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Last week, theYouTubechannel that was sharing videos about Vice City: Nextgen Edition was taken down.
This is a mod project that aims to port GTA: Vice City into the engine of GTA 4.
A screenshot of Vice City from the Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition
Ex-Rockstar developer Obbe Vermeij says: “Take2/R* are a commercial company.
They will take down mods that interfere with their business interests.
The VC NextGen Edition mod for GTA 4 directly competes with the Definitive Edition.”
(No idea whether they’re working on that.
I think they should).
There’s no point getting angry about it.
This is what companies are supposed to do."
“The best we can hope for is that they allow mods that don’t interfere with their business.
Such asDCA3 (GTA 3 for Dreamcast).
Afaik they have recently been decent about letting these projects continue.”
Takedowns like this “would be easier to swallow if they produced competent re-masters,” he tweets.
Ironically, it seems this move from Take-Two could actually lose it money.
Just download, install, and play."
“There are no issues with version compatibility since the mod is now fully autonomous.
So Vice City Next Gen just dropped.
Vermeij says Rockstar and Take-Two are just doing “what companies are supposed to do.”
In the meantime, some players seem to be loving what the Nextgen Edition is offering.
Another writes: “GTA Vice City Next Gen Edition is pretty crazy.
Modders truly are incredible.”
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