It seems he is currently trying to find out the nature of the claim before working out what to do next. He can file a counterclaim, but he's worried this may spark a lawsuit. But better to assume it's real."Īap is now faced with a dilemma.
"It's not impossible it's just a troll," he said. Project lead aap tells Eurogamer he's not sure the DMCA takedown is actually from Take-Two. The re3 project is now the subject of a DMCA takedown on GitHub. All files have now been removed, seemingly automatically by GitHub. The DMCA on GitHub claims the project uses copyrighted materials owned by Take-Two, and that this use is "unauthorized and it should be removed immediately". All of this comes in the wake of a purported official remaster of the 3D-era trilogy, whose release date has yet to be specified.This morning, the project's chief creator alerted Eurogamer to a DMCA takedown, supposedly from Rockstar parent company Take-Two, that has hauled both re3 and reVC offline.
The fan-made projects are still listed on GitHub but are now set to read-only. Take-Two is now claiming copyright infringement, even though a purchased copy of the games was required for the mods to work. These popular mods had reverse-engineered the source codes of their respective games with the aim of making them less of a headache to play on modern hardware. Updated Octoby Mark Hospodar: The GTA modding community suffered a blow recently when a lawsuit was filed by Take-Two against the authors of the re3 and reVC projects. Although mods aren't perfect, this collection of add-ons should help tide fans over until a proper remaster hits the shelves. Many of these mods seek to remaster the game on modern hardware, making it feel like a more contemporary experience. RELATED: Ways Grand Theft Auto III Is Timeless (& Ways It Hasn't Aged Well)īut why wait? For such an old game, there are actually a fair amount of mods available to download. Currently, it's looking incredibly promising that an official remaster of the 3D-era games is about to be formally announced by Rockstar. Even though the game is now twenty years old, its legacy hasn't faded in the least. To say that Grand Theft Auto 3 is a beloved classic would be a bit of an understatement.
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