Bethesda released a DRM-Free Doom Eternal, accidentally

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#1 the_master_race
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LMAO 🤣🤣🤣

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On Steam and Bethesda's own launcher, Doom Eternal launched with Denuvo DRM built-in to discourage piracy. Unfortunately for Bethesda, Doom Eternal had a DRM-free .exe left amongst the files of the version released on its in-house launcher. A poster on Reddit discovered the file sitting in a folder titled "original," writing "Um guys - I think I "cracked" Doom Eternal? [Serious]."

As cracks go, this one is about as simple as possible. "Open the main game folder and you'll notice the 369 MB denuvo DOOMEternalx64vk.exe," BarryGettman wrote on Reddit. "However, under ..\Doom Eternal\original you'll find a smaller 67 MB .exe with the same name. Copy this .exe to the main folder and overwrite the denuvo .exe."

Other users confirmed it working, and a forum thread on Resetera has a screenshot of the folder with the smaller executable. Bethesda has since updated the Bethesda.net version of the game to remove the DRM-free .exe, but it's too late: the unprotected .exe has already made its way into the piracy circuit. Though it's not just for pirates—some players worry Denuvo's anti-piracy code slows down the performance of games they paid for

meanwhile

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#2 KungfuKitten
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Yeah. And watch it have no negative impact on sales.

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Imagine spending hundreds/thousands supporting hardware companies while thieving software that costing under a hundred dollars, what a Pitiful Community.

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#4  Edited By madrocketeer
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Good old Bethesda. Even in their big successes, they still manage to f*** something up.

Incompetence seems to be their corporate culture.

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#5 hardwenzen
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They did the same thing with RAGE2. This company is fuckedup.

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#6 the_master_race
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@KungfuKitten said:

Yeah. And watch it have no negative impact on sales.

Good games always sell , Witcher 3 is a good example of that ...

https://www.pcgamer.com/doom-eternal-roars-past-100000-concurrent-users-on-steam/

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@KungfuKitten said:

Yeah. And watch it have no negative impact on sales.

Bingo!

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Time to set sail the mighty Seas:

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#9 xantufrog  Moderator
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Welp, might as well release it on GoG now :-)

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#10 uninspiredcup
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@xantufrog said:

Welp, might as well release it on GoG now :-)

Now there is literally no point to having it.

But they won't remove it, because reason.

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@KungfuKitten said:

Yeah. And watch it have no negative impact on sales.

Would be impossible to tell either way in this situation (corona). Some people will buy the game just because they have a lot of free time during the quarantine, others will no longer buy games, because they have to save their last dollars to get food, because they got fired and have no savings.

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how do you think casual4ever is playing it? :D mr sp only.

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@dxmcat said:

how do you think casual4ever is playing it? :D mr sp only.

because its a single player game. im guessing when everyone waiting for Cyberpunk 2077 later this year. you are the one waiting for MP upgrade year later lol.

i guess if Half life released today. you would be only praising its mods like CS and TF and hating actual game that matters only.

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@KungfuKitten: LOL...woah just a second, you're serious arent you?

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#15 dxmcat
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@ghosts4ever: once again, I play everything and am scared of nothing. Can't say the same for you. Make up all the excuses you want.

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#17  Edited By DaVillain  Moderator
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@vfighter said:

@KungfuKitten: LOL...woah just a second, you're serious arent you?

Why wouldn't he? There's no evidence of the claimed and I'm against online theft. But the matter is, it has no negative on the gaming community.

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@KungfuKitten said:

Yeah. And watch it have no negative impact on sales.

I wish more developers/publishers paid attention to what CD Projekt Red did with the Witcher series. DRM just prevents legitimate customers from having a good time.

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@i_p_daily said:

Imagine spending hundreds/thousands supporting hardware companies while thieving software that costing under a hundred dollars, what a Pitiful Community.

I've been watching you try so hard for a few years now. You're a caricature at this point. Always brings a smile to my face though. Cheers.

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Look at all these people defending piracy.

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Remember when people actually respected Bethesda? Good times.

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#23  Edited By madrocketeer
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@speedfreak48t5p:

I remember; it was before November 14th, 2018.

That was the day Bethesda obliterated their reputation with a single game.

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Ha, holy shit, what a f*ck up. Is it even piracy at this point? They released the game with a non-DRM exe lol.

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@madrocketeer said:

@speedfreak48t5p:

I remember; it was before November 14th, 2018.

That was the day Bethesda obliterated their reputation with a single game.

Yeah, that shitshow was hilarious. Still is to this day. Lol

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@br0kenrabbit said:
@i_p_daily said:

Imagine spending hundreds/thousands supporting hardware companies while thieving software that costing under a hundred dollars, what a Pitiful Community.

I've been watching you try so hard for a few years now. You're a caricature at this point. Always brings a smile to my face though. Cheers.

Stating facts is trying hard to you? it seems you're the one trying hard to not understand facts. Hermits pirate way more than any other community, its a pitiful community.

Buy games and support your hobby.

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@i_p_daily said:

Stating facts is trying hard to you? it seems you're the one trying hard to not understand facts. Hermits pirate way more than any other community, its a pitiful community.

Buy games and support your hobby.

You want pirates, go look at why the PSP was so popular but didn't move games, or why the Dreamcast failed.

You're pure comedy at this point, and your name says all anyone needs to know about your maturity level. All good entertainment, though. Keep it up.

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@i_p_daily said:

Imagine spending hundreds/thousands supporting hardware companies while thieving software that costing under a hundred dollars, what a Pitiful Community.

Well not as pitiful as the community whose own platform holder abandons them to make an exclusive for the community in question. ;)

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On topic, sh*t 67 vs 369 MB. How much garbage they fill in for DRM!

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@pc_rocks said:
@i_p_daily said:

Imagine spending hundreds/thousands supporting hardware companies while thieving software that costing under a hundred dollars, what a Pitiful Community.

Well not as pitiful as the community whose own platform holder abandons them to make an exclusive for the community in question. ;)

thanks for further proving my point, pitiful one.

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@br0kenrabbit said:
@i_p_daily said:

Stating facts is trying hard to you? it seems you're the one trying hard to not understand facts. Hermits pirate way more than any other community, its a pitiful community.

Buy games and support your hobby.

You want pirates, go look at why the PSP was so popular but didn't move games, or why the Dreamcast failed.

You're pure comedy at this point, and your name says all anyone needs to know about your maturity level. All good entertainment, though. Keep it up.

Someone with the name br0kenrabbit with a zero shouldn't be taking shots at others "maturity" levels.

As for the Dreamcast, yeah console gamers cracked it didn't they, oh wait no they didn't it was a bunch of PC pirate programmers.

What a pathetic bunch of "gamers" PC users are.

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#32 br0kenrabbit
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@i_p_daily said:
@br0kenrabbit said:
@i_p_daily said:

Stating facts is trying hard to you? it seems you're the one trying hard to not understand facts. Hermits pirate way more than any other community, its a pitiful community.

Buy games and support your hobby.

You want pirates, go look at why the PSP was so popular but didn't move games, or why the Dreamcast failed.

You're pure comedy at this point, and your name says all anyone needs to know about your maturity level. All good entertainment, though. Keep it up.

Someone with the name br0kenrabbit with a zero shouldn't be taking shots at others "maturity" levels.

As for the Dreamcast, yeah console gamers cracked it didn't they, oh wait no they didn't it was a bunch of PC pirate programmers.

What a pathetic bunch of "gamers" PC users are.

The 0 exists because the place i conjured this username at required at least one numeric character. I still didn't have to resort to potty humor.

And yeah console game copy devices have existed since consoles. There was even a device you could slap on the 8-bit NES and copy your games.

Stop trying so hard, you're not getting anywhere.

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@i_p_daily said:
@pc_rocks said:
@i_p_daily said:

Imagine spending hundreds/thousands supporting hardware companies while thieving software that costing under a hundred dollars, what a Pitiful Community.

Well not as pitiful as the community whose own platform holder abandons them to make an exclusive for the community in question. ;)

thanks for further proving my point, pitiful one.

You're always welcome. Anytime you forget that lems are the most pitiful ones. I'll come and remind you.