A popular PC modder who has created unofficial photo modes for various PC games has been hit with a cease and desist letter by Crysis developer Crytek.
Frans Bouma, a Dutch software engineer who makes photo mode mods for an assortment of PC games, recently turned his talents to creating such mods for the remastered versions of Crysis 2 and Crysis 3 on PC.
Unfortunately, according to a few of Bouma’s tweets on January 13, including one with a screenshot of the letter from a Crytek PR manager, the studio doesn’t “allow for mods of these games under the terms of [the] EULA.” Bouma asked the studio for clarification on how the mods violated either game’s end-user licensing agreement, and was told that the “main issue” was that the photo mode mods were monetized.
Bouma—who has built photo mode mods for games such as A Plague Tale: Innocence, Devil May Cry 5, NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139, and others—said that he not only didn’t make money from these specific mods, but also that he’s received positive feedback from other developers for the work he’s done creating such impressive tools.
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