Rime Devs Follow Through On Pledge To Remove Cracked DRM, Promise More Changes

As we reported, the team behind acclaimed indie adventure Rime recently laid down a rather odd challenge – if somebody could crack the games Denuvo anti-tamper DRM, they'd remove it from the game. Perhaps it wasn't meant as a challenge, but it was certainly taken that way, with hackers cracking the DRM in under a week.

Well, credit where credit is due, Rime developer Tequila Works has kept their promise and removed all DRM from the PC version of the game…

"We wanted to give you an update regarding the use of Denuvo anti-tamper software in Rime. Today, we got word that there was a crack which would bypass Denuvo. Upon receiving this news, we worked to test this and verify that it was, in fact, the case. We have now confirmed that it is. As such, we at Team Grey Box are following through on our promise from earlier this week that we will be replacing the current build of Rime with one that does not contain Denuvo. Please make sure your PC version of Rime has been updated, if it has not done so automatically."

Ah, but the updates don't end there. Rime publisher Grey Box is promising more improvement, soon.

"Team Grey Box is also committed both to supporting the games we publish and to our player base, so this is definitely not the final update you will see with Rime. We are currently working on our first traditional patch, which we are aiming to release next week. This patch will provide a fix for the VR initialization bug, and will also provide a fix to some specific instances of hardware-related crashes, among other updates which will be detailed at the time. We sincerely thank players who have reported issues, and a special thanks to those who have worked with us to provide additional details."

Rime is currently available on PC, Xbox One, and PS4. A Nintendo Switch version is expected this fall.