GTA RP: Take-Two Shuts Down RAGE:MP, FiveM Now the Only Option

It’s the end of an era for GTA RP on PC. RAGE:MP, one of the oldest alternatives to FiveM, will shut down for good on August 31, 2026 at Take-Two’s request. The publisher is citing its Platform License Agreement: FiveM, owned by Rockstar since 2023, is now the only platform authorized for modded GTA 5 multiplayer.

Take-Two pulls the plug on RAGE:MP in three stages

The announcement landed on May 25, 2026 on the official RAGE:MP forum, and the tone was resigned: “Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive have made it clear that FiveM is the only authorized platform for GTAV multiplayer modding, as defined in their Platform License Agreement (PLA). In line with this policy, and at Take-Two’s request, RAGE:MP will begin a structured shutdown process.”

The timeline is tight for a platform that still hosted 288 active servers at the time of the announcement, according to GTABoom’s count. And it mirrors, almost to the day, the one imposed on Alt:V a few months earlier:

Existing servers keep access to their builds through the Server Manager during the transition, and the Cfx.re team, which develops FiveM at Rockstar, is offering technical support for the migration. The message is crystal clear: move out, fast.

FiveM, from outlaw to official monopoly

The irony isn’t lost on anyone in the community. In 2015, Take-Two tried to shut FiveM down, going as far as banning its creators from GTA Online. Eight years later, in August 2023, Rockstar acquired Cfx.re, the team behind FiveM and RedM. And in 2026, that same FiveM serves as the legal basis for wiping out the competition: Alt:V in February, after nine years of development, then RAGE:MP in May.

For most English-speaking RP players, the direct impact is limited: the bulk of the Western scene already runs on FiveM, as we covered in our FiveM vs RageMP comparison. But for the global ecosystem, especially the large Russian-speaking and international communities built on RAGE:MP, it means a forced migration of hundreds of servers in three months.

Rockstar sets the stage: Enhanced, NoPixel V, and beyond

This consolidation isn’t happening in a vacuum. Since March 2026, Cfx.re has been developing a version of FiveM for GTA V Enhanced, rebuilding core components of the platform to integrate it more tightly with the Rockstar Games Launcher. And since September 2025, Rockstar has been officially collaborating with NoPixel, the most famous RP server on Twitch, on NoPixel V, billed as “the next evolution of the GTAV roleplay experience.”

Put together, these moves sketch out a strategy: a single RP client, integrated into the in-house launcher, with a hand-picked flagship partner. Rockstar hasn’t confirmed anything for Grand Theft Auto VI, which is still set to launch on November 19, 2026 on consoles, with the PC version coming later. But when the publisher tweets that it’s supporting NoPixel “in creating the future of GTA RP,” it’s hard not to see the foundations of next-generation roleplay. RP kept GTA 5 alive for a decade, and Rockstar knows it.

If this news is your introduction to RP, our beginner’s guide to GTA RP on FiveM covers installation and the ground rules, and our GTA RP vs GTA Online comparison explains the difference between the two worlds.