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Let’s Talk: The Trilogy Launch…

Let’s Talk: The Trilogy Launch…

Can you remember a more tumultuous week for Rockstar Games? During my active time within the community over the last 10 years, I don’t think I can! The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition release week has been … pretty miserable, to say the least, as one thing after another led to a disastrous PC launch and ended with Rockstar facing

From Mods to Morals to Lawsuits: A Summary of Recent Events

From Mods to Morals to Lawsuits: A Summary of Recent Events

If you’re a regular in GTA social media circles, chances are you’ve heard about the recent events in which Take-Two Interactive, wholly owners of Rockstar Games’ titles, are taking legal action against a group of programming enthusiasts responsible for reverse engineering GTA III and GTA Vice City. The work-in-progress projects, known as re3 and reVC, were first shared on code

The People vs Take-Two: Redux

The People vs Take-Two: Redux

“It’s been a tumultuous 24 hours for the GTA community.” – that was how I started an article 4 years ago, on 16th June 2017, as the infamous modding tool OpenIV received a cease-and-desist order from Take-Two Interactive. The same could apply as I begin this summary again today in a turn of events that has shaken up the modding