Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Quietly Adds Denuvo DRM Weeks Before Launch
TT Games and publisher Warner Bros. Games have quietly added Denuvo anti-piracy DRM to Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight ahead of its May 22, 2026 launch. PC players discovered the addition after noticing a 3rd-party DRM tag on the game’s Steam page, with the implementation coming just weeks before the game’s release across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.
The discovery was shared on Reddit by user luffy_3155, and PC players quickly raised concerns about the last-minute inclusion of the controversial DRM software. The timing of the addition—so close to launch—appears to have caught the community by surprise, spurring discussion among PC gamers about the decision.
Denuvo is an anti-piracy measure commonly used by game developers and publishers to protect new releases from piracy during their critical launch window. The decision to add it so close to the game’s release date led to widespread alarm among some segments of the gaming community, highlighting the ongoing debate surrounding DRM implementation in games.
The move by Warner Bros. Games continues an industry trend of protecting major releases with anti-piracy technology, though the surprise nature of the announcement—with no prior communication from the publisher—has prompted discussion about transparency in such decisions.