A modding group has doubled down on its plans to port GTA: Vice City content into GTA 4's engine, despite publisher Take-Two Interactive stepping in to apparently try and shut the enterprise down. The project - known as GTA Vice City Nextgen Edition - ports the missions, side missions, cutscenes and world from Vice City into the GTA 4 engine. It was created by Revolution Team , and initially required players own a legitimate copy of GTA 4 in order to play.
But the group has now switched its plans, after the YouTube channel charting its progress was suddenly taken down - something Revolution Team has blamed Take-Two for. Now, the project has been released and can work on its own - without requiring players buy GTA 4 first - in response to what the group has called Take-Two's "cruel move". "Friends, [you] probably already know that just two days before the release, Take-Two Interactive deleted our YouTube channel without any warning or attempt to contact us," reads a statement published by Revolution Team.
"A huge amount of effort and time was invested into the channel, including hundreds of hours of streams dedicated to the mod's development." "Additionally, we lost connection with our international audience, which was a significant part of our community. The teaser trailer for GTA Vice City Nextgen Edition gained over 100,000 views and 1500 comments in less than a day.
Unfortunately, the channel was removed without any possibility of recovery." The days since the channel's re.
