: ReFantazio project was not hacked - players found a vulnerability in the free demo, and did not touch the built-in DRM in any way.
- There is a chance that the developers themselves will remove Denuvo about a year after the release, as has already happened with other projects.
All information presented in this material is for informational purposes only. The author of the article and the administration of the resource strongly recommend, if possible, to purchase a licensed copy of the game in order to support the creators of the project.
In order not to wait until the game appears in the "green store" and play on release, you can purchase the title in any of the ways available to residents of Russia:
We hope this article helped you find out the approximate time it takes to crack Denuvo The First Berserker: Khazan. Share on comments, are you waiting for the new soulslike, will you get it on release or will you wait for the "free" version?
