 Due to the popularity of the track among video game fans, Bethesda commissioned COPILOT to create a full-length version of the song which was offered as a free download on the publisher's website.In September 2012, Bethesda hosted a remix contest of "Drunken Whaler", providing COPILOT's stems of the individual tracks for fans to create their own arrangements.The creative team at COPILOT were invited to review and judge all of the entries.