Rockstar has just announced that Cfx.re, the group behind GTA 5 FiveM and RDR 2 RedM, is now officially a part of Rockstar Games. Rockstar claims that by partnering with the Cfx.re team, it will help them find new ways to support this incredible community and improve the services they provide to their developers and players.
Today, we are proud to announce that https://t.co/RIDVpeoqCS — the team behind the biggest Rockstar roleplay and creator communities, FiveM and RedM — are now officially a part of Rockstar Games: https://t.co/PqVyvdsjIX pic.twitter.com/gd3ETq9iwx
— Rockstar Games (@RockstarGames) August 11, 2023
For those unaware, FiveM and RedM are online/multiplayer mods for GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2. FiveM and RedM allowed PC gamers to play multiplayer on customized dedicated servers. And, in a way, FiveM was better than the official online mode of GTA 5.
Ironically, Rockstar Games claimed back in 2015 that FiveM was an unauthorized multiplayer mod for GTA5 that violated its rules. Not only that, but Rockstar banned that mod. Hell, they even banned players that were using that mod (that weren’t part of the modding team). Then Take-Two sent private investigators in an attempt to shut down this project. And now, almost a decade later, the FiveM team is a part of Rockstar Games. Man, how things have changed.
We seriously hope that both FiveM and RedM will remain free alternative multiplayer/online mods. We are also curious to see what will happen with Cfx.re’s Patreon campaign. Now that the team is part of Rockstar Games, will PC gamers continue supporting them?
Since Rockstar is partnering with the FiveM/RedM team, we can assume that Grand Theft Auto 6 will feature a similar multiplayer mode. And yes, you can be certain that Rockstar will find a way to further monetize that mode.
Now imagine if GTA 6 does not release on launch on PC, especially after this news. And, to be honest, after what happened with Red Dead Redemption Remastered, I wouldn’t be surprised by something like that. Business-wise, a late PC release makes sense. And since Rockstar and Take-Two will do their best to maximize their GTA 6 sales, I can already see this coming.
Stay tuned for more!
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Rockstar will probably conduct business as usual with GTA 6. Release it first on the latest generation of consoles and encourage doubts about if/when it will be released on PC so that gamers with a console and a PC will go ahead and buy it on console and later when Rockstar releases the game on PC they will buy the same game a second time on PC for the superior gaming experience on PC.
Rockstar loves double-dippers and there will be many of them.
Rip these modding teams. The New Rockstar doesn’t care about PC gamers now. They’re driven by greed and lost in money. Don’t expect GTA 6 to hit PC before 2026. Mark my words.
True! GTAV didn’t even get the RTX patch on PC.
True! GTAV didn’t even get the RTX patch on PC.
Rockstar will monetize the gta modding scene now. Why would patreon modders have all the fun? This was coming for a long time now. Other AAA companies won’t leave an extra income source when millions of gullible pc players are willing to pay for mods
“Let’s take these lads off the scene so we can make even more money over moronic players”
As always, greed ruins everything.
I don’t think rockstar has the ability to create games on the level of their previous works. Would love to be proven wrong. A lot of people left the company and the “poor” internet people can’t take the satire in GTA. I recon GTA 6 will probably start their downfall.
Offcourse it is expected because Rockstar Games co-founder and GTA creative leader Dan Houser has left the studio. Dan Houser is leaving Rockstar, departing the studio after what parent company Take-Two described as an “extended break” that began back in spring of 2019
Rockstar hires a bunch of second-life-playing weirdos to make games for other weirdos because they throw money at anything that gives them imaginary internet friends and social life. Disgusting fcking nerds larping like a bunch of f4ggots that they are 🤮🤮🤮🤮.
Excellent news, this will bring quality to gt6 (irony)
We asked the same question for RDR2, and we got it 1 year later and full of bugs/completely untested.
We asked the same question for RDR2, and we got it 1 year later and full of bugs/completely untested.
And just when you thought things wont get any worse in current times
My biggest fear actually happened , Rockstar acknowledging the cringey RP scene
*BARF*
I was once permanently banned from GTA Online for buying a Megaladon Shark Card on the Steam Store. That’s how much they care about their paying customers right there, that they ban them from their games for buying their products somewhere other than Rockstar’s own online store. Imagine them in control of something like FiveM or RedM.
because, Rockstar knows. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0533e88eef7ca43c2478efe3b76495fb2e4a5878537e1da8fe0d589c8706edd2.jpg
And just when you thought things wont get any worse in current times
My biggest fear actually happened , Rockstar acknowledging the cringey RP scene
and all this happened because of XQC and his connections to Rockstar $$$
*BARF*
ROCKSTAR are console fanbois.
They bring fanboism in between their work