Take-Two Goes On Another Grand Theft Auto Mod-Killing Spree

A wave of Grand Theft Auto modifications have been hit with Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) strikes from publisher Take-Two Interactive, according to a statement posted to popular mod repository LibertyCity yesterday.

“All these mods were ports of the locations, cities, cars, and characters of old Rockstar Games titles on newer Grand Theft Auto engines,” wrote LibertyCity admin jdayke. “The mods won’t be available to download on LibertyCity anymore.”

The files hit by takedown notices include Vice Cry: Remastered, a popular mod that ported the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City map to Grand Theft Auto V, and SA2LC, which similarly recreated Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas in Grand Theft Auto III. Others, like OpenManhunt and Bullworth, added assets from the Manhunt and Bully franchises to San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto V, respectively.

This comes less than a month after a previous wave of DMCA notices against older Grand Theft Auto modifications on ModDB, a much larger modding site. Much like this week’s takedowns, Take-Two largely targeted mods that converted old Grand Theft Auto assets to newer engines.

Source: Kotaku