Denuvo Causes Trouble on Intel Alder Lake Us; 32 Games Affected
Yesterday's launch of Intel Alder Lake Us was not without controversy. Information was confirmed that the chips do not work well with 32 games (including AC: Valhalla, Far Cry Primal and Mortal Kombat 11) running on Windows 10 and 11. The main problems are caused by Denuvo DRM solution.
Intel's boss confirmed that as many as 32 games are not compatible with them - regardless of whether they run on Windows 10 or 11. The problem was quickly examined and it seems that Denuvo - the (un)popular DRM (Digital Rights Management) protection - is to blame.
According to experts, the hybrid architecture of Intel's processors - which have two types of cores: Efficient and Performance - creates problems in games that contain this anti-piracy software. Intel has published the list of affected titles - including games such as Immortals: Fenyx Rising. You can find the complete list here.
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Interestingly, games that are currently incompatible with Alder Lake processors vary depending on the OS you want to run them on. Titles ranging from Wolfenstein: Youngblood - applies only to Windows 10.
So it looks like Intel will have to hold off the celebration of its dominance over AMD for a bit. However, we should not judge the 12th generation of Intel processors based on a slip-up due to teething problems and it is worth waiting for detailed tests of these chips.
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