Borderlands 4 Ditches Denuvo, FPS Jumps from 50 to 80, and the Game Gets Cracked
On October 22, 2026, Borderlands 4 received update 1.11 on PC, which removed Denuvo from the game's executable file. Following the update, players began reporting higher frame rates, and the game was soon cracked and uploaded to torrent sites. However, neither Gearbox Software nor publisher 2K has officially confirmed that the anti-tamper technology has been removed
Advanced analysis (spheres, detailed sources, paid analyses)
Covered mainly by the Western sphere (100%); silent in Sino-Russian & BRICS, Arab-Muslim world, Global South.
Global sphere reading. The left / centre / right reading is shown in the coverage analysis below.
- Confirmed by 1 outlets in 1 countries.
- Ignored by Sino-Russian & BRICS, Arab-Muslim world, Global South.
- Propagation: first reported by files.vgtimes.com (Slovenia), . No word-for-word republication detected.
Headline clash across the four spheres
- Borderlands 4 Ditches Denuvo, FPS Jumps from 50 to 80, and the Game Gets Crackedfiles.vgtimes.com · Slovenia
No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.
No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.
No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.
Coverage analysis
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Event sources
- Borderlands 4 Ditches Denuvo, FPS Jumps from 50 to 80, and the Game Gets Crackedfiles.vgtimes.comSISlovenia → Unknown countryEnglish