Unofficial GTA 5 Switch port cancelled after Take-Two lawyers step in

The modder who dared Rockstar Games to “try me” over an unofficial Grand Theft Auto 5 port for Nintendo Switch has cancelled the project after hearing from Take-Two Interactive’s lawyers.

Mojso, working under the name Paralympics Productions, announced on 28 September 2026 that the port was over. He said the group itself would shut down on 3 October 2026. He added that he was thankful for Take-Two’s mercy, according to Video Games Chronicle.

The project was an unauthorised version of GTA 5 built for Switch using leaked source code, the game’s underlying programming instructions released without permission. Mojso had been preparing it for users with a modded Switch, a console altered to run unofficial software. It never launched.

Before the shutdown, Mojso shared images purporting to show GTA Online, the game’s multiplayer mode, running on Switch hardware. He claimed only a few issues remained before it would be fully playable on Rockstar’s official servers.

The dispute centred on Rockstar’s updated mod guidelines, the company’s published rules for fan-made alterations. Those rules prohibit changing its games to run on consoles or platforms where they have not been officially released.

On 20 September 2026, Mojso posted a screenshot of those guidelines on X with the message “try me”. A separate report put his earlier wording as “Try me, Rockstar. IDGAF”, according to Kotaku.

Three days later, on 23 September 2026, the Paralympics Productions Discord server, its main chat hub for updates, was shut down by Discord for copyright infringement.

Then came the lawyers. Take-Two, the publisher that owns Rockstar, filed a cease-and-desist, a formal legal demand to stop, which led to the cancellation just days before the planned release, according to Notebookcheck.

For Switch owners, this means there is no playable version to download. The files were never publicly released, and the team behind them is closing down.