GTA V gamers up in arms after Take-Two kills OpenIV mod tool
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If you aren't much into game mods, you may not be aware that the Grand Theft Auto series has a rich machinima and modding tradition. Enterprising modders have have been extending and improving Take Two's beloved titles for some fifteen years now. The goods on offer are numerous, from simple modifications like adding extra cars and costumes, to advanced tweaks like custom car handling profiles and entire new areas, all the way up to turning GTA: San Andreas into an MMORPG. It seems that those mods may be a thing of the past now, though, seeing as Take-Two issued a cease-and-desist letter to the creators of the critically-important OpenIV mod tool, stating that modding the company's games is an "illegal" activity.
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