Blessing Adeoye Jr.

CFX Marketplace.

Rockstar, that sounds like a horrible name.

Yeah.

They announced the acquisition of CFX.RE, a Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 modding team back in 2023.

CFX.RE is behind two servers, 5M and RedM, focusing on multiplayer roleplay.

5M was created in 2015 and RedM in 2019.

Back in 2015, Rockstar Games and partner company Take-Two called the 5M server an unauthorized alternate multiplayer server that contains code to facilitate piracy, leading to the ban of three of its principal creators.

However, the developer's policy for role-play servers changed in November 2022, allowing the use of servers like 5M and RedM, as long as they are non-commercial, do not misuse IP or trademarks, and don't interfere with its official online and multiplayer services.

This new curated digital storefront now hopes to give creators a place to share and sell their work, such as props, scripts, maps, and much more.

For launch, the team has partnered with a curated list of creators, which Rockstar says it worked...

While building the marketplace, some of the listed mods are free, while bundles can cost several hundred dollars.

I don't like this, Bless.

I'm just going to be honest.

I'm sure there's some people out here that are like, yeah, this is a good thing, but there's something about this that I'm like, nah, shady shit's going on.

The project will roll out in stages to ensure the best experience for both creators and server's owners.

Every time someone's explained to me, like, making money off of mods, it always ends in a scam.

Wait, always?

Every single time.

Smash Brothers community had a really big deal with this last year.

Oh, really?