Wukong officially cracked by pirates

Although it's been nearly two years since Black Myth: Wukong, the debut console and PC title from Chinese developer Game Science, was released, the game has never left the minds of video game pirates.

That's because, due to its Denuvo anti-tampering DRM protection, it quickly became one of the most sought-after titles by pirates hoping that one day it would drop the mark and be cracked by dirty means. Unfortunately for them, that day has yet to come.

Instead, voices38, a leading member of the hacking community and one whose advanced methods have managed to break Denuvo-locked games, has announced that they have successfully cracked Black Myth: Wukong, fulfilling one of the hacking community's biggest wishes.

“THE DAY HAS FINALLY COME! FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR VOTES38!” one user wrote the ir/CrackWatch sub.

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There are no more uncracked Denuvo games left

With the Hypervisor approach leading, the remaining list has been completed.

With Black Myth: Wukong officially cracked and heading underground, it joins Doom: The Dark Ages and Resident Evil Requiem as titles from each of 2024, 2025 and 2026 to have Denuvo successfully cracked, all by votes38.

Although each of these titles had been bypassed via the Hypervisor method, an increasingly popular solution that sacrifices some security in exchange for playing pirated software, crack by voices38 represents a real breakthrough for the title.

Black Myth: Wukong was technically cracked before

Making the wait that much more difficult for pirates was the fact that Black Myth: Wukong was technically already cracked. But its files were never deposited online, leaving pirates on the edge of achievement.

Back in October, Maurice Heumann, a person who has done extensive research on Denuvo anti-piracy technology, revealed that they had managed to crack Black Myth: Wukong on their own and shared the evidence on social media.

However, the game was not released online, and the researcher cited security and privacy issues as why they will not release the full files. They did, however, share the tools they used, along with the research they had conducted on Denuvo.

Unlike Heumann, the biggest players in the piracy scene do not operate under their real name or any identifying information.

That still didn't stop pirates from getting upset, though they quickly moved on. Now they can play the game however they want.