GTA V, Mafia, and Red Dead Redemption 2 VR mods are lifeless – and Take 2 Interactive killed them

If you’ve been having fun with both Red Dead Redemption 2, GTA V, or Mafia: The Definitive Edition in VR because of some helpful fan-made mods, we’ve received some dangerous information. Thanks to a DMCA declare by Take Two Interactive – the guardian firm of Rockstar Games and 2K – has led growth on the preferred VR mods to grind to a halt.

This information comes by way of Luke Ross – the only real creator of quite a lot of VR mods for the aforementioned video games – who launched a prolonged submit to his supporters. In it, he claims to have obtained a DMCA request from Take Two Interactive for his tasks and that the corporate requested that he “remove all their copyrighted works from [his] Patreon page”. This was confirmed by Kotaku who reached out to Patreon directly.

In a post to his followers, Luke Ross writers: “As I publicly stated many times, I honor and respect copyright and my intention has always been to allow gamers to experience the wonderful worlds created by Rockstar and 2K (among other companies) in Virtual Reality, which only translates to more customer satisfaction and more copies sold for them. I don’t sell or host anything exploiting or repurposing their original IP and assets and my mods only work if the user already owns a legal copy of their original games.”

The submit has since been up to date with extra info, together with a declare that Take Two Interactive has but to determine direct contact with the creator. “No word from Take-Two for now, but Patreon has offered to try and establish a direct channel. I’m grateful for that and I hope that the effort will succeed and lead to a positive resolution, because I’m firmly convinced that what we’re doing cannot be hurting Take-Two’s bottom line in any way.”

This is simply the most recent in a collection of offensive performs made by the IP holders in opposition to modders and fan creators of Take Two Interactive titles. An particularly painful instance of this comes from the previous developers of GTA Underground announcing the end of their mod project as a consequence of fears of authorized repercussions from the corporate.

This is an particularly unhappy development when you think about the vastness of the modding neighborhood for these video games. Earlier this yr, we coated the San Andreas multiplayer modding neighborhood that also thrives to at the present time, which showcases the deep historical past of fan creations on this area.

What are your ideas on this story? Would you’ve been taken with taking part in GTA V, Mafia: The Definitive Edition, or Red Dead Redemption 2 in VR? Let us know beneath.