{"id":90307,"date":"2026-09-29T09:07:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=90307"},"modified":"2026-09-29T09:36:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:36:26","slug":"gta-5-for-switch-mod-project-shuts-down-dev-thanks-take-two-for-its-mercy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=90307","title":{"rendered":"GTA 5 For Switch Mod Project Shuts Down, Dev Thanks Take-Two For Its \u201cMercy\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The creator of a mod project that sought to bring Rockstar&#8217;s Grand Theft Auto 5 to Switch is closing up shop, apparently at the request of rights owner Take-Two. This action comes in the same month that Rockstar published a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockstargames.com\/community-resources\/mod-guidelines\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rockstargames.com\/community-resources\/mod-guidelines\">&#8220;Mod Guidelines&#8221; notice<\/a> informing people they need to &#8220;respect our games&#8221; and are not allowed to modify its games to operate on consoles or devices that are not officially supported by Rockstar. GTA 5 was never released on Switch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paralympics Productions <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/M0jso\/status\/2104610351358820703\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/M0jso\/status\/2104610351358820703\">announced<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/grand-theft-auto\/gta-5-modder-behind-switch-1-port-using-rockstars-leaked-code-says-its-shutting-down-following-action-from-the-devs-i-am-thankful-for-take-twos-mercy\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/grand-theft-auto\/gta-5-modder-behind-switch-1-port-using-rockstars-leaked-code-says-its-shutting-down-following-action-from-the-devs-i-am-thankful-for-take-twos-mercy\/\">via GamesRadar<\/a>) that it will shut down on October 3. The developer thanked people for their support and apologized for not being able to deliver GTA 5 for Switch. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also said he&#8217;s &#8220;thankful for Take-Two&#8217;s mercy,&#8221; which makes it sound like this situation could have been worse for the modder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This is the definitive end,&#8221; the developer wrote. &#8220;Peace out, girl scouts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  https:\/\/twitter.com\/M0jso\/status\/2104610351358820703?  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The developer <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/M0jso\/status\/2104694190563086486\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/M0jso\/status\/2104694190563086486\">went on to say<\/a> that they had received a cease-and-desist notice. He said he plans to comply with this because &#8220;I&#8217;m not an idiot.&#8221; No legal action has taken place as of yet, he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other replies, the developer responded to people asking him to release his<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The creator of a mod project that sought to bring Rockstar&#8217;s Grand Theft Auto 5 to Switch is closing up shop, apparently at the request of rights owner Take-Two. This action comes in the same month that Rockstar published a new &#8220;Mod Guidelines&#8221; notice informing people they need to &#8220;respect our games&#8221; and are not&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":90309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90307"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90307"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90310,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90307\/revisions\/90310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/90309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}