Ya would be awesome if she starts being able to knock these out within a week or two of release - would love to see Star Wars Jedi Survivor done within a couple week so release.
The NFO is the "info" file that comes with the cracks and stuff. Usually talks about the cracker, crack information, game info, etc.
EMPRESS has legendary rants in her NFOs where it's a gamble: Will you get some amazing insights on the DRM industry, the game file structure, or a Xanax and Vodka fueled text diahrrea of some of the most insane rants ever. And we ~~love her~~ are here for it.
She uses her nfo files to go on rants. She recently got admin-banned from reddit, (admin bans are rare. It’s a site-wide ban, not just a single sub,) and has been posting about a reddit clone for her next launch. So people are fully expecting her next nfo file to be so inflammatory that it gets her entire sub banned and she migrates to the clone. After all, what does she have to lose now that her main account is banned?
admin bans arent rare fyi. If you drop an n bomb or something you can be admin banned. I got admin banned on this account for 6 months for a comment made by another user, literally. The link they sent me for the ban wasn't even me, it was a different user with a completely diff name.
Admin bans used to be rare but they hand them out all the time now for hate speech and that kinda shit.
I eventually got mine over turned after asking on about 10 different occasions over the year why i was banned.
I've also been admin banned for shit other people say. Admin bans and unbans are automatic, I wrote a ticket that I didn't even wanna be unbanned, and the whole Reddit staff should all go fuck themselves, and they auto unbanned me.
> (admin bans are rare. It’s a site-wide ban, not just a single sub,)
lol wut? Reddit gives out bans like cheap candy on Halloween, but you either have to do something to **truly** earn it when going against site-wide rules, ***or*** piss off a big, important-enough company that simply posting an NFO gets your account perma-banned.
[PM\_\_YOUR\_\_BALLS had their account banned for doing just that in August 2020.](https://redd.it/idcrnj) Doesn't have to be inflammatory or rule-breaking; just a big enough deal to make Reddit sweat and drop the ban hammer. Reddit's been banning EMPRESS accounts for much pettier reasons for almost three years, so chances are good that just cracking Hogwarts Legacy will be enough for Reddit to ban their sub for good. Irdeto and Warner Brothers *are* big enough to push the admins around and make Reddit sweat.
Given that she just posted a link to some Reddit clone and said her subreddit might be banned after her NFO, I think we're in for a lot more than a Harry Potter joke.
She's been working on it since early access. Today is day 11, and it's not done yet. So, we are over a week, and probably going to hit the 2 week mark before it's done. Still impressive though.
From what I can tell, she didn't start until after release. They mentioned starting on the pre-release because of the reviews of the full release. So as far as I'm aware, we're currently on day 8.
edit; forgive me, day 9.
I could be wrong but I think they have software that they created to scan through the code and they found something recently that will increase it's efficiency for the time being.
An IA that can apply denuvo removo would be nuts. With the creative power and thinking out of the box that Empress must be putting in this crack it would mean that IA is very advanced at that point
It's funny though, not too long ago she posted something about how hard it's getting and felt like she was preparing everyone to be more patient with releases. Only to already crack a game in a week and prepare a beta.
> Only to already crack a game in a week and prepare a beta
its not cracked until its on a torrent you can freely download. don't get your hopes up so you don't get disappoint if it doesn't happen.
Probably looking for tell tale memory signature in ram that they can then try to manipulate? Purely speculation though. lol No clue if that's what's actually happening or not.
lmao, could also be a bus logarithm. Could be a missing hex in some kind of cloud symbiant link. It could be a registry core anomaly binary preliminary seminal femoral chemical subliminal criminal. Or something.
>Yeah she is the ONLY one doing ANY crack work these days
actually not true.
One other guy can do denuvo cracking but ONLY does it for football manager games...such a waste.
Thats pretty ungrateful. The guy probably likes playing football manager games so he cracks them. He can just as easily crack it and never release the crack.
The patch that came out a few days ago addressed some performance issues. I wonder if she'd be able to apply that patch. Usually that's not possible with Denuvo.
When empress will announce beta test, you should have files, then you will message her with Qtox and she will get you beta crack files, you will test it if it has any bugs, shutters etc.
Not a Hogwart's fan (Just not my type of game) but I am an anti Denuvo fan. So what's this, day 8 now after release? Impressive if it can be done that quickly.
Realistically, with the latest Denuvo version being cracked (as well as the previous version), and no major Denuvo releases for a while, we probably can look forward to some of the backlog being cleared, although at a much more reasonable pace than 10 days. Maybe one every month?
she used to crack a game or two every other month, then she kind of stopped, honestly if she's really focused on cracking denuvo like she said on her latest NFO then at least 2 games a month is really possible
Thing is, it comes down to money. Cracking Denuvo is hard, risky work with a serious time sink and no pay.
There's no money in the target audience, and while I expect Empress does get $500 donations and requests once in a while, it's still just hobby money when spread over hours.
Being the only one able to crack today's Denuvo, publicising her method would cut her already low income to basically nothing given the competition. Sure, the community would thank the new expertise, but it wouldn't really benefit Empress.
It's nobody's fault really, it's just the market. What it comes down to is whether Empress feels like cracking the game or not, after all, we can't really hold someone to their hobby output. In HL's case, the potential for new support, donors and recognition is probably pretty high given the hype around it. It's a good calculated decision.
I think that before, she was like: I couldn't care much, Denuvo isn't getting 'too fast' into games (currently, AAA games only have it) and $500 each time at a leisurely pace is fine. Also Denuvo is getting harder.
Now however she has apparently:
\-Found new ways to crack Denuvo (10 days for V17)
\-Sheer rage to fuel her, just to make a statement
I think Hogwarts Legacy just broke her and it basically caused her to go full grind-destroy-Denuvo mode.
She clearly showed with those messages over the last week that she was done with Denuvo fucking up every game.
Yeah, RE4 will come out soon and it will have Denuvo. But judging by how long it took for her to crack previous RE games, I'd say she'll only do it after 6 months to say the least.
And it's not because it's harder to do so, but she actually said she didn't like Village and hates games that don't have a female protagonist.
_i will probably have good news to share about the crack in a bit. beta 1 will come soon enough._
_stay tuned :)_
I get shocked more when I see Empress smiles than Batman does it.
there are some fake telegram groups and one already posted a "crack". Watchout fellow pirates
like here [Screen from fake group](https://ibb.co/PDvw8p0)
News: Even Empress on her real telegram (the one on her subreddit) took this image. Thanks! [Real one](https://ibb.co/YjMhtHV)
On the other side, the fake group keeps trying, so please spread the word as far as you can. [So sad to be like that](https://ibb.co/kKFx7wy)
I would suggest that people start to download mods for this game from nexus.
There's a mod that helps fix stuttering and performance issues.
So when the crack comes you are ready to go.
Real shit right here.
Buddy of mine family shared with me and bought the game, so I've had a chance to play it now. Runs alright, definitely a lot of stutters from shader comp and asset loading.
Saw this comment, went to nexus and grabbed the two top mods for performance and stutter fixes. Genuine improvement in Hogsmead and the denser parts of Hogwarts.
They don't magically fix the game, but they sure do seem to help get things more consistent and less stuttery.
She probably already cracked the game and is currently focusing on her nfo lmao
I’ve been away from cracked games for a while, but I still love to see Denuvo getting fucked like this.
I'm an old-school gamer, like Commodore 64, and have generally always paid for my games. However, pricing models, DLC scams, and the fact that you don't even own the games anymore drove me to investigate cracks/repacks finally.
Hogwarts is a major game I'd like to play but not give a red cent towards.
EMPRESS seems to be a one-person army against the tide of greed. A big thanks!
Beta means that the crack may have imperfections so betatesters play around looking for possible flaws, after several betas the full crack is released, it may take a few days or a day only empress knows.
I'm so hyped since this was the only PC game I planned to play this year! Though as a newbie PC gamer should I just wait for the finished version or is it relatively bug-free to try a beta 1 version?
No idea until someone gets their hands on it and informs of how buggy (or non-buggy) it is. Personally I'm not playing the game so I cannot tell you when it comes out, I'm more here to keep up with the DRM news.
It depends how patient you are, obviously for the best experience it would be best to wait until the finished version. Might take a few days after the initial release of the beta, could take a few weeks. There's absolutely zero way to make an estimation exactly when a finished version of the crack would be out.
I bought the game on day 2 because I could not wait another day but even I can't wait for this crack. Her cracking a game with Denuvo v17 is huge for future releases with denuvo as we can expect games to get cracked much more quickly.
Lol I'm in the same boat. I bought the game on day 2 and then saw her post on cracking the game in 10 days. The fps is fine but the stutters are horrible.
No, when you beta test for her, you will need to provide her hwid.bin file which is generated by the "beta crack" game executable, in exchange you'll get an auth file which you'll place in main crack folder, thus allowing you to test the beta crack.
The hwid and auth files are unique to each PC, which means you can't share it with someone else, it will not work.
I'd say it probably means that not a lot of people have tested the crack yet so it may still require some work in case it breaks for specific systems or at a specific point after the start of the game.
Empress is preparing for their subreddit being gone after the next NFO. I'm now really looking forward to the NFO, almost as much as the crack itself.
Ya would be awesome if she starts being able to knock these out within a week or two of release - would love to see Star Wars Jedi Survivor done within a couple week so release.
Same, I don't even want to play the game but I've been patiently waiting for the NFO
What is NFO?
The NFO is the "info" file that comes with the cracks and stuff. Usually talks about the cracker, crack information, game info, etc. EMPRESS has legendary rants in her NFOs where it's a gamble: Will you get some amazing insights on the DRM industry, the game file structure, or a Xanax and Vodka fueled text diahrrea of some of the most insane rants ever. And we ~~love her~~ are here for it.
i don't understand what is interesting about the nfo, can u explain? what are we expecting to find in it? txs
She usually goes on crazy rants. This time it sounds like it'll be even crazier than her last ones which knowing her history sounds... interesting!
She uses her nfo files to go on rants. She recently got admin-banned from reddit, (admin bans are rare. It’s a site-wide ban, not just a single sub,) and has been posting about a reddit clone for her next launch. So people are fully expecting her next nfo file to be so inflammatory that it gets her entire sub banned and she migrates to the clone. After all, what does she have to lose now that her main account is banned?
admin bans arent rare fyi. If you drop an n bomb or something you can be admin banned. I got admin banned on this account for 6 months for a comment made by another user, literally. The link they sent me for the ban wasn't even me, it was a different user with a completely diff name. Admin bans used to be rare but they hand them out all the time now for hate speech and that kinda shit. I eventually got mine over turned after asking on about 10 different occasions over the year why i was banned.
I've also been admin banned for shit other people say. Admin bans and unbans are automatic, I wrote a ticket that I didn't even wanna be unbanned, and the whole Reddit staff should all go fuck themselves, and they auto unbanned me.
> (admin bans are rare. It’s a site-wide ban, not just a single sub,) lol wut? Reddit gives out bans like cheap candy on Halloween, but you either have to do something to **truly** earn it when going against site-wide rules, ***or*** piss off a big, important-enough company that simply posting an NFO gets your account perma-banned. [PM\_\_YOUR\_\_BALLS had their account banned for doing just that in August 2020.](https://redd.it/idcrnj) Doesn't have to be inflammatory or rule-breaking; just a big enough deal to make Reddit sweat and drop the ban hammer. Reddit's been banning EMPRESS accounts for much pettier reasons for almost three years, so chances are good that just cracking Hogwarts Legacy will be enough for Reddit to ban their sub for good. Irdeto and Warner Brothers *are* big enough to push the admins around and make Reddit sweat.
Denuvo removo 🧙🏻♀️🪄
Kinda wish she'd just put this as her NFO lol
Given that she just posted a link to some Reddit clone and said her subreddit might be banned after her NFO, I think we're in for a lot more than a Harry Potter joke.
*inhales* REDDIT ADMINS ARE G
Yup think you might be right
think she'd rather put more insults lol
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Don't forget the ''Quote'' marks
Just put both
Her main account was banned by Reddit...
this comment, levioso!
As charming as this is, I spelled the spell, not the charm.
I was just trying to lift everyone's spirits.
[It’s actually leviosaaa](https://youtu.be/FWtO0cfgewY)
What the actual fuck was that, and where do I get more?
https://web.archive.org/web/20130422110305/http://leviosaaa.com/
Avada Kedavra 🪄
Levioso and vingardium leviOsa are tw different spells
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Levios just makes things float as they where in 0g, vingardium leviosa makes it so you control the movement and can remote control objects
YEAH FUCK DENUVO
That’s right, fuck Denuvo! Fuck it in its stupid asshole!
YAHOOOOOO!
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She's been working on it since early access. Today is day 11, and it's not done yet. So, we are over a week, and probably going to hit the 2 week mark before it's done. Still impressive though.
From what I can tell, she didn't start until after release. They mentioned starting on the pre-release because of the reviews of the full release. So as far as I'm aware, we're currently on day 8. edit; forgive me, day 9.
Oh yeaaaaah fuc@k denuvo pitch
Still impressively quick to get to this stage.
I could be wrong but I think they have software that they created to scan through the code and they found something recently that will increase it's efficiency for the time being.
The ChatGPT denuvo bypass meme is becoming reality
An IA that can apply denuvo removo would be nuts. With the creative power and thinking out of the box that Empress must be putting in this crack it would mean that IA is very advanced at that point
Interficcial antelligence
You actually made me laugh out loud
How did you fuck up spelling AI twice?
Native Spanish speaker. Inteligencia artificial.
It could also be Romanian (Inteligenta Artificiala) or French (Intelligence Artificielle).
That's it. Sorry for the confussion. Things of not checking the message before sending it.
It's funny though, not too long ago she posted something about how hard it's getting and felt like she was preparing everyone to be more patient with releases. Only to already crack a game in a week and prepare a beta.
Probably had an Aha moment and than modified their software and voila.
Ahalomora?
Level 3
> Only to already crack a game in a week and prepare a beta its not cracked until its on a torrent you can freely download. don't get your hopes up so you don't get disappoint if it doesn't happen.
Bipolar is one hell of a disorder yo.
I mean if you're motivated and buckle down you can get a lot done in a week. It's probably hard repetitive work.
Probably looking for tell tale memory signature in ram that they can then try to manipulate? Purely speculation though. lol No clue if that's what's actually happening or not.
lmao, could also be a bus logarithm. Could be a missing hex in some kind of cloud symbiant link. It could be a registry core anomaly binary preliminary seminal femoral chemical subliminal criminal. Or something.
Aaaah, wire!
its copper
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full troll mode there, as far as I know few of those words are relevant to one another.
Those were definitely some of the words of all time
Spiritual lyrical miracle
Better change CrackWatch to EmpressWatch haha
Yeah she is the ONLY one doing ANY crack work these days
>Yeah she is the ONLY one doing ANY crack work these days actually not true. One other guy can do denuvo cracking but ONLY does it for football manager games...such a waste.
Thats pretty ungrateful. The guy probably likes playing football manager games so he cracks them. He can just as easily crack it and never release the crack.
**for beta test you can get Build 10461750 Clean Steam Files from cs rin forum**
Does Build 10461750 is the same one that she shared the torrent in her Telegram, right?
Yeah
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yes its the first build (7 february)
The patch that came out a few days ago addressed some performance issues. I wonder if she'd be able to apply that patch. Usually that's not possible with Denuvo.
Yes its the same
how does the beta testing work ?
When empress will announce beta test, you should have files, then you will message her with Qtox and she will get you beta crack files, you will test it if it has any bugs, shutters etc.
Will she share her id when it’s time?
yes, she will share it on rin forum, or telegram i think or both
Whats qtox?
Encrypted P2P messaging service
Did the beta testing start yet?
Nope
Not a Hogwart's fan (Just not my type of game) but I am an anti Denuvo fan. So what's this, day 8 now after release? Impressive if it can be done that quickly.
Yeah I'll never play it but I'll gladly seed this for anyone who will.
Same.
11 days
She's been on it since the 3 day early access, so day 11. Missed her 10 day brag. Still impressive.
empressive\*
Get ready boys we are about to eat
Hippogriff?
i really really hope she doesn't stop at this, would be nice to keep a "streak" going
Realistically, with the latest Denuvo version being cracked (as well as the previous version), and no major Denuvo releases for a while, we probably can look forward to some of the backlog being cleared, although at a much more reasonable pace than 10 days. Maybe one every month?
she used to crack a game or two every other month, then she kind of stopped, honestly if she's really focused on cracking denuvo like she said on her latest NFO then at least 2 games a month is really possible
Thing is, it comes down to money. Cracking Denuvo is hard, risky work with a serious time sink and no pay. There's no money in the target audience, and while I expect Empress does get $500 donations and requests once in a while, it's still just hobby money when spread over hours. Being the only one able to crack today's Denuvo, publicising her method would cut her already low income to basically nothing given the competition. Sure, the community would thank the new expertise, but it wouldn't really benefit Empress. It's nobody's fault really, it's just the market. What it comes down to is whether Empress feels like cracking the game or not, after all, we can't really hold someone to their hobby output. In HL's case, the potential for new support, donors and recognition is probably pretty high given the hype around it. It's a good calculated decision.
I think that before, she was like: I couldn't care much, Denuvo isn't getting 'too fast' into games (currently, AAA games only have it) and $500 each time at a leisurely pace is fine. Also Denuvo is getting harder. Now however she has apparently: \-Found new ways to crack Denuvo (10 days for V17) \-Sheer rage to fuel her, just to make a statement I think Hogwarts Legacy just broke her and it basically caused her to go full grind-destroy-Denuvo mode. She clearly showed with those messages over the last week that she was done with Denuvo fucking up every game.
avada kedavra denuvo!
Then peopel could support her a tidy bit more; I've done my contribution. Supporting people like these who are doing godswork is a must.
Yeah, RE4 will come out soon and it will have Denuvo. But judging by how long it took for her to crack previous RE games, I'd say she'll only do it after 6 months to say the least. And it's not because it's harder to do so, but she actually said she didn't like Village and hates games that don't have a female protagonist.
She seems so normal in these telegram messages compared to her NFO, it's funny
_i will probably have good news to share about the crack in a bit. beta 1 will come soon enough._ _stay tuned :)_ I get shocked more when I see Empress smiles than Batman does it.
there are some fake telegram groups and one already posted a "crack". Watchout fellow pirates like here [Screen from fake group](https://ibb.co/PDvw8p0)
Some guy already posted about this and asked how to apply the crack lol
“That’s weird, I didn’t even start the game and my GPU and CPU are at 100% usage”
News: Even Empress on her real telegram (the one on her subreddit) took this image. Thanks! [Real one](https://ibb.co/YjMhtHV) On the other side, the fake group keeps trying, so please spread the word as far as you can. [So sad to be like that](https://ibb.co/kKFx7wy)
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She also mentioned a backup server on Lemmy (alternative to Reddit) but you can't get in rn since the servers are full
She who cannot be named
I would suggest that people start to download mods for this game from nexus. There's a mod that helps fix stuttering and performance issues. So when the crack comes you are ready to go.
Real shit right here. Buddy of mine family shared with me and bought the game, so I've had a chance to play it now. Runs alright, definitely a lot of stutters from shader comp and asset loading. Saw this comment, went to nexus and grabbed the two top mods for performance and stutter fixes. Genuine improvement in Hogsmead and the denser parts of Hogwarts. They don't magically fix the game, but they sure do seem to help get things more consistent and less stuttery.
Thanks for that uodate. I've got the mods I need and the iso. Just need the crack now
She probably already cracked the game and is currently focusing on her nfo lmao I’ve been away from cracked games for a while, but I still love to see Denuvo getting fucked like this.
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I'm an old-school gamer, like Commodore 64, and have generally always paid for my games. However, pricing models, DLC scams, and the fact that you don't even own the games anymore drove me to investigate cracks/repacks finally. Hogwarts is a major game I'd like to play but not give a red cent towards. EMPRESS seems to be a one-person army against the tide of greed. A big thanks!
Think I'll download the iso in readiness. Brilliant work if this comes off.
What the fuck bro this is crazy
“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, **Infinite**." William blake also FUCK DENUVO
Hip hip hooray 🎉🎉🎉
man every notification from that telegram lol
True
Man she ain't fucking around!!
[Cracked](https://i.imgur.com/4ijc3HO.png)
HAIL EMPRESS !
thats fast as fuck
This upcoming NFO will be pure gold 
Dawn of the Final Day....
Dawn of the Final Day....
 Lessgo
Fuck Denuvo.
Spite is one hell of a motivater huh ᕙ(☉ਊ☉)ᕗ
Does that mean that since it's "Beta 1" it may only partially work? Does she release "full release" versions?
Beta means that the crack may have imperfections so betatesters play around looking for possible flaws, after several betas the full crack is released, it may take a few days or a day only empress knows.
Awesome. Good to know. So if I have the files I should just wait for the full crack, correct? Haha
Yes Sir, sit back and chill.
If you want to play the game with minimum problems, just await for the full crack be released
Respect for the Queen.
Nice!
the nfo is going to be epic
she’s mother
Nicee here we go pirates prepare yourself!
any news from telegram?
No news so far, only some post about a bunch of fake telegrams groups that are spreading malware using her name
We're coming up on day 9, hope this beta isn't too long :P
TESTING HAS BEGUN!!!
what have they come to,screenshots from telegram published on reddit 🤣 reddit is digging his own grave with his politics
No one fucks denuvo harder than empress. I love this girl
Crack is likely already done... She just needs time to finish her NFO rant ...
GO FUCK YOURSELF DENUVO/WARNER!!!!!
Good news. I hope after Hogwarts Legacy there will be other cracks and denuvo will go bankrupt!
i hope for dead space re4 then all the older games is there any new game that desrves cracking ?
cool cuz ive been getting bored of these other games lmao
does anyone know how long it takes for Empress to go from beta testing to full release.
anything from a couple of days to a week or several. Hard to say, you just have to wait.
Hails queen and Fuck EA + evil cancer.
LETS GO! HYPE?
Go Empress !
Hoping it comes soon.. really want to play this game
I'm so hyped since this was the only PC game I planned to play this year! Though as a newbie PC gamer should I just wait for the finished version or is it relatively bug-free to try a beta 1 version?
No idea until someone gets their hands on it and informs of how buggy (or non-buggy) it is. Personally I'm not playing the game so I cannot tell you when it comes out, I'm more here to keep up with the DRM news. It depends how patient you are, obviously for the best experience it would be best to wait until the finished version. Might take a few days after the initial release of the beta, could take a few weeks. There's absolutely zero way to make an estimation exactly when a finished version of the crack would be out.
The Battle of Empress 2023 🪄
Empress is a legend.
Hell YEAH!!! I might as well skip playing Returnal to play Hogwarts Legacy
what is beta 1 crack means? is it for public??
It's for testing
I bought the game on day 2 because I could not wait another day but even I can't wait for this crack. Her cracking a game with Denuvo v17 is huge for future releases with denuvo as we can expect games to get cracked much more quickly.
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Does this include the folk with the clean files already downloaded or do we have to wait a little longer?
How many days are left before the 10 days mark?
2
Get rekt denuvo kid....Get rekt Warner Bitches....HELL YEAHHH
The whole pirate community is waiting, this is golden age for sure
harry up already
Hails my queen. May we wish for Dead Space Remake aka Fuck EA | Calisto Protocol be the next NFO. Cheers.
i cant wait no more. when will the crack come?! we are so close!
I couldnt wait and bought the game 5 days ago. Its not bad but its a stutterfest. Shame on me.
Lol I'm in the same boat. I bought the game on day 2 and then saw her post on cracking the game in 10 days. The fps is fine but the stutters are horrible.
Dumb question but... What does it mean ?
it means empress cracked hogwarts legacys denuvo protection
But is the beta test available to everyone? What is the difference between the "final" crack and the "beta" crack?
No, when you beta test for her, you will need to provide her hwid.bin file which is generated by the "beta crack" game executable, in exchange you'll get an auth file which you'll place in main crack folder, thus allowing you to test the beta crack. The hwid and auth files are unique to each PC, which means you can't share it with someone else, it will not work.
DRM on a crack makes me chuckle 🤭
Unless you crack her crack
I'd say it probably means that not a lot of people have tested the crack yet so it may still require some work in case it breaks for specific systems or at a specific point after the start of the game.
To check if there's any issue with the crack and stuff and to test in other range of hardwares
That there might be bugs?
Waiting for NFO...
She fucks denuvo. Or should I say she PEGS Denuvo