After months of Take-Two Interactive attacking and fighting GTA modders, the people behind the long development Sant Andreu mod, GTA Underground, they have killed the project and removed it from the network due to “growing hostility” from Take-Two and fears of additional legal issues.
In recent months, Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of GTA Rockstar Games developers: have committed a digital murder, sending various withdrawal notices a gets the GTA from the 3D era of antiquity modifications i ports font removed from the internet. The editor is too suing the creators behind the reverse engineering source ports City of vice i GTA III. As a result of this hostility, GTA Underground lead developer dkluin wrote yesterday in a post on GTAForums that they and the rest of the modders working on the project now “officially ceased development” of GTA: underground.
“Because of the growing hostility towards the modding community and the imminent danger to our mental and financial well-being,” explained dkluin, “We sadly announce that we are officially ceasing the development of GTA: underground and will soon remove all official offline charges. “
Dkluin also thanked the community for the support they received over the past six years and mentioned all the “amazing work” that went into the modification and the “great moments” the team experienced working together. A final video, simply called “The End.” posted today on the modding team’s YouTube channel.
GTA Underground is a mod created for GTA Sant Andreas with the aim of merging all of the above GTA maps in a mega environment. The mod even aimed to attract other cities from non-countriesGTA games developed by Rockstar in San Andreas, including the cities listed in Bully i Manhunt.
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The modification had already had problems Take-Two in July. As a result, it was removed from ModDB. It is now removed from all other official sources and sites.
In 2018, Kotaku interviewed dkluin about the modification and all the work that goes into it. I had started developing it in 2014, when I was only 14 years old. GTA Underground it’s not a simple job of copying and pasting, instead, the modders added AI and traffic routines to all the maps, making them fully playable as GTA cities. The team also planned to add more cities to the game, including their own custom creations.
Rockstar and Take-Two Interactive have not shared their official reasons for following these changes made by fans, but many suspect it has to do with the upcoming GTA remasterings. As reported Kotaku last month, Rockstar is working on a collection that includes remastered versions of Grand Theft Auto III, City of vice, i Sant Andreu reaching the Switch and other platforms. Although the collection has not been officially revealed, sources say it is slated for a release later this year.