'Now what came from this is Rockstar Games stepping up and talking to Take-Two to highlight the importance of the modding community and as such the takedowns dropped but some 'rules' were put into place. 'Naturally this did not fly well back in 2017 and both gamers and the gaming media attacked Rockstar and Take-Two for this decision,' they continue. As Ash puts it, an agreement to help the publisher and the modding community peacefully coexist was struck a little while back when Take-Two 'tried to make modding GTA games illegal'.