Mojso stops unofficial GTA 5 Switch port after Take-Two cease-and-desist
Modder Mojso has halted his unofficial GTA 5 port for Nintendo Switch after Take-Two sent a cease-and-desist.
- IGN reports that Take-Two Interactive sent a cease-and-desist, after which Mojso said the port will not be released.
- According to the report, the project’s Discord server was taken offline about three days after a post aimed at Rockstar, reportedly over copyright infringement.
What happened
IGN reported on September 30, 2026 that Mojso was working on an unofficial GTA 5 port for Nintendo Switch mods. The report links the project to Rockstar Games’ modding guidelines, which do not allow unofficial ports. The source describes it as a mod project based on Grand Theft Auto 5, not an official release or a version approved by Rockstar.
According to the same report, the project then ran into trouble: Mojso’s Discord server was reportedly removed about three days later for copyright infringement. The available information does not fully clarify who carried out that takedown, but the timing is being tied to the broader legal pressure around the project. The tweet embed provided with the story also repeats that sequence: first the taunt toward Rockstar, then the Discord server being taken offline.
Mojso then said that Take-Two Interactive had sent a cease-and-desist. In the quoted statements, Mojso says the port will not be released because they do not want to take legal risks. Mojso also said the project would be shut down on October 3. In another quoted response, Mojso says they did not expect Rockstar to strike back so hard and that they did not intend to fight it in court.
Timeline
September 30, 2026: IGN publishes its article about Mojso’s unofficial GTA 5 Switch port and Take-Two’s response.
After an earlier post aimed at Rockstar: according to the report, the project’s Discord server is removed about three days later for copyright infringement.
In the provided tweet embed: Mojso says the server takedown did not immediately stop the project and that warnings about Rockstar and Take-Two did not scare them off.
After that: Mojso says Take-Two sent a cease-and-desist.
In a second tweet embed: Mojso says they did not expect Rockstar to “strike back so hard” and that a lawsuit was not the goal.
October 3: Mojso says the project is being shut down.
Background
The case centers on Rockstar Games’ modding rules, which the source says do not allow unofficial ports. That put Mojso’s project directly at odds with Rockstar and parent company Take-Two’s policies. The core conflict is therefore not just that this was a GTA 5 port for Switch, but that the project reportedly fell outside the allowed modding boundaries.
The available information shows that Mojso discussed the project publicly on X/Twitter. In the first provided tweet, the situation is summarized as a modder porting GTA 5 to Nintendo Switch and then receiving a cease-and-desist. In the second tweet, the Discord server is said to have been removed three days later for copyright infringement, while Mojso also says they were not immediately discouraged. In the third tweet, Mojso says they did not expect Rockstar to react so strongly and that going to court was not desirable.
It is important to note that the provided information does not include a fully independent legal record. The source does say Take-Two sent a cease-and-desist, but the exact legal route behind the Discord takedown remains unclear. It is also not confirmed whether a playable build or files were shared before the project was shut down. What is clear from the provided material is that Mojso planned to end the project on October 3 and that the port would not be released.
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Sources
- IGN: article about Mojso’s unofficial GTA 5 Switch port and Take-Two’s cease-and-desist.
- X/Twitter: posts from @M0jso about the port, the Discord takedown and the response to legal pressure.