Deep Silver and 4A Games stirred up quite the controversy with Metro: Exodus thanks to the Epic Games store fiasco and an employee at the latter company having a meltdown. However, after using the notorious Denuvo anti-tamper tech to “protect” the PC version of Metro: Exodus, the devs have just removed said tech from the FPS game.
Although Metro: Exodus is available on GOG, other clients will now feature the first-person shooter without the anti-tamper tech present.
The above information comes from website dsogaming.com, which the site informs gamers and fans alike about what’s been removed and fixed as per the May 27th, 2020, update. Additionally, the patch notes for the curious are up here, detailing the removal of Denuvo and issues related to crashes:
Metro: Exodus Patch Notes:
- Removed Denuvo from Steam, Epic, Xbox PC Gamepass versions.
- Fixed the rapidly discharging filter issue in Sam’s Story on all platforms (extreme timer depletion in fog).
- Added save backup functionality for Epic version in case of cloud save malfunction.
- Browse to the default save folder to find a “.backup” folder.
- Fixed camera rotation issue with latest Nvidia Ansel update.
- Fixed various crashes.
To clarify the situation, after pissing fans off weeks before the game landed on Steam, Deep Silver and 4A Games took up a one-year Epic Games Store timed exclusivity deal.
This led to Metro: Exodus fans having to deal with a Denuvo censorship situation, price hikes outside the U.S., and then the whole Epic Games Store timed exclusivity mess. This would delay the game for those looking to play Metro: Exodus on Gaben’s Steam from February 14th, 2019, to February 15th, 2020.
Months after this year’s February, 4A Games removed the Denuvo anti-tamper tech from Metro: Exodus — as seen above in the May patch notes.
If, for some reason, you are interested in this game, know that Metro: Exodus is available to pick up across PC and home consoles.
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