GTA 6 Map in GTA 5 Mod Suffers Inevitable Take-Two Takedown, Creator Believes It Was 'Probably a Little Too Accurate' and 'Could Have Ruined the Surprise'

The modder who released a playable recreation of the Grand Theft Auto 6 representation successful Grand Theft Auto 5 has ceased each enactment connected the task aft being deed by a takedown from Rockstar proprietor Take–Two.

‘Dark Space’ had created a free-to-download playable GTA 5 representation based connected leaked coordinate information and authoritative trailer shots of GTA 6, and uploaded gameplay footage to his YouTube channel. His videos and his mod deed the headlines successful January arsenic information-starved GTA fans flocked to acquisition a fan-made approximation of what they tin expect to play officially erstwhile GTA 6 launches connected PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S this fall.

Then, past week, Dark Space received the dreaded onslaught notification from YouTube aft Take-Two issued a copyright removal request. If a YouTube transmission receives aggregate copyright strikes, it runs the hazard of being terminated.

In response, Dark Space removed each download links to his mod, contempt the information helium has yet to beryllium asked to bash truthful by Take-Two, and published a effect video connected his transmission calling retired the institution for its actions and suggesting it was the effect of the mod's instrumentality connected GTA 6's representation being "probably a small excessively accurate."

Dark Space was much philosophical successful a follow-up interrogation with IGN. “I expected this would hap based connected their past takedowns,” the modder said. “I went into this task knowing it was a possibility, and the information that it happened does not astonishment me.”

Dark Space said helium believes Take-Two went aft his mod due to the fact that it was based connected an online GTA 6 assemblage mapping task that uses leaked coordinate points to “perfectly” representation retired the upcoming virtual space, and arsenic a effect mightiness person ruined the astonishment for players and the net astatine large.

“That's astir apt the biggest reddish flag, though astir of the enactment successful my representation was based connected the trailer shots,” Dark Space added.

“I deliberation my representation could person ruined the astonishment of their map, which I get. 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.”

The upshot is Dark Space’s GTA 6 mod task is nary more. And that’s not conscionable for YouTube videos of it, that’s for the full thing. “Well they intelligibly bash not privation this task to exist,” Dark Space said. “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.

“I'm conscionable going to support making videos that radical hopefully like. I astir apt won't bash thing other modding GTA 5 successful narration to GTA 6, since it seems dangerous.”

There are present concerns that the GTA 6 assemblage mapping task could beryllium adjacent successful Take-Two’s sights. IGN has contacted the radical for comment.

Take-Two has a past of taking down instrumentality projects, astir precocious the YouTube transmission belonging to the makers of the ‘GTA Vice City Nextgen Edition,’ which ports the world, cutscenes, and missions from 2002’s Vice City into 2008’s GTA 4.

One erstwhile Rockstar developer has defended the company’s actions here, saying some Take-Two and Rockstar are protecting their concern interests.

“Take2/R* are a commercialized company,” erstwhile Rockstar Games method manager Obbe Vermeij tweeted. “They volition instrumentality down mods that interfere with their concern interests.

“The VC NextGen Edition mod for GTA4 straight competes with the Definitive Edition. The Liberty City preservation task (GTA4 successful GTA5 engine) would interfere with a imaginable GTA4 remaster. (No thought whether they’re moving connected that. I deliberation they should.)

“There’s nary constituent getting aggravated astir it. This is what companies are expected to do. The champion we tin anticipation for is that they let mods that don’t interfere with their business. Such arsenic DCA3 (GTA3 for Dreamcast). Afaik they person precocious been decent astir letting these projects continue.”

While you hold for GTA 6 to travel out, cheque retired IGN’s sum of an ex-Rockstar dev who says the workplace astir apt won’t beryllium capable to determine whether GTA 6 is delayed until May 2025, Take-Two brag Strauss Zelnick’s effect to interest astir the destiny of GTA Online erstwhile GTA 6 comes out, and the adept sentiment connected whether the PS5 Pro volition tally GTA 6 astatine 60 frames per second.

Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him connected Twitter astatine @wyp100. You tin scope Wesley astatine [email protected] oregon confidentially astatine [email protected].