GTA fans react to Rockstar taking down founder's videos

In recent news, GTA fans began tweeting in support of one of the game's founders, Mike Dailly, after he mentioned Rockstar hitting his YouTube videos with a copyright infringement. Dailly tweeted on August 21 about the copyright ban, which quickly became a point of discussion among the GTA faithful.

The tweet came as a surprise as fans couldn't hold back their emotions, with fellow YouTubers and news agencies also expressing their disbelief. Vadim M, a regular YouTuber on the game's series, tweeted:

"They decided to nuke this."

Something is afoot (Image source Twitter/@NationalPepper)

Since Mike left prior to the release of GTA 2 and Rockstar's takeover of DMA Design, many are still unaware of his contribution to the franchise. Citing the erasure of history and founders' names from the franchise, a fan replied to Mike about abandoning the first two games of the series.

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GTA Mod community and YouTubers stand with Mike Dailly

Fans have seen gamers getting banned by publishers and developers for using cheats. However, the phenomenon has involved streamers, online gamers, and even mods that visually improve the game with higher resolution and increased frame rates.

Rockstar's latest antics have also led fans to go after their parent company, Take-Two. Furthermore, many have been quite vocal about Rockstar's take on the fan community, demanding more support.

With that being said, a fan managed to share a screengrab of Mike's YouTube channel page that provides a glimpse of the prototypes.

Mike Dailly's YouTube page as seen on archive now (Image via Twitter/@Zorklis)

YouTuber NostalgiaNerd uploaded a video to his channel back in 2016, discussing one of Mike's GTA prototypes. The video is still active and raking in the viewership.

As much as Rockstar tries to play well with devs, gamers and modders alike, there's been constant unrest among the franchise's community.

This is especially apparent with modders being the most vocal and expecting a lot of glitches and bug fixes to be sorted in the upcoming game in Rockstar's franchise. GTA 6 is expected to be revealed in the near future, and the entire gaming industry is focused on Rockstar Games to come up with an update.

With massive expectations on hand, the company came out with a couple of recently remastered versions of Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. However, none of them were well received.