Grand Theft Auto Maker Blocks NFTs And Crypto On Online Role Playing Servers

Rockstar Games, creator of iconic titles such as the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) series and Red Dead Redemption, has updated its policy on role-playing servers and mods after years of silence about them. In the new policy update, Rockstar has banned the use of crypto currencies or crypto assets such as non-sworn tokens (NFTs), creating new content such as games, stories, missions, or maps, generating revenue through sponsorships, and more. Despite acknowledging the richness of community-created experiences within its titles, Rockstar is removing key features of its games and reportedly banning users and mods following the revised policy.

The new rules are special targeting role-playing servers, think of it as spin-offs of the original GTA 5 created by people who aren’t Rockstar Games, but rather fans and developers. They extend the gameplay beyond what players can do in a regular game by allowing them to play as regular non-playable characters like police officers, judges, or taxi drivers.

The company stressed that it still supports these servers despite the new restrictions. It also prohibited the importation or misuse of other IP in the project, including other Rockstar IP, real-world characters, characters, trademarks or music; and creating new games, stories, missions or maps.

“Rockstar Games has always believed in meaningful fan innovation and wants creators to show their passion for our games. Third-party ‘Roleplaying’ servers are an extension of the rich community-created content within Grand Theft Auto that we hope will continue to thrive in a safe and friendly manner for many years to come, ” said the company.

Servers like And Pixel, Twitchagain Eclipse RP they are some of the most popular servers out there. They allowed GTA V to become one of the most streamed and watched episodes on the Amazon-led streaming site, Twitch.

While traditional maintenance organizations and modders have accepted the revised policy, crypto-centric role-playing servers have yet to share a statement. NFT role playing servers for GTA V are like MyMeta again otf game there will be other projects that will be affected.

OTF Gaming, in collaboration with famous hip-hop artist Lil Durk, was set to release the Trenches All-Access Pass NFT collection. The bundle is said to give users access to a custom GTA RP server, loot boxes, featuring new artists on the radio station, and more.

However, due to policy, the game cluster has stopped all operations on its servers. Servers have been down since Sunday until further notice.