By james_fudge
According to Ars Technica, modders working on an online Grand Theft Auto V mod called FiveM claim that their Rockstar Social Club accounts were blocked last week. They contend that Rockstar banned them because they are involved with the mod. Rockstar isn't saying why they banned the players as of this writing. The bans not only make it so they can't play GTA V - they are barred from playing any other Rockstar games associated with their accounts.
FiveM is a mod that allows Grand Theft Auto V PC players to play together on dedicated servers. Normally if you want to play GTA V in multiplayer mode, you have to do it on Rockstar's servers.
According to Ars Technica's report, users NTAuthority and TheDeadlyDutch reportedly received ban notices on their Rockstar Social Club accounts at around the same time last week.
"I believe these bans may be in relation to my existence [sic] on the FiveM project," TheDeadlyDutchi wrote on the Rockstar Support forum over the weekend. "I have not done any reverse engineering or other work on FiveM that may go against the TOS. I hope to resolve this soon."
It remains unclear exactly why Rockstar banned the developers of the mod, but the company has been quick to take aim at fan creations that have anything even remotely to do with multiplayer.
We will have more on this story as it develops.
Ars Technica has more on this story here.
According to Ars Technica, modders working on an online Grand Theft Auto V mod called FiveM claim that their Rockstar Social Club accounts were blocked last week. They contend that Rockstar banned them because they are involved with the mod. Rockstar isn't saying why they banned the players as of this writing. The bans not only make it so they can't play GTA V - they are barred from playing any other Rockstar games associated with their accounts.
FiveM is a mod that allows Grand Theft Auto V PC players to play together on dedicated servers. Normally if you want to play GTA V in multiplayer mode, you have to do it on Rockstar's servers.
According to Ars Technica's report, users NTAuthority and TheDeadlyDutch reportedly received ban notices on their Rockstar Social Club accounts at around the same time last week.
"I believe these bans may be in relation to my existence [sic] on the FiveM project," TheDeadlyDutchi wrote on the Rockstar Support forum over the weekend. "I have not done any reverse engineering or other work on FiveM that may go against the TOS. I hope to resolve this soon."
It remains unclear exactly why Rockstar banned the developers of the mod, but the company has been quick to take aim at fan creations that have anything even remotely to do with multiplayer.
We will have more on this story as it develops.
Ars Technica has more on this story here.
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