Last week, a group of fans revealed that they were going to release a Grand Theft Auto: Vice City remaster, developed using GTA 4's engine, on January 25. But as it picked up steam online, Take-Two took down the team's entire YouTube channel.
Many assumed that was the end of Vice City: Next-Gen Edition, with Take-Two nipping yet another ambitious project in the bud. That wasn't the case. As reported by Eurogamer, the mod launched as planned, and is readily available right now.
However, while the initial plan was to ensure that players had a copy of GTA 4 to access the remaster out of "respect to the publisher", Take-Two's response sparked fan-led developer Revolution Team to completely rebuild the mod, making it available as a "standalone installation-ready package".
Take-Two shut down the project's YouTube channel without making any attempt to contact the fans behind it. This means that hundreds of hours pertaining to the mod's development have been completely and irreversibly lost.
Another fan-led project bringing Liberty City to GTA 5 was shut down earlier this month following conversations with Rockstar.
"A huge amount of effort and time was invested...
