Huge GTA 4 Mod Issued DMCA Takedown

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The team behind an ambitious Grand Theft Auto 4 mod has received a DMCA takedown notice. While the Grand Theft Auto franchise contains some beloved titles for many gamers, a lot of players are looking to spruce up the visuals and gameplay of the franchise by modding it, considering the most recent game in the series is nearly ten years old. With Grand Theft Auto 4 turning fourteen this year, one mod sought to revamp the experience of the game entirely, combining a collection of mods and fan-made patches into a complete overhaul.

Grand Theft Auto 4:Definitive Edition sought to vastly improve how the game looked and played. Similarly to other ambitious Grand Theft Auto mods, a team of people was required in order to get the Grand Theft Auto 4: Definitive Edition up and running. Formed in 2016, The Definitive Edition Project has done more than just work on Grand Theft Auto 4, as the goal of the project is to improve upon old PC ports of Rockstar games.

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While The Definitive Edition Project has restored other titles like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, GTA: San Andreas, and some perhaps lesser-known Rockstar games like Bully, the Grand Theft Auto 4: Definitive Edition mod is the one being targeted by a recent takedown notice sent to The Definitive Edition Project. On the modding group's Twitter page, the team posted is a notification it had received for all content related to Grand Theft Auto 4 to be removed from the project's website.

The Definitive Edition Project assumes that this notice comes from Rockstar and is currently working to get the Grand Theft Auto 4 mod removed from its page. While there hasn't yet been a notice for the group to take down their Grand