It seems that today is a good day to announce lawsuits as another has just surfaced, this time focusing on Rock Star. This game studio is no stranger to law suits as their Grand Theft Auto franchise has pulled more scrutiny than pretty much any other series on the market. This time however, it isn’t mothers getting upset about their children beating down hookers but instead something much different.

Apparently a dude by the name of Michael Washington is suing Rock Star for $250 million for using his likeliness within the game. According to Mr. Washington, he sat down with Rock Star to answer some questions regarding his street life. He then says he was told that he would be notified if Rock Star decided to use his likeliness within the game which he never was.

While we aren’t legal experts, we’re going to go ahead and say this sounds like an outlandish law suit. Then again, Michael Washington is credited under the Talents section so it will be interesting to see how this one pans out.

via slashgear

One of the best and most comprehensive GTA: San Andreas modifications out there has gone open source starting today. The Multi Theft Auto mod team today announced it, noting that they are taking this more seriously than putting up undocumented source code.

As the name implies, the mod adds full multiplayer network play functionality to several of Rockstar’s famous action games where multiplayer was originally absent. It was started back in 2003 as an experimental piece of C++ software and grew from there. Players can create their own custom maps and gamemodes, as well as game-specific functions and go online to duke it out.