Doom Eternal DRM Broken On Bethesda Launcher

<p>Doom Eternal is probably what most PC gamers are busy playing these days&period; Though it might come as no surprise to people that the game launched with the infamous Denuvo DRM that also shipped with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;106403-2&sol;">Doom 2016<&sol;a>&period; And while most people have not reported any issues with Denuvo&comma; for some gamers it might be a dealbreaker due to alleged performance issues&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to forum users on Reddit and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;resetera&period;com&sol;threads&sol;so-it-appears-that-bethesda-forgot-to-remove-the-denuvo-less-exe-for-doom-eternal&period;176114&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">ResetEra<&sol;a>&comma; the game shipped with a DRM free executable on the Bethesda Launcher&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a bit difficult to verify this however as this executable no longer exists in the install folder&comma; most likely patched out&period; But if it&&num;8217&semi;s the case&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s a pretty huge blunder on Bethesda&&num;8217&semi;s half to include essentially a cracked version of the game with a published install&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This probably made it very easy for pirates to provide a pirated copy of the game shortly after launch&period; Given Bethesda&&num;8217&semi;s reputation as of late&comma; I wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t count this as entirely improbable&period; And it would be rather hilarious if the publisher inadvertently just gave away pirated copies of the game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And this is by no means a new thing for Bethesda&period; Last year&&num;8217&semi;s Rage 2 also apparently shipped with a DRM-free executable&period; Denuvo was officially removed from the Steam version of Rage 2 a few days later&period; Most likely since the pirated version was already out by then&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-large wp-image-155559" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;03&sol;21114552&sol;20200320084614&lowbar;1-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Doom Eternal Cheat Code" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center">Crack and Tear<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Denuvo was once considered pretty solid&period; Though in recent years it has proven increasingly easy to crack&period; So it would most likely only be a question of time before pirated versions of Doom Eternal would show up on PirateBay and the like&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Whether this was a deliberate act of anti-DRM rebellion&comma; or just a mistake on Bethesda&&num;8217&semi;s behalf is hard to tell&period; But what&&num;8217&semi;s certain is that Bethesda has themselves to blame&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Whether Denuvo has any real performance impact is of course up for debate&period; Most reviewers and gamers have not experienced any kind of bad performance with the game&period; Given the game feels very optimized on PC&comma; it seems unlikely Denuvo would affect most buyers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In good news&comma; we are currently busy ripping and tearing our way through Doom Eternal&period; Although we are thankfully not playing the pirated version&comma; as we do not want to endorse piracy&period; Doom Eternal is definitely worth your money&comma; whether you choose to crack it or not&period; So stay tuned for our full review of Doom Eternal very soon&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"&lowbar;UuktemkCFI" title&equals;"DOOM Eternal – Official Launch Trailer"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;&lowbar;UuktemkCFI"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;&lowbar;UuktemkCFI&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"DOOM Eternal – Official Launch Trailer"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Thanks to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;arstechnica&period;com&sol;gaming&sol;2020&sol;03&sol;bethesda-apparently-broke-its-own-denuvo-protection-for-doom-eternal&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Ars Technica<&sol;a> for the info&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;