Take-Two has issued a DMCA takedown notice for the VR mods that were available for Red Dead Redemption 2, Grand Theft Auto 5 and the Mafia games. Created by Luke Ross, these mods allowed you to play Rockstar’s games in VR. And, similarly to some other “enhancing” mods, Take-Two attempts to take them down.
As Luke Ross stated, none of his modifications are built using software belonging to Take-Two. Moreover, these VR modifications are not intended to replace Take-Two’s games, nor are they a means of exploiting Take-Two’s proprietary IP or assets. And lastly, as with all mods, these VR mods require that users buy and own the games before they can add them.
A sad day for the Flat2VR modding community. @Take2Interactiv has submitted a quite anti-consumer DMCA request to remove ALL VR Mods for their games (GTA V, RDR2, Mafia, etc.)@LukeRoss_00 Has always been extremely careful not to use any IP in his mods. pic.twitter.com/GH6OX1eZIy
— Flat2VR (@Flat2VR) July 6, 2022
Take-Two has been known for taking down multiple mods in the past. Not only that, but the company had also filed a lawsuit against the team that reverse-engineered GTA3 & GTA Vice City. For what it’s worth, Take-Two lost that last battle. However, it can give you an idea of the company’s practices.
Recently, Eurogamer featured an article dedicated to Luke Ross. Perhaps that’s what prompted Take-Two to issue this DMCA takedown? After all, these VR mods have been available for a while.
Anyway, we currently don’t know whether these VR mods will re-surface or not. And lets at least hope that other companies won’t be as hostile to modders as Take-Two is.
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Take jew being take jew …..
How can some one modify “their property” unless they ALLOW them to(by exploiting them of course) !!!!!
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I have to ask, when you post comments like that, what do you get out of it exactly? Do you get a semi because your other loser friends think you are cool?
Just stating facts about our overlords makes me crazy ….well you must really like how every thing around you is …..but who am I saying this to …keep sleeping !
lol, you’ve got to loosen the straps when you are jerking off, it’s affecting your brain!
Bruh why are you so offended I didn’t posted this for ya ?
or are you part of the demographic that I am stating here ?? lol
and do you know who owns the fap industry?
He’s probably mad about the happy merchant pic you included, and jew references. He blocked me after i posted a pic of jews ritually mutilating a child penus.
his user name says it all LOL
90 percent of them are from Palestine and other poor Muslim countries. Rise of nationalism, poverty, low literacy, and lack of proper education system. What do you really expect?
Also, don’t forget some of them have lost family members to American and Israeli airstrikes.
90 percent of stats is made up, in your case it’s 100%.
“Also, don’t forget some of them have lost family members to American and Israeli airstrikes.”
I don’t remember you being that much of a ghoul, gloating about war crimes and the loss of life is not a good look to you.
I have to ask, when you post comments like this, crying and moaning like a sissy, what do you get out of it exactly?
Man nowadays its just depressing to see the state of video games ….at one side there is mindless “Consumption” and other is unfathomable greed….
and Fk ! Take jew and its bullying !
If I remember right Rockstar is just as bad as Take-Two, and considering their track record it wouldn’t surprise me if they banned the people who were using these mods from online play in GTAV and RDR2 (even if the mods were only used in single-player). I know gamers like to talk about how evil EA and Activision are, but Rockstar and Take-Two may actually be worse, just in different ways.
The modding community is bless upon the PC gaming and it is something that’s worth defending with our tooth and nail. At this point if you buy anything from T2, you are supporting the death, demise and the “Corporationization” of PC gaming.
Imagine blocking mods and suing modders for freely enhancing their products, that’s like McDonald’s suing people for feeding homeless. The absolute example of corporation greed.
I don’t agree at all of a mod being a monthly fee so I never supported Ross. That said I don’t support corporate bullying either, I hope he uses a few thousand of his $20,000 a month to fight this and see if there is truly DMCA merit at play here.
Does Patreon hides the total amount of donations nowadays? Modders paywalling their mods is scummy tho’, not much sympathy here, unless it’s just early acess stuff.
Take Two needs to Take Laxative. They are uptight because they are constipated.
you must never support this company ever again.
The scummiest of scum
Take Two, Take Down, it kind of fits.
THEY ARE CONSTANTLY removing mods. WOW O_O!!!