Take 2 Strikes Again? GTA 4: Definitive Edition Taken Down
The creators of a huge fan project for GTA 4, called Definitive Edition, have had to remove it completely from the web. Most likely, Take-Two, owner of Rockstar Games, had its hand in this (again).
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Source: Rockstar Games.
- Developers of GTA IV: Definitive Edition, a project which combines various modifications to improve Rockstar's game, have been warned of copyright infringement.
- As a result, they decided to remove all links to their mod.
- It is likely that Take-Two (Rockstar's owner), which has long been sensitive to fan projects, is behind the notification.
Bully), which primarily refresh the graphics of the originals and fix many bugs. Unfortunately, recently the creators received an anonymous (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) violation notice, causing them to have to remove modifications to GTA 4.
So far, only this one game has been brought to their attention, but it is feared that a similar fate will soon befall the rest of the titles included in the project. Scared gamers are already ing all the modifications, just to be safe, so that in the event of the worst, they can be "secretly" distributed over the network.
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Most likely, the company behind the notice is Take-Two Interactive, owner of Rockstar Games. After all, the creators of Definitive Edition received the note on September 18, which is the same time when original soundtracks.
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