Now, if you are even slightly familiar with the PC gaming community, you will likely heard of mods. Some of you may have already heard of this story as well.
For those who don't know, PC game mods allow the player to change the game however they like. Whether it's adding in a cool new sports car concept to the game, making a gun that fires sharks at people, or millions of other things.
So, onto the story, Rockstar Games' parent company, Take-Two Interactive, has shut down the modding tool OpenIV, which, as the name implies, came out originally for Grand Theft Auto IV and evolved into a tool for Grand Theft Auto V. On June 5, 2017 Take-Two sent the team behind OpenIV a cease and desist letter, and the OpenIV team complied and shut the project down.
There are a few theories of why this could have happened, and the one that I immediately think of is this: Damage control. Take-Two probably thought "oh, this tool is a danger to our game." But, there's a problem with that - Why not sooner? This product has been out for a decade. If Take-Two wanted to shut it down because it was a danger, they would have done years ago.
Here is a link to a news article from GameZone on the event:
http://www.gamezone.com/news/take-two-declares-modding-for-grand-theft-auto-v-illegal-main-modding-tool-shut-down-3454656Well, VGCollect forum users, what do you think? Do you support Take-Two for taking action on this tool or do you support OpenIV for making the game more open to customization?