The GTA V Modding Controversy- Everything You Need to Know

Over the years, mods have become an important part of the gaming world, helping to keep many old games relevant, correcting bugs and other snags in gameplay, and trying to make the game more fun by adding content. Bethesda’s Fallout and Elder Scrolls series, and Rockstar Games’ GTA series are two franchises that have supported, and encouraged modding. So it came as a rather rude shock to the gaming community when Take-Two, Rockstar’s parent company, sent a cease-and-desist letter for the shutting down of OpenIV, GTA’s primary modding software, on June 5th. What ensued was a series of angry reactions from the game’s players, who poured in with negative reviews for the game on Steam, and even launched a petition that gathered nearly 80,000 signatures.