Modders Are Making an attempt To Run the Rockstar Video games Title on Nintendo Swap, Android Telephones, and Linux Units

Grand Theft Auto 5, a title that’s been round and kicking for over a decade, might quickly be operating on newer platforms. Rockstar Video games’ GTA 5 is at the moment playable on PC alongside PlayStation and Xbox consoles. Now, a bunch of modders are attempting to run GTA 5 on Nintendo Swap console, Android telephones, and PCs that run the Linux working system.

Fansite GTA Focal reported (noticed by GameSpot) that the modders are determining methods to obtain this by making use of the supply code leaked final yr. The X (previously Twitter) web page additionally posted a video showcasing the GTA 5 loading display adopted by a collection of errors throughout loading, to show the modders’ try and get the open-world recreation operating on Nintendo Swap. There’s one other picture which exhibits an error message on an Android telephone, confirming that the modders are attempting to attain the identical for Android smartphones as nicely.

A bunch of modders are attempting to port GTA 5 to the Nintendo Swap, Linux, and Android because of the supply code leak from December pic.twitter.com/6Ij2c1ENcp
— GTA Focal (@GTAFocal) March 28, 2024

GTA 5 got here out in 2013, initially for the PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles. In comparison with the duo, the Nintendo Swap is a extra highly effective console that ought to be capable of deal with a earlier construct of GTA 5. Nonetheless, the sport has obtained a number of upgrades since then for newer generations of consoles, so it will be a much bigger ask of Nintendo Swap to run a GTA 5 construct made for the likes of PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S.

The aforementioned GTA 5 supply code leak, which is reportedly aiding these modders of their activity, occurred in December 2023. This leak occurred as a result of a significant hack that Rockstar Video games suffered.

Whereas operating the sport natively on a cell phone is the aim, different methods to play GTA 5 on a cell system exist already. Earlier this yr, GTA 5 lastly turned playable on cell by means of emulation.