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next weeks headline: "GTA5 performance up 40% due to fan-submitted patches." [0]: https://www.pcgamer.com/rockstar-thanks-gta-online-player-wh...
I'm always wishing there were more AAA games I could play natively on aarch64 linux. Porting it might not be the easiest thing in the world, but a source leak opens the door for it.
> I'm always wishing there were more AAA games I could play natively on aarch64 linux. Porting it might not be the easiest thing in the world, but a source leak opens the door for it. Except a source code leak is basically the worst thing that could happen with this goal in mind. It's a far cry from reverse engineering or a company open sourcing it. Most people aren't even going to touch it beyond the curiousity.
Maybe the Mt. Chiliad Mystery will be finally solved https://gta-myths.fandom.com/wiki/Mount_Chiliad_Mystery
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If they can extract the game engine code into a reusable framework, yes. No game created from it could ever be legally released though.
If it's a closed source release, how could anyone prove which code/framework they reused ?
Rock star is getting a lot of hits recently, and I’m not entirely sure if it’s an inside job, bad management, poor hires, or mix of all or something completely different, I would imagine they should have increased their measures when GTA6 got leaked..
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Those lawyers must have had a laugh there and then. Money? Nah, let’s see if they go with toys and clothing from the warehouse.
Publishing it would be breaking the law and exposing themselves to a lawsuit, which they would lose. The swag is nice.
There's also an argument to be made that the code itself does not infringe on their IP, as this was the lost source code from the old edition of StarCraft (from how I'm reading it in the news). Losing this code specifically made Blizzard restart the project, so it's not even the same project nor a commercially released product.
The former argument is pretty black and white. The latter very tenuous.
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How?
Why re release my 2008 game as a remaster in 2023 if Sven in Sweden already patched the (open) source with QOL changes and provided higher texture mods. It does cut on future dumb re releases :)
> from the POV of management, a leak of the source might prevent a future re-release, which cuts into future potential profits!
In the aftermath of the backlash from their shoddy legal engineering project, they decided to not remaster other games: https://kotaku.com/gta-iv-remastered-red-dead-redemption-can...
Oh? I will allow it.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/12/teen-hacked-grand-th...
No competitor can think there's anything there worth their money and effort.