A mod placing a playable approximation of GTA 6’s map into GTA 5 has run into hassle after Rockstar proprietor Take-Two issued a copyright elimination request to its creator’s YouTube channel.
The mod, developed by Youtuber Darkish House, was an effort to convey GTA 6’s map to life in GTA 5 by constructing on the work of the Mapping Vice Metropolis venture – a group led try and piece collectively GTA 6’s map by scrutinising all at the moment launched official media and mixing any discoveries with beforehand leaked map coordinates.
Darkish House started detailing his progress on social media in January and a model 1.0 launch of his mod – constructed from GTA 5 belongings – launched final week. Nevertheless, the venture might have already got run aground; Darkish House is reining issues in after Take-Two’s authorized group hit his YouTube channel with a copyright elimination request.
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“I spent months constructing a fan-made GTA 6-inspired map inside GTA 5 – one thing purely made out of ardour, not revenue,” Darkish House wrote in an introduction to a brand new video detailing the week’s occasions. “However shortly after importing a video showcasing the venture, Take-Two Interactive took it down. No warning. No dialog. Simply gone.”
“I’ve additionally eliminated the obtain hyperlink regardless that they did not ask me to,” Darkish House continued within the video itself. “However I feel it is smarter to get out in entrance of them somewhat than ready for his or her e-mail that can by no means come… So why did they take away my video?… Nicely, my guess is that the map might be a bit too correct.””
In a follow-up interview with IGN, Darkish House admitted he’d anticipated Take-Two may reply the best way it did based mostly on earlier mod takedowns. “I went into this venture realizing it was a chance,” he defined, “and the truth that it occurred doesn’t shock me.”
“I feel my map might have ruined the shock of their map, which I get,” he continued. “Should you spent years constructing out this wonderful sport world simply to have some YouTuber spoil the expertise of the map’s form, dimension, and vibe… I might need it eliminated too.”
Take-Two has lengthy been at loggerheads with the GTA modding group, most not too long ago shutting down the Liberty Metropolis Preservation Undertaking – an bold mod including a playable model of GTA 4’s map to GTA5. In 2023, nonetheless, it employed Cfx.re – the group behind the favored GTA 5 FiveM and RDR2 RedM mods (and one other group that is beforehand confronted Rockstar’s wrath) – which is at the moment engaged on an official “conversion instrument” to convey GTA 5 mods into the not too long ago launched PC model of GTA 5 Enhanced.
As for GTA 6, it is nonetheless focusing on the autumn 2025 launch window beforehand introduced by Take-Two, regardless of persistent reviews of a delay – though a third-party equipment firm not too long ago claimed the PC model will not arrive till early subsequent 12 months.
