Nintendo issues widespread Steam Workshop takedown to remove all Garry\u2019s Mod content Steam Workshop \/ ValveNintendo is seeking to remove any and all fan-made content based on its IP from Steam\u2019s community-driven Workshop. A series of all-encompassing takedowns have been issued, resulting in games like Garry\u2019s Mod being forced to erase any relevant creations. In a sandbox like Garry\u2019s Mod, just about anything is possible. With community-created assets, players can design their own gaming experiences, animate videos, and plenty more in between. Over its near two-decade lifecycle, we\u2019ve seen all manner of whacky and often innovative projects catch fire. Moving forward, however, these projects will have to catch fire without the help of any Nintendo IP. Where in the past, gamers could jump into maps rocking a Mario skin, or create their own custom Zelda video series, for instance, Nintendo is now cracking down to ensure that\u2019s no longer possible. Garry\u2019s Mod devs revealed they\u2019d been hit with numerous takedown notices from Nintendo directly, and as a result, have swiftly been acting to remove countless community creations based around the Japanese company\u2019s IP. \u201cWe\u2019re working on removing all Nintendo-related stuff from Steam Workshop,\u201d an April 24 announcement read. While Garry\u2019s Mod is no doubt the most impacted by this motion, it also means no other titles on Steam will be able to rely on Nintendo-based community creations in the Workshop. \u201cHonestly, this is fair enough,\u201d the blog post admitted. \u201cThis is Nintendo\u2019s content and what they allow and don\u2019t allow is up to them. They don\u2019t want you playing with that stuff in Garry\u2019s Mod \u2013 that\u2019s their decision, we have to respect that and take down as much as we can.\u201d Obviously, removing every single piece of community-created Nintendo content is easier said than done. With \u201c20 years of uploads to go through,\u201d it\u2019s a tall order, and a task that will no doubt take quite some time to complete. As a result, devs are even urging players to consider their own creations. \u201cDeleting your Nintendo-related uploads and never uploading them again, that would help us a lot.\u201d The news came as a surprise to some in the community, as \u2018Nintendo\u2019 has a history of similar behavior. At least, that\u2019s how it\u2019s appeared in recent weeks. Early in 2024, one pesky user by the now-infamous name of \u2018Aaron Peters,\u2019 posed as an employee of Nintendo of America. This individual fired out DMCA claims en masse, targeting Nintendo-related content on Steam\u2019s Workshop, primarily impacting Garry\u2019s Mod. At the time, the community rallied together behind a number of popular YouTubers to discover the truth behind the matter and expose the falsified claims. As a result of this recent debacle, some were hesitant to trust the legitimacy of the new takedown notices. Hence, devs feeling the need to clarify in their April 24 announcement. \u201cThis is not a mistake, the takedowns came from Nintendo.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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