The site publishes ‘repacks’ of pirated games. These are compressed versions of cracked games, which are smaller to download and are shared through torrents and direct download links.
However, yesterday the site’s operator announced that it’s time to say goodbye. In a farewell message, DODI explains that he is getting married later this month and will start a new life in a new country.
“My marriage is on November 24, 2026. Retiring from creating game repacks is a must now. No way to own or operate a pirated content site in France,” DODI writes.
The site isn’t going offline though. “I already transferred Domains, Web hosting and all related accounts to the new repack team few days ago,” DODI adds.
Not a Sudden Exit
The retirement wasn’t entirely unexpected. In May, DODI informed his followers that 2026 would be a busy year. He had final exams coming up, followed by a pharmacy law exam in September, after which he would likely start a new job in France. In addition, he was getting married in November.
“Don’t worry, I will not leave you but sure will not be as before,” DODI wrote at the time.
Last month, DODI revealed that the handover had already started, noting that he only created four of the more than 65 repacks that were posted in the previous six weeks. The rest came from a new team, which would also handle all future releases.
“I will only give instructions and watch,” he wrote.
A Notorious Target
DODI’s exit also follows continued pressure from the game industry. In 2024, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) added the site to its list of recommendations for the U.S. Trade Representative’s annual review of ‘notorious’ piracy markets.
Last month, ESA flagged the site again, reporting 7.14 million visits in August and links to more than 2,000 games. According to ESA, the site removed only 22% of the links it reported over the past year.
The game industry group also looked closely at the money trail, identifying crypto payments to exchanges that check the identity of users.
“Cryptocurrency wallets associated with DODI have sent funds to know-your-customer exchanges, including Binance, which may create an attribution and enforcement path through appropriate legal process,” ESA writes.
Malware Concerns
Previously, DODI’s site faced a security backlash too. In February, cybersecurity company Cyderes listed dodi-repacks.site among the indicators in its analysis of the ‘RenEngine’ malware, with a download link supposedly leading to an infected MediaFire file. The report didn’t say that DODI’s operator was involved.
Malware concerns have also been mentioned in piracy circles. In 2025, the FMHY piracy index dropped the site and only linked to DODI’s 1337x page instead, with a warning. This year, r/Piracy’s moderators followed suit.
“Because Dodi’s repacks themselves are still safe (even though his site is not), we have changed his listing on the megathread to send redditors to his user profile on 1337x,” the moderators wrote.
Under New Management
Who is behind the new repack team is not known. For now, however, it appears that new releases continue to come out under the DODI name.
The latest repack, posted on the same day as the farewell message, credits the “Dodi Repack Team.” It’s based on a Star Wars: Galactic Racer release from ‘voices38’, another familiar piracy name that ESA nominated as a notorious piracy threat.
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A copy of ESA’s submission for the 2026 Notorious Markets review is available here (pdf).
