Take-Two Interactive has officially halted the development of an ambitious community-led project aimed at bringing Grand Theft Auto V to the Nintendo Switch. The developer behind the homebrew effort, a modder known as Mojso (M0jso), confirmed that his group, Paralympics Productions, will cease all operations on October 3, 2026.

The shutdown follows a cease-and-desist order from Rockstar Games’ parent company. While Rockstar has long maintained a complex relationship with the modding community, the company updated its official modding guidelines in September 2026 to explicitly prohibit the porting of its titles to unsupported hardware platforms. This policy shift appears to have provided the direct legal basis for intervening in the Switch project.

The project gained significant attention within the homebrew scene for its technical approach. Unlike common workarounds that use cloud streaming or emulation, this port was reportedly built for native execution on the Nintendo Switch hardware. Technical reports indicate the game achieved performance levels between 10 and 25 frames per second on stock Switch hardware, though performance could reach 30 frames per second when the console was overclocked.

According to TechPowerUp, the project is widely believed to have utilized portions of the Grand Theft Auto V source code that was leaked during a massive data breach in late 2023. The use of proprietary leaked assets generally places such projects in a high-risk legal category, as it moves beyond transformative modding into the realm of copyright infringement.

From Defiance to Closure

The sudden end of the project marks a sharp reversal for Mojso, who had previously adopted a defiant stance toward the publisher. Following the September update to Rockstar’s modding rules, the developer reportedly posted social media comments challenging the company to “try to deal with me.” Mojso has since admitted that those “cocky” remarks likely damaged his legal standing, making it difficult to mount a defense against Take-Two’s legal team.

To avoid escalating the cease-and-desist into a formal lawsuit, Mojso stated he will not release the project’s source code or assets to the public. He emphasized that the group is complying with the legal demands to ensure no further action is taken against individual members. The closure also affects a concurrent project that was attempting to bring Grand Theft Auto V to Android devices, which has been canceled as part of the same settlement.

With Paralympics Productions set to dissolve in early October, the “impossible” port remains unfinished. The situation serves as a prominent example of the legal boundaries surrounding the use of leaked internal data for community-driven software development, especially when those projects conflict with a publisher’s active platform strategy.