Yup, was just Steam DRM. There's universal tools to crack that. Less so "you can't play our game unless you spend money" and more "it's slightly inconvenient to install this way, innit? Why don't you go buy it instead, bruv?"
I mean, if it was gonna be anyone, the Pinkertons would be it. I imagine they're just waiting for the US to become corporate-owned enough that they can operate on US soil without getting in trouble again.
Yeah but I feel like Bethesda would be the kinds of people to to hide it until a day one update so they don't have to disclose it to predorererererers.