Rockstar is absorbing the GTA and Red Dead mod group CFX
The popular Red Dead Redemption and GTA mod platform CFX is now officially part of Rockstar games, the sandbox game maker announced in a statement. The moves comes after roughly a decade of CFX building and hosting an extensive network of servers for players to enjoy customized versions of Rockstar’s most popular games, including playing Red Dead Redemption 2 in multiplayer mode and teaming up for roleplaying in GTA 5.
“Over the past few years, we’ve watched with excitement as Rockstar’s creative community have found new ways to expand the possibilities of Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2, particularly through the creation of dedicated roleplay servers,” Rockstar said in a statement. “As a way to further support those efforts, we recently expanded our policy on mods to officially include those made by the roleplay creative community.”
“By partnering with the Cfx.re team, we will help them find new ways to support this incredible community and improve the services they provide to their developers and players.”
So the short version is that you can expect to see official mod support and probably roleplaying servers in GTA Online in the coming months and GTA 6, whenever it launches (probably in 2024). Bethesda took a somewhat similar approach with Skyrim’s anniversary edition. While the team didn’t absorb any of the RPG’s creator groups, they did turn some of the most popular mods into official parts of the game.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF