For anyone who has not seen, GTA IV will be experiencing some major revamping next month due to the official killing off of Games for Windows Live.

 

From the Steam page of GTA IV:

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Starting 03/19/2020, Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition will replace both Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City wherever it is currently digitally available. Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition will as also be available via the Rockstar Games Launcher.
 

Current game save files will be compatible with Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition.

 

Steam Achievements for Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition will be unavailable until release.
 

As a result of this update the following services will no longer be available in Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition:

• Games for Windows Live
• Multiplayer mode
• Leaderboards

The following Radio Stations will be temporarily unavailable in Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition

• RamJam FM, Self-Actualization FM, and Vice City FM (previously available in Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City)

 

You can read more on it here: https://steamcommunity.com/gid/103582791433474089/announcements/detail/3176663794401897532

 

What are everyone's thoughts about this? I think this will throw a major wrench in any surviving GTA IV communities. But on the other hand, this may result in some more small bug fixes to allow more stability for the newer operating systems. 

 

I am not sure if there will be any real bugfixes unfortunately. As you've said yourself, I fear it will kill off the little modding and community there currently still is for the game. At least it is nice that they still care enough about the game to update it I suppose, most developers would just abandon a game that old.