Career
Empress became interested in the DRM-cracking scene in 2014. Her followers could participate in polls to select which game they want cracked next, and her work was funded through crowdsourced donations. Empress typically requests $500 for cracking a specific game. She uses the money to cover living costs, hardware upgrades, and purchase games that she intends to crack. Empress rose to prominence after releasing a cracked version of '' Red Dead Redemption 2''. Other high-profile games cracked by Empress include '' Mortal Kombat 11'' and '' Anno 1800''. In February 2021, Empress stated that she would soon be arrested after being allegedly caught working on a crack for '' Immortals Fenyx Rising''. Empress blamed FitGirl Repacks, with whom she had a feud. However, that March, Empress was available to publish a workaround for the online check-in system of Battle.net. Empress's arrest announcement was met with general skepticism by the cracking community. She released a cracked version of '' Hogwarts Legacy'' in February 2023, just 12 days after release.Controversies
Empress is known around the P2P scene for her "extremely opinionated" notes she supplies in the NFOs of her releases. For example, the information file supplied with the cracked version of ''Hogwarts Legacy'' expressed dissatisfaction with what was described as the " woke system" of today, defending ''Harry Potter'' series creator J.K. Rowling's views on transgender people.References
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