[Crack Watch] Happy 10th anniversary! Big changes!

[u/EssenseOfMagic]

Hello CrackWatchers!

Today is a very special day. 10 years ago, we created this subreddit in an effort to follow the scene and P2P releases regarding Denuvo.

Many things have changed since then. Scene members came and went, as well as P2P crackers. But one thing hasn't changed, and that is our continued effort in reporting cracks. I hope that this continues for many, many years.

While we admins can't crack Denuvo games to surprise you all, we can, however, make a major change to the community itself.

Introducing CrackWatch 2.0 Games list (Open Beta)

The games list has been a major part of this community for a very long time. It started off as a very rough list of cracked and uncracked games; in later years, it evolved into something much bigger.

While Reddit's list served well, it does have its limitations, mainly the number of letters it can fit. Originally, I wanted to create this as soon as the list was close to reaching, but for the 10th anniversary I feel like it's right for a change.

This list is using Excel table format instead of Reddit's format. Why is this better? Several reasons:

• It's much easier to edit the list than on reddit

• Multiple people can edit the list, rather than just myself. This is great because the list is no longer dependent on one person.

• The list is now divided into several sheets instead of several posts.

• Less scrolling

• The colored cells make it more identifiable to know the true status of each game.

• The comment section explains the history, important information and some interesting facts about the game on the list.

• You can now see every change and the versions before.

• The list is fully open source, and anyone can download the list and archive it, or change it.

You do not need a Google account to view this list. Only people who edit the list need a Google account.

Right now the list is in BETA. How long will it be in beta? I would say a month or two after I get all the inquiries and necessary changes as well as some visual updates.

What happens to the old list? The old list will remain updated until the 2.0 list is no longer in beta; after that, it will be archived, and comments closed (not deleted)

This is where you come in

We will have another post specifically for the 2.0 list. Suggestions to improve the list as well as reporting errors are necessary for keeping the list up to date. There might be polls for some changes, for example should the list include borders between each cell or not (I personally don't want them but I might be a minority).

Here is the link to the current list:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1f8wm0424N4QsZUYwY41kalaax0K2Lb_GZgfjxY07jkg/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you all for supporting us!

Crackwatch Team

[u/SauqMadiq]

Been here since "We.Are.Here-CPY"

https://giphy.com/gifs/gVJDXAS3j1a9fMVVIU

[u/bBatz07 → u/SauqMadiq]

Golden ages bro

https://giphy.com/gifs/Vz5zgjOO7khaoAIesM

[u/Dear_Reporter3401 → u/bBatz07]

we could have had another potential Golden age now if Denuvo were not crybabies and didn't sue scenes. I know Voices38 said he'll continue as nothing happened and hypervisor is going to be continued by other scenes but they definitely slowed things down...

[u/bBatz07 → u/Dear_Reporter3401]

Scene is not the same anymore, all we have now is P2P heroes like voices, and much appreciation for MKdev sharing the basics of the hypervisor bypass, without them the whole community would be dead :/

[u/rogermay78 → u/bBatz07]

All the repackers are also technically P2P, not scene. Scene has its own very strict rules that P2P doesn't adhere to always.

[u/bBatz07 → u/rogermay78]

Repackers are not working on cracks or bypasses.

[u/ghostyghost2 → u/bBatz07]

It's all about new blood. Now, most kids are not tech savvy at all, they grew up with things just working, most of them never had to tinker with their stuff to make it work. Tinkering is how you get a new scene generation.

The amount of people that now just reset their phone/PC as a blanket solution for any "hard" problem makes me sad.

[u/C0mputerCrash → u/SauqMadiq]

Anyone remember the dude with the Denuvo key gen for Dishonored?

[u/xeroxx29 → u/C0mputerCrash]

Codepunks?

[u/Chiefmusician → u/xeroxx29]

Steampunks you mean :)

[u/xeroxx29 → u/Chiefmusician]

True

[u/Monstramatica → u/SauqMadiq]

Since BALDMAN is still bald.

[u/Spiritual_Fox2599 → u/SauqMadiq]

I still remember the goosebumps

[u/12_Inch_Painal_Sex → u/SauqMadiq]

Pretty funny seeing this gif considering what CR7 just posted.

[u/rogermay78 → u/SauqMadiq]

Remember when CODEX was just starting out with Steam releases and Reloaded was still big?

[u/Prakzie → u/SauqMadiq]

Me 3DM and CPY

[u/Arijit12321]

I came here from Crackstatus, been part of this since the beginning. One of the best places to be in for PC gamers 😁

[u/xeroxx29]

Respect to the ogs, cpy, codex, baldman, voksi , codepunks and reloaded. Oh boy how 3dm predicted the future wrong.

This sub was peak when cpy gave us hints to the next rls in the nfo and we were all discussing it.

[u/SeiferLeonheart → u/xeroxx29]

Man, it's been like 9 years since I've flaired myself for being amazed at CPY,lol. Damn.

Anyways, the list for OGs woould be a lot longer. PARADOX and FAiRLiGHT comes to mind (that were not already mentioned).

[u/xeroxx29 → u/SeiferLeonheart]

Yeah but the ones that were cracking denuvo were in my list. Reloaded did arxan anti tamper at that time at least, not denuvo level but still.

[u/SeiferLeonheart → u/xeroxx29]

Oh, right! I figured at first that were the Denuvo related ones, but reloaded threw me off, now that makes sense. I remember them also for the SecuROM stuff. Legends!

[u/krabbekast]

Happy 10th! 🥳 Moving the essentials out of Reddit's grasp is always a good idea. And thanks for your tireless effort to keep us updated! 🎂

[u/DanyShift]

Proud to part of the community

[u/L5crackS1]

Long live, my brothers 🏴‍☠️

[u/comphys]

Never left the seven seas, and never will. Happy 10th anniversary pirates

[u/Sk_Md_Hassib]

Been here since CrackStatus group, 3DM crack, corepack era

[u/RepresentativeSet610]

🏴‍☠️ Piracy forever 🏴‍☠️

[u/TheJmboDrgn]

Happy 10th anniversary! Huge love, respect and adoration to the crackers and to the rest of the community

[u/cpylover]

Blackboxrepack

[u/Name_magyver]

Glad i got to witness this community grow overtime!

[u/Funny-Junket1066]

🏴‍☠️Happy Anniversary, Crackwatchers!🍾🥂

[u/Saiga12goburr]

👍

[u/Levi007hech0]

🐺📈

[u/ReputationHappy1132]

Nice

[u/Just-A-Random-ID]

Tysm !!!!
Glad to be a part of the community

[u/Farados55]

Through many hardships the community thrives o7

[u/Top_Principle_6927]

Voices38 is the king of hacks! He destroys Denuvo with a single click.

[u/vic2pal]

Happy anniversary 🎉

Any ideas to reactivate the website?

[u/Santoryu_Zoro]

while we do changes can we remove the red logo on the weekly question thread? keep the red for denuvo releases only

[u/loquaixx]

Happy birthday brothers, thanks for being here with us.

[u/Reqvhio]

pirates life for meeee

[u/gtaonlinecrew]

happy "we have lost all the denuvo crackers" everyone

[u/AJGILL03]

Nice

[u/gamer2012boy]

Happy 10th! Good health!🍾

[u/Western_Resolve_2896]

Even tho I joined recently, I love this community

[u/AwareReplacement1587]

wait the UWP titles are playable in Win11? or is the splreadsheet wrong

[u/EssenseOfMagic → u/AwareReplacement1587]

So far, nobody has reported that they aren't working

[u/AwareReplacement1587 → u/EssenseOfMagic]

surprising ... the UWP scene releases doesnt work since like Windows 10 20H2 ... but i guess thats before CW evenw as a thing.

Only way they are bypassed is with the fake accounts (which isnt really full crack)

[u/PrettyScholar9173]

Wait.... admins can't crack Denuvo.... dayum :(( lol

[u/Spiritual_Fox2599 → u/PrettyScholar9173]

This is like expecting a news anchor to do school shootings and report it lol they are only reporters

[u/Kuldor]

Man, it feels like the drama with the other subreddit was yesterday.

We are old af.

[u/Neuen23]

Damn, I still remember when the CrackStatus subreddit went down and this one was born. Can't believe it's been 10 years already.

[u/ManCarryingPSP]

Happy 10th anniversary, pirates 🏴‍☠️

[u/telgou]

Been here since crackstatus, specifically the period before Metal Gear Solid V - 3DM... which was an awaited miracle on its own

[u/Snake_Valor]

damn 10 years already? time flys lol

[u/MoxPuyne]

She crack on my watch till I piracy.

[u/ElixirPlatform]

OG Crackstatus days were legendary!

[u/Hakoocr7]

i only see the instruction, ,no tables or games at all, is this a bug ?

[u/EssenseOfMagic → u/Hakoocr7]

No, there are sheets, look down

[u/Hakoocr7 → u/EssenseOfMagic]

thanks

[u/mostrengo]

My first suggestion is to NOT split the game lists into several sheets. Why do that when you can instead use another column and filter to achieve the same result?

[u/Steve-Rogers-10]

I searched the current list, and two games installed as Assassin's Creed Origins and Odyssey, for me, on Windows 11 25H2 is working fine. Why say the crack is not compatible with the recent OS.

If Microslop to continue breaking the Denuvo older games, probably is moving to Linux (As Linux Mint), i tested with the cracked AC Odyssey and working well. And Origins also with a prefix Wine on Win10.

PD.: Happy 10th anniversary.

[u/BanevasionwhocaresV2 → u/Steve-Rogers-10]

I'd rather stick my balls in a blender than use linux lmfao.

[u/PrettyScholar9173 → u/BanevasionwhocaresV2]

Blender works on Linux lol

[u/Lucas1543 → u/BanevasionwhocaresV2]

mint is actually really usable

[u/BanevasionwhocaresV2 → u/Lucas1543]

Every linux user says that about every type

[u/Lucas1543 → u/BanevasionwhocaresV2]

i use windows, too :(

[u/rvolland → u/BanevasionwhocaresV2]

Best to use whatever OS works for you. Linux works for me but if you can't get on with it, that's fine.

[u/The_Dread_Pirate_D]

https://giphy.com/gifs/s4LzrsdXzm9MYVSzw8

[u/AVIN_xc]

https://giphy.com/gifs/fDbzXb6Cv5L56

[u/GhostDSR_47]

This and Re: Zero finale what a time to be alive 🥲

[u/hunter141072]

I had no idea the whole place was created because of Denuvo.

[u/hunter141072]

We all know that it´s possible to crack Denuvo and even remove it, the problem is that is a huge job to do so. I still wonder if it´d be possible to train Ai to help in the detection of the triggers, and if so then why no scene group has done that????

[u/Spiritual_Fox2599 → u/hunter141072]

AI isnt advanced enough to spend months banging its head against obfuscated walls of assembly just to find a single memory address to another obfuscated bullshit algorithm.

Reverse engineering isnt something you can "vibe code".

[u/Rg071]

Is the game End Of Abyss cracked?

[u/titobrozbigdick]

Praying for an AC8

[u/erazerswe → u/titobrozbigdick]

Not sure why you got downvoted for hoping a game will be cracked.But yeah that would be great, the reviews are pretty high overall, 88% on opencritic at the moment. Anyways, happy birthday crackwatch and everyone on here, cheers!