In 2015, well-liked Grand Theft Auto V mod FiveM was banned by Rockstar after the gaming large alleged that FiveM’s work “accommodates code designed to facilitate piracy.” Eight years later, Rockstar is taking a decidedly totally different tone in asserting that Cfx.re — the mod group behind FiveM and the same mod for Crimson Lifeless Redemption 2 — is now “formally part of Rockstar Video games.” ArsTechnica: With no obvious sense of irony, Rockstar mentioned in a Friday weblog submit asserting the acquisition that it has “watched with pleasure as Rockstar’s artistic neighborhood have discovered new methods to increase the probabilities of Grand Theft Auto V and Crimson Lifeless Redemption 2, notably 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 venture 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 mentioned on the time.