Visitors to the Vice City page on DOS.Zone are now greeted by a stark notification: “This game was removed from the website due to a DMCA takedown request from Take-Two.” The developers also shared an email from Ebrand, a brand protection agency representing Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. The correspondence demanded the immediate removal of all Vice City materials, warning that Take-Two “reserves all rights to pursue further legal remedies” should the site fail to comply.
The DOS.Zone team acted quickly to avoid a legal battle, ending the brief era of browser-playable Vice City. For many fans, this is a disappointing turn of events, as the original 2002 version remains the only way to experience the game with its iconic licensed soundtrack intact—an experience that is now officially unavailable on modern digital storefronts.
In other news, it was recently revealed that a “GTA Tokyo” project was nearly greenlit before being scrapped: “It simply didn’t make sense to move to such a niche location for the sake of novelty.”
