Posted on Jul 27, 2019
Bethesda will remove online login requirement from Doom re-releases
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Bethesda says it’ll get rid of the strange requirement that players must log into an online account before they play the newly re-released versions of Doom, Doom II, and Doom 3, which went live yesterday. Players quickly criticized Bethesda for the seemingly ridiculous limitation — the first of these games was released more than 25 years ago, at a time when there was obviously no internet requirement.
The online login will be made optional in a coming update, Bethesda said today. The publisher said the requirement, which signed players into its BethesdaNet service, was included to let players participate in a program that let them unlock items in Doom Eternal, a game that isn’t out yet. Bethesda now says the login “should be optional.”
The online login will be made optional in a coming update, Bethesda said today. The publisher said the requirement, which signed players into its BethesdaNet service, was included to let players participate in a program that let them unlock items in Doom Eternal, a game that isn’t out yet. Bethesda now says the login “should be optional.”
Bethesda will remove online login requirement from Doom re-releases
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
CSM Charles Hayden Bethesda Games. Now if the were HQd Once Upon a Time in Bethesda Md? Good Question. They were the Primere Game Software Folks in the Early 90s with "Wolfenstein" and "Doom" if they have a Military Connection it wouldn't surprise Me though. In Dodge we Would Play Multiplayer Doom, Sometimes We Would Shoot Each Other. Go from Killing Bad Guys/Demons to Mass Fratricide.
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This is a fine example of an entitled generation. They own the rights to the game so there’s no reason they should put it behind a login. EA does it with their Origin client. Steam does it. Square does it with Final Fantasy XIV. Activision/Blizzard does it with their Battle Net client. The fact that people are crying about it is pretty pathetic.
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