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Monster Hunter: Rise<\/a> – the latest entry in Capcom’s popular action series – appears to have had the controversial Enigma DRM added in to the PC version with a recent patch. This comes after another of Capcom’s games, Resident Evil: Revelations, also got the same DRM added to it earlier this month<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

This was discovered first on Twitter by user Daka RF:T<\/a>, who posted a screenshot of the Enigma present in the game’s .exe file. This comes at the same time as the game seemingly has stopped working on Steam Deck, an issue Capcom is reportedly trying to fix as announced in a Steam news post<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

Reactions to this revelation have gone down poorly on Monster Hunter community hubs. Posted on Reddit<\/a>, one user has expressed their displeasure with the following: “I love not being able to play the game I paid for on my Steam Deck \ud83d\ude42 can’t wait to see what they have in store for DD2 and Wilds”. Others are currently speculating how much of an impact this will have on their experience with the game from here on out.\n<\/p>\n

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Monster Hunter: Rise – the latest entry in Capcom’s popular action series – appears to have had the controversial Enigma DRM added in to the PC version with a recent patch. This comes after another of Capcom’s games, Resident Evil: Revelations, also got the same DRM added to it earlier this month. This was discovered first on Twitter by user Daka RF:T, who posted a screenshot of the Enigma present in the game’s .exe file. This comes at the same time as the game seemingly has stopped working on Steam Deck, an issue Capcom is reportedly trying to fix as announced in a Steam news post. Reactions to this revelation have gone down poorly on Monster Hunter community hubs. Posted on Reddit, one user has…<\/p>\n

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