Denuvo has taken voices38 to court.
According to a newly surfaced complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Denuvo GmbH is suing the anonymous game cracker known as voices38 over alleged violations of the DMCA’s anti-circumvention rules. The case is listed as Denuvo GmbH v. Voices38, with the complaint filed on September 14, 2026.
This is not just another angry statement from a DRM company. It is a formal legal filing, and it arrives after months of pressure from voices38, whose proper Denuvo cracks have become one of the biggest stories in the PC crack-watch scene.
Denuvo Is Going After Circumvention, Not Game Copyright
The most important detail is the legal angle. Denuvo does not own the copyrights to the games listed in the complaint. Instead, the company is suing under 17 U.S.C. § 1201, the DMCA section that deals with bypassing technological protection measures.
The complaint says Denuvo is seeking relief and damages over “the circumvention of technological measures” that control access to copyrighted works. It also claims voices38 has “announced, posted, or disclosed online” information about bypassing those measures.
That distinction matters. This is not Capcom, Ubisoft, EA, or Sony directly suing voices38 for copyright infringement. Denuvo is arguing that its Anti-Tamper system itself is the protected access-control layer, and that bypassing it causes direct harm to Denuvo’s business.
26 Games Are Listed In The Complaint
The complaint accuses voices38 of bypassing Denuvo Anti-Tamper on 26 games. The list includes older releases like Need for Speed Heat, FIFA 20, Star Wars: Squadrons, Hi-Fi Rush, Total War: Three Kingdoms, Anno 1800, and Assassin’s Creed Mirage.
But the more explosive part is the newer games named in the filing. Denuvo also points to titles such as Doom: The Dark Ages, Mafia: The Old Country, Hogwarts Legacy, Pragmata, Resident Evil Requiem, Black Myth: Wukong, Stellar Blade, and 007 First Light.
That list is already part of why the lawsuit feels bigger than normal. voices38 has not just been tied to old protected games. The name has become linked to recent and high-profile releases, including Capcom titles we covered after Resident Evil Requiem was cracked by voices38.
Denuvo Wants To Unmask voices38
The biggest practical problem for Denuvo is obvious: voices38 is anonymous.
The complaint names voices38 as “an unknown individual or entity,” along with Does 1-10. But Denuvo says it has already connected the alias to online traces. The filing claims voices38 uses the handle on Discord, points to a Reddit presence, and lists multiple Steam profiles it believes are associated with the cracker.
We are not republishing those identifiers here, but this is likely the most important part of what happens next. With a case now filed, Denuvo can try to use court subpoenas to obtain account information from platforms such as Reddit, Discord, and Valve.
TorrentFreak also notes that this is likely where the case goes next: discovery requests aimed at identifying who is behind the alias.
The Lawsuit Could Target Future Cracks Too
Denuvo is not only asking for money. The complaint also asks the court for temporary, preliminary, and permanent injunctive relief.
In simple terms, Denuvo wants an order stopping voices38 from bypassing Denuvo Anti-Tamper in past, present, or future video games. That “future” wording is important because the lawsuit is not just about old releases already named in the filing. Denuvo is trying to stop the next voices38 release before it happens.
The complaint also asks the court to stop voices38 from offering or distributing any technology, service, device, component, materials, or instructions designed to bypass Denuvo. It also asks for damages, possible profits, attorney’s fees, costs, and an order requiring accounting of any profits tied to the alleged DMCA violations.
Why This Is A Big Moment For Denuvo
The timing is hard to ignore.
Denuvo has been under heavy pressure in 2026. Hypervisor bypasses changed the conversation first, but voices38 became a different kind of headache because these were not just awkward workarounds. The appeal of voices38 has been the idea of a more traditional crack — the kind players see as cleaner than Hypervisor-based bypasses.
That is why this lawsuit will be read two ways.
From Denuvo’s side, this is an attempt to defend its business and discourage future anti-tamper circumvention. From the crack-watch community’s side, the lawsuit may look like a sign that voices38 became too visible, too active, and too damaging to ignore.
It also comes shortly after voices38 reportedly delivered a huge run of Denuvo cracks in a single day, which made the question feel less like “can Denuvo be cracked?” and more like “what will voices38 pick next?”
What Could Happen Now?
The next major step is likely an attempt to identify voices38. If Denuvo can convince the court to allow subpoenas, platforms like Reddit, Discord, and Valve could be asked for account records, login data, payment information, or other identifying details connected to the accounts listed in the complaint.
If Denuvo identifies the person behind voices38, the case could move into a more direct legal fight over jurisdiction, damages, injunctions, and whether the alleged actions fall under DMCA anti-circumvention liability. If voices38 never appears in court, Denuvo could still try to obtain a default judgment and use that order to pressure platforms, remove accounts, and target links or materials connected to future releases.
There is also a wider chilling effect. Even before any final ruling, the lawsuit sends a message to other crackers and communities around Denuvo bypasses: Denuvo is no longer only fighting through technical updates. It is now using U.S. courts.
For now, nothing is decided. The complaint is only Denuvo’s side of the case, and voices38 has not publicly responded in court. But this is already one of the biggest Denuvo stories of the year — because if Denuvo can turn a technical fight into a legal one, the crack-watch scene may be entering a very different phase.
