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Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs aren’t playing nice with DRM in some gamesIntel warn of compatibility issues with Denuvo DRM, promise fixes
Intel warn of compatibility issues with Denuvo DRM, promise fixes
Well, here’s a bit of a bum note in the otherwise upbeat tune ofIntel’s 12th Gen Alder LakeCPUs: the new chips are apparently tripping up games that use Denuvo DRM. Not all of them, fortunately, butIntel has listed over 50 gamesthat might suffer compatibility issues across Windows 10 andWindows 11when using an Alder Lake processor. These include big names likeAssassin’s Creed Valhalla,Star Wars Jedi: Fallen OrderandTotal War: Three Kingdoms.(Update - Fallen Order has nowremoved Denuvo completely, so should be fine.)
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Some games will work fine on Windows 11 but not Windows 10, and while some are reportedly affected across both operating systems. Of the latter, some games – marked with an asterisk in the list below – should get better on Windows 11 after a mid-November patch. Intel have also promised to fix the rest, though haven’t offered a timeframe for doing so.
Here are all the Denuvo games that might have trouble on 12th gen chips across Windows 10 and 11:
And these are the games that are affected on Windows 10 specifically:
Hoo boy, that’s a lot of games that should work but might not. I say “might” because when I was testing Assassin’s Creed Valhalla on Windows 11 for ourIntel Core i5-12600KandIntel Core i9-12900Kreviews, it appeared to perform fine throughout, never crashing or failing to load - so too you might get lucky and avoid Denuvo getting confused. Even so, it’s a big shame, given these are otherwise some of thebest CPUs for gaming.
