Gaming Roundtable
- Matt: Wrapped FF7 Remake, starting Mewgenics, and running Core Keeper co-op with his wife.
- Brandon: Deep in EQL.
- Brent: Splitting time between Wardogs, EQ Legends, and the WoW Forever Beta.
Denuvo Sues Anonymous Cracker "voices38"
Denuvo GmbH filed suit on September 14th against an unknown defendant known as "voices38," naming 26 cracked titles and arguing DMCA anti-circumvention violations rather than copyright infringement directly. It's the first time Denuvo or parent company Irdeto has sued a cracker by name rather than pursuing figures like EMPRESS or CODEX, and the filing leans on a linked Discord account, a Reddit profile, and seven Steam profiles to try to unmask them — though these remain unproven allegations with no identity publicly confirmed.
GTA 6: Record Pre-Orders Meet a Disc-Less Backlash
Take-Two reported $1.39 billion in net bookings during GTA 6's five-day pre-order window, but the $79.99 "physical" Standard Edition actually ships as a box containing a download code rather than a disc, prompting some retailers to refuse to stock it — a decision that echoes Sony's own move to end PlayStation disc production in 2028, and that Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser has publicly pushed back on. Separately, an anonymous leaker known as "Cyberleek" posted alleged gameplay clips ahead of Netflix's well-received "Extended Look" trailer while promoting a cryptocurrency, prompting Take-Two to file DMCA subpoenas against Microsoft and Discord to try to unmask them — with reports (unconfirmed) that the leaker cashed out $200K–$270K from the memecoin in the process.
Patch Tuesday's Record-Breaking 974-CVE Drop
Microsoft's September 2026 release addressed 974 CVEs, the largest Patch Tuesday on record, with two — CVE-2026-85880 and CVE-2026-81963 — already under active exploitation and a CISA remediation deadline of September 22nd. Microsoft had to follow up six days later with an emergency out-of-band fix for Remote Desktop, Hyper-V, and USB audio issues, and the volume surge tracks with a broader industry trend: FIRST now forecasts roughly 66,000 CVEs for 2026, though they note the actionable, KEV-listed patching burden hasn't grown nearly as much as the raw count suggests.
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Hosts & Credits
- Hosts: Brent, Matt, Brandon
- Technical Design / Production: Brent
Sources
- TweakTown — Denuvo Sues Anonymous Cracker voices38
- DSOGaming — Denuvo Lawsuit Analysis
- TechRadar — GTA 6 Pre-Orders Hit $1.39 Billion
- Dexerto — GTA 6 Boss on Physical Discs Backlash
- Dexerto — Take-Two Subpoenas Microsoft and Discord in Hunt for GTA 6 Leaker
- Splashtop — September 2026 Patch Tuesday: 974 CVEs, 2 Zero-Days