With that EXE removed in a relisting, the project was no longer running afoul. Github was merely complying with Microsoft's request to remove protected code from the repository, as " somebody uploaded ElDorado.exe by mistake." Yet the project found its way back onto Github shortly after our report was filed, and the reason was simple. In Russia, Dewrito eats youįurther Reading FireWatch dev uses DMCA against PewDiePie after streamed racial slurThe project began life as an open source patch with conversations and collaboration taking place on sites like Reddit and Github. Ars wrote about the DMCA takedown request filed by Microsoft that same year, which took ElDewrito off Github temporarily.
Now Microsoft's required legal action is being announced alongside an apparent intent to do what the modders were already doing-to finally get more classic Halo games working for PC gamers. The result is fascinating: a solid, Windows-compatible version of classic Halo 3 combat is in the wild.
And the patch builders' official blog says the team did not receive a formal cease-and-desist order from either Microsoft or 343 Industries. Its Github repository is still online, which means the open source patch can still be downloaded.
The ElDewrito version of Halo Online is still online and functioning, with thousands of players matchmaking in its wholly free online multiplayer lobbies as of press time. On Tuesday, Microsoft's Halo development studio 343 Industries posted about a fan-made modification to a PC version of the series-and the studio said that Microsoft would "protect its Halo intellectual property." This, for all intents and purposes, sounded like yet another story of a fan-made game-tribute project facing a swift, legal smackdown.īut the story of the ElDewrito patch, designed for 2015's Russia-only game Halo Online, appears to be a little more nuanced, if not complicated. Microsoft / El Dewrito reader comments 70 with
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