qBittorrent here.

The site operator is non-responsive to ESA take-down notices and runs a backup version of the site at dodi-repacks.download.

Well, depending on where the website host is located, they may not need to comply. I wasn't aware of the backup site mentioned above, though; maybe Dodi and FitGirl are one and the same? ;-)

EDIT: Grammar.

There is a torrent floating around but availability is 20.9% at the moment.

From a Linux user's point of view, Epic refuses to support Linux. They also refuse to support their own games using EAC on Linux (via Proton) despite EAC being Linux-compatible.

EDIT: Grammar.

They've been around for a while. They often release Linux and Mac games, and I think they might be affiliated with Razor.

Someone taking the title of this community literally ;-)

I hope AirVPN can still stay in business. I also hope that other governments don't start getting ideas.

That's why we had a market for region-free DVD players!

In general, the Denuvo bypasses will not work. Other games should generally work fine, with the appropriate cracks.

I would say "nice try FBI!", but I think they have their hands full at the moment.

"You wouldn't download a train"...

I'm not sure what problem you are having when you say 'nothing works'. I've installed several FG repacks over the years including one only a couple of weeks ago. Open and terminal and cd to the directory that contains your FG download, then:

1. export WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wine_gamename
2. winetricks -q dxvk xact xinput vcrun2022 win10
3. winetricks -q vkd3d corefonts win10
4. wine setup.exe
5. cd installdirectory
6. wine gamename.exe

I separate the winetricks lines as sometimes winetricks gets overwhelmed if you call two many functions. I can assure you that this does work, though the repacks sometimes take ages to install. Personally I use rutracker as my source as the games come pre-made with wine.

FitGirl only repacks; he doesn't defeat Denuvo. The only crackers within the last twelve months or so to crack Denuvo have been MKDEV and EMPRESS, both of whom are no longer active in the scene.

Here.

For my needs, I use qBittorrent with jackett. Both excellent tools!

They cracked Denuvo on Fe recently. Granted that is a Unity3D game so the modular approach makes it slightly easier to crack.

I've been sailing the high seas, or at least skirting the shores, since the late 1980s when my classmates and I were swapping BBC Micro software on 5¼" disks! Moved onto PC in 1990 and carried on. I even cracked a few games back in the day :-) These days I don't pirate so much, and I have quite a collection of legitimate music and software.

And wants money to fund another crazy project...

I found about Usenet and the sort of “hype” relative to it and I wonder some stuff.

Usenet's been around in its current form since 1987! The problem for pirates is finding decent providers who serve binaries. I used to use Easynews as they had great retention and they seem to still be around.

Usenet is decentralised, but - as mentioned elsewhere - relies on a handful of providers to service the binary groups.

Reported on The Register, too: https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/08/polish_trains_geofenced_allegation/