A fan mod for Red Dead Redemption gets shut down by Take-Two

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Another fan project bites the dust as Take-Two takes down the Red Dead Redemption – Damned Enhancement Project. This mod would have enhanced the original RDR via emulator, either on Xenia (for Xbox 360) or RPCS3 (for PS3). The creator of the mod, Johnathan Wyckoff (aka DamnedDev), was asked to halt work on the project several times between September and November 2019. After ignoring Take-Two’s requests, the company filed suit on December 26.

This mod, in particular, caught the public’s attention because the original Red Dead Redemption never came out on PC. With it being a decade since the game launched, many have given up hope for an official release. Fans hoped this mod give them the chance to play the game on PC via emulator with the advantages that could come from current-gen hardware.

However, like many fan projects, a lot of drama has cropped up around RDR-DEP. Upon the first contact from Take-Two, Wyckoff canceled the project but later restarted development shortly after. Comments made by Wyckoff on GTAForums, Twitter, and his Discord, indicate that he was not worried about Take-Two’s attempt to halt the project. He also alluded that Take-Two had given its blessing to the project at some point.



According to the case filed by Take-Two (via TorrentFreak), the company repeatedly attempted to contact Wyckoff to solve the issue without litigation to no avail.

The crux of Take-Two’s issues with the project seems to be two-fold:

The distribution of the project could impact future profits if Take-Two decides to release RDR1 on PC, either as a standalone or an expansion to RDR2.

To use the mod, players would have to rip the files from a disc, creating an unauthorized copy of the game.


Take-Two also accuses Wyckoff of violating the user agreements for several Rockstar games, both for this mod and another project he was working on to bring the RDR1 map to RDR2 on PC.


Wyckoff announced the cancellation of RDR-DEP for the second time on December 27, after the lawsuit was filed. According to Wyckoff, he’s in “talks” with Take-Two as of the same date.

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Source: https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/625609-red-dead-redemption-damned-enhancement-project-mod-cancelled

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322Posted:

Mario350 cant remaster what isnt yours i thought this was talking about the rdr2 m mod like five m, but glad to see them shutting down mods, maybe if the emulation didnt suck and the devs of rpcs3 and xenia would let the dolphine emulator team take over then we wouldnt need mods for that, the game ran poorly anyways on emulator.

what isnt broken dont fix it easy, and this could have been alot worst they could have faced a million dollar lawsuit so thats another reason why i dont bother with mods for games that rockstar owns the rights or nintendo for that matter unless its smw i dont think they care about smw at all.

but yeah serves them right for publicly announcing the mod which is very very stupid to do


What a weird comment. I don't really think this was a mod. Its more just trying to get it run smoothly and some minor enhancements along the way, so it didn't look so aged. I don't understand how you could ever be happy about Take two shutting down mods. I really can't fathom how you think them shutting this down is good? Unless you like the double dipping of rockstar and take two by delaying PC releases by more than a year and if they ever release RD1 more than a decade.
People bash EA but everyone leaves the micro transaction riddled GTAV alone for some reason. Remember how good the GTA IV expansions were. Now they just release cars and shark cards.

Mario350Posted:

cant remaster what isnt yours i thought this was talking about the rdr2 m mod like five m, but glad to see them shutting down mods, maybe if the emulation didnt suck and the devs of rpcs3 and xenia would let the dolphine emulator team take over then we wouldnt need mods for that, the game ran poorly anyways on emulator.

what isnt broken dont fix it easy, and this could have been alot worst they could have faced a million dollar lawsuit so thats another reason why i dont bother with mods for games that rockstar owns the rights or nintendo for that matter unless its smw i dont think they care about smw at all.

but yeah serves them right for publicly announcing the mod which is very very stupid to do

MazePosted:

Kinda lame but maybe this is a hint at releasing the game on pc? Like it says maybe it will be a expansion for rdr2 or something like that


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