Grand Theft Auto’s biggest roleplay community has just been acquired by Rockstar Games

In a surprise move, Rockstar has announced that it has acquired Cfx.re – one of the biggest GTA and Red Dead Redemption 2 roleplay communities – making them an official part of the studio.

“Over the past few years, we’ve watched with excitement as Rockstar’s creative community have found new ways to expand the possibilities of Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2,” reads the official statement “particularly through the creation of dedicated roleplay servers. As a way to further support those efforts, we recently expanded our policy on mods to officially include those made by the roleplay creative community.”

Cfx.re are behind the GTA 5 multiplayer mod FiveM and its Red Dead Online equivalent RedM, which has allowed thousands of players to roleplay on those two games servers. Following the acquisition, Rockstar intends to “help them find new ways to support this incredible community and improve the services they provide to their developers and players”. The Cfx.re team have added in their own statement: “While our day to day operations won’t have any noticeable changes, with Rockstar’s support, we are going to continue to improve our platform and we are truly excited for what this means for our users, community and creators.”

While vague, it’s not entirely clear what, if anything, this means for Grand Theft Auto 6, but it could point towards roleplaying being a key part of an upcoming sequel from the off. However, for the time being, the Cfx.re team aren’t answering any questions on that. “Please understand that our partnership with Rockstar Games is focused on our FiveM and RedM platforms,” they say. “So please, do not ask us about the next GTA!”

For now, players will have to wait and see. For everything else we know so far about GTA 6, check out our Grand Theft Auto 6 predicted release date hub.

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