alt:V Multiplayer is gone as of today, July 6. Take-Two sent the cease-and-desist in early March 2026. The shutdown ran in stages: no new community servers from March 2, the public server listing closed May 4, and access to the full platform cut off today. The alt:V team had spent nine years building an independent alternative to FiveM. It confirmed the shutdown timetable when the cease-and-desist arrived and posted a public farewell to the community. GamesRadar and RockstarINTEL both confirmed the final July 6 date from the outset.
RageMP received its own cease-and-desist more recently. Its server listing shut down June 1, and the full end-of-support date is August 31, 2026. After that, the client, server toolkit, and backend all go dark permanently. Take-Two's position in both cases is the same: FiveM is the only platform it has licensed for GTA 5 multiplayer modding under its Platform License Agreement, and operating outside that agreement is not something it will tolerate. Rockstar purchased Cfx.re, the organization that runs FiveM, in 2023, making it the only remaining option with the studio's explicit backing.
Server operators and roleplayers who built on alt:V or RageMP have one path forward: migrate to FiveM. The platforms differ enough technically that not all community servers port cleanly, and FiveM's management tools and payment structures are different from what those communities were used to. The timing lines up with GTA 6's November 19 launch. Rockstar has not said what role FiveM plays in GTA 6's online ecosystem, and what happens to GTA 5's FiveM community servers once GTA 6 eventually gets its own online mode is a question the studio has not answered.