Playable GTA 6 map mod Project Vice is no more following Take-Two copyright strike

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A GTA 5 mod that aims to recreate the entirety of GTA 6's representation based connected "leaked" information and guesswork is nary longer successful development, aft Rockstar genitor institution Take-Two had videos of the task banished from Youtube.

Titled Project Vice and released to the nationalist connected 20th March, the playable GTA 6 representation mock-up successful question is the enactment of Youtuber Dark Space. In a effect video published yesterday, Dark Space says Take-Two sent him a copyright removal petition implicit his Youtube videos of the mod past week. He's present removed each download links to the mod, without immoderate further prompting from Take-Two, and says he's nary longer moving connected the project.

"I spent months gathering a fan-made GTA 6-inspired representation wrong GTA 5--something purely made retired of passion, not profit," reads the intro to the effect video. "But soon aft uploading a video showcasing the project, Take-Two Interactive took it down. No warning. No conversation. Just gone."

Dark Space has since been chatting to IGN astir this reversal, which helium says wasn't unexpected (an unsympathetic psyche mightiness inquire why, fixed that knowledge, helium decided to enactment connected it successful the archetypal place). "I expected this would hap based connected their past takedowns," helium said. "I went into this task knowing it was a possibility, and the information that it happened does not astonishment me."

Take-Two person yet to stock their reasoning for the takedown request, truthful we're near with Dark Space's ain mentation for events. The mod forms portion of a escaped assemblage GTA 6 mapmaking initiative, mostly operating retired of Reddit, which deploys a clump of speculation and alleged leaked accusation to crippled retired the game's geography. That said, Dark Space claims that "most" of his representation is based simply connected shots from the archetypal GTA 6 trailer from backmost successful 2023.

"I deliberation my representation could person ruined the astonishment of their map, which I get," helium told Ian Games. "If you spent years gathering retired this astonishing crippled satellite conscionable to person immoderate YouTuber spoil the acquisition of the map's shape, size, and vibe... I'd privation it removed too."

As for wherefore he's decided to junk the full happening contempt not being commanded to by our insect overlords astatine Take-Two, Dark Space observed that "well they intelligibly bash not privation this task to exist. So it's not conscionable nether threat, it's eliminated. There's nary constituent putting much clip into thing that goes straight against what they're consenting to allow."

All of this people makes maine overmuch much funny astir Project Vice. Is this conscionable a corporation's lawyers auto-firing astatine thing that smells remotely similar an infringement, oregon is the mod, arsenic Dark Space suggests, "a small excessively accurate" successful its portrayal of GTA 6? I mean, it's astir apt the former, but delight don't fto my increasing deficiency of wonderment ruin an emerging conspiracy theory. I've dug up a clump of screenshots of Project Vice for your eyeballs and insights.

Image credit: Dark Space

All of this continues Rockstar and Take-Two's alternatively torrid narration with the GTA modding scene, which has seen them enlistee immoderate modders to enactment connected the bid portion giving others the ole DMCA blunderbuss. It'll beryllium intriguing to spot however things alteration oregon don't alteration aft the merchandise of GTA 6, fixed that the crippled is rumoured to fto you modify its ain representation utilizing Roblox-style features.