SteamPunks: A release group that appeared out of nowhere, managed to crack the popular game Dishonored 2 but in a way very different from others. The unknown group SteamPunks released the first KeyGen (from Key generator) for Denuvo licenses.
It is well known that the protection offered by the anti-piracy system of Denuvo is the best that is currently in circulation, and the cracking methods that have been presented so far have not been perfect.
DISHONORED.2-STEAMPUNKS, released on top-site and released for the first time in the tent rather marks the beginning of the end of the protection of Denuvo.
The cracking scene, as it is known, keeps its gates closed for the general public, and the main players are groups we know from the past: ZWT, Core, DEViANCE, FAiRLiGHT, RELOADED, Razor 1911 and many others. The new SteamRunks group appears to be out of nowhere but on the other hand the crackers or the cracker behind it are probably relevant from the scene.
The nfo of the release shows that the members of the group were related to the scene, as the archive seems to have been created by someone related.
But what does the Dishonored 2 keygen do? The SteamPunks team version contains code which allows the user to generate Denuvo licenses per hardware, i.e. for each computer that uses.
Let's say that creating a keygen requires several programming skills, or reverse engineering. The key maker instead of hitting a few bytes of a dll or exe to overcome protection with dubious results should read and analyze all of the operating-game code to find out under what factors a key is created that unlocks all functions of the program. So crackers are many, but keygeners are few, as the whole process takes time and knowledge.
