Garry’s Mod is taking down decades of Nintendo-related add-ons

The celebrated physics sandbox crippled Garry’s Mod is pulling each of its Nintendo-related add-ons pursuing copyright takedown requests from nan gaming giant. On Wednesday, nan developers of Garry’s Mod made a post connected Steam saying users “may person noticed that definite Nintendo related shop items person precocious been taken down,” adding that “this is not a mistake,” arsenic nan takedowns came from Nintendo.

“Honestly, this is adjacent enough. This is Nintendo’s contented and what they let and don’t let is up to them,” nan station reads. “They don’t want you playing pinch that worldly successful Garry’s Mod — that’s their decision, we person to respect that and return down arsenic overmuch arsenic we can. This is an ongoing process, arsenic we person 20 years of uploads to spell through.”

Garry’s Mod began removing Nintendo-related contented earlier this year, but some users believed these requests were from a copyright troll alternatively than from Nintendo itself. After looking into this astir caller information of copyright takedowns, Garry’s Mod creator Garry Newman confirmed connected X that he has “been assured” nan takedown requests are “legit.”

The takedown requests mean Garry’s Mod will person to region a immense swath of Nintendo-related maps and different items. Over nan years, player-made contented connected Garry’s Mod has allowed players to do things for illustration turn Super Mario 64 into a first-person shooter aliases moreover explore Hyrule arsenic Link. Since location is conscionable truthful overmuch Nintendo-related contented connected Garry’s Mod, developers are asking nan organization to region immoderate infringing activity they’ve uploaded. The Verge reached retired to Nintendo pinch a petition for remark but didn’t instantly perceive back.