GTA Underground, Vice Cry, and other major Grand Theft Auto mod projects have been taken down after a flurry of DMCA takedowns from Take-Two.
Take-Two is once again taking aim at Grand Theft Auto mods, this time targeting projects around its older titles. Unfortunately, one of the most popular mods for GTA: San Andreas, GTA: Underground, which combines the maps of several Rockstar properties, is no longer available for download at ModDB. It’s been taken down alongside other popular mods like GTA: Liberty City, Vice Cry, and the Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories: PC Edition ports. The GTA modding community and Take-Two have had a tenuous relationship. In 2017, the company went after GTAV mod tool creators OpenIV and several high-profile mod projects for that game. However, after massive backlash from the community, Take-Two modified their stance and posted an agreement stating fans were free to mod its games as long as it didn’t affect GTA Online and it wasn’t to port content from older titles to GTAV.
