In 2015, fashionable Grand Theft Auto V mod FiveM was banned by Rockstar after the gaming big alleged that FiveM’s work “comprises code designed to facilitate piracy.” Eight years later, Rockstar is taking a decidedly completely different tone in saying that Cfx.re — the mod staff behind FiveM and an analogous mod for Pink Useless Redemption 2 — is now “formally part of Rockstar Video games.” ArsTechnica: With no obvious sense of irony, Rockstar stated in a Friday weblog submit saying the acquisition that it has “watched with pleasure as Rockstar’s inventive neighborhood have discovered new methods to broaden the chances of Grand Theft Auto V and Pink Useless Redemption 2, significantly by means of the creation of devoted roleplay servers.”
However that assertion ignores the distinct lack of pleasure Rockstar exhibited when it barred the Rockstar Social Membership accounts of many FiveM modders and others related to selling the mission again in 2015. “Our coverage on such violations of our phrases of service are clear, and the people concerned in its creation have had their Social Membership accounts suspended,” the corporate stated on the time.
