Grand Theft Auto IV turns 10 in just a few days. That birthday also comes with the unfortunate gift of licensing expirations — specifically regarding the game’s soundtrack.

Rockstar announced that it would be removing many songs from GTA IV with a patch that went rolled out today. Several tracks from the Russian radio station Vladivostok FM will be removed, which somewhat ironic being that the game’s protagonist Niko Bellic is Russian. Fortunately, Rockstar is replacing the songs with other Russian tunes, but without iconic tracks like Glukoza’s “Schweine” and Ruslana’s “Wild Dances,” the station will just not be the same.

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Other songs that are getting the ax include The Smashing Pumpkins “1979,” David Bowie’s “Fascination,” and Stevie Nicks' 'Edge of Seventeen.' Posters to the GTA forums have been posting lists of removed and added songs by digging through the patch.

Rockstar had this to say about the update:

'Due to music licensing restrictions, we are required to remove certain songs from the in-game soundtrack of Grand Theft Auto IV and its Episodes, in particular a large portion of the Russian pop station, Vladivostok FM. However we are replacing some of those songs with a new set of songs on that station. We will update our customer support website with new information as soon as it is available.'

The removal of songs from GTA games is nothing new. According to Kotaku, GTA: Vice City and San Andreas both received patches removing songs at about the 10-year mark. What made players mad the last time around was Rockstar slipped them the San Andreas patch without letting them know that it would remove some of the music. At least this time players have been forewarned.

Nonetheless, players will not be able to skip the update to keep the original soundtrack — at least not officially. It is not difficult for developers to brick an unpatched title, especially on consoles. They do it all the time by not letting the game start until the newest patch is installed.

However, players with physical editions of the game might be able to avoid the patch by being sure that their consoles are offline before starting up the game.

For PC, some users have already reported that by keeping their Steam accounts offline and making backups of specific game data, they were able to go ahead and replace the corresponding files in the patch.

Many fans are mad about the changes and have even accused Rockstar of “being greedy” for not updating the licensing, but realistically, how long can you expect a game developer to keep shelling out on a 10-year-old title that only has a handful of players left?

Personally, I love GTA IV and think it is far superior to GTA V, but even so, I have not played as Nico Bellic in well over five years. And honestly, changing the soundtrack is not going to break what is already a great game.

If you’re anything like me, you’ve been sitting around wondering when the next next Grand Theft AutoIV PC patch is going to hit. Wait no longer.

I’m actually not entirely kidding—I’ve been wanting to replay GTA IV for a while now, and have been bummed to find it so difficult to even start the version of the game I own through Steam. Yesterday, Rockstar released a new patch that should make it easier for more people to play.

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Per Rockstar, here’s what the Game Patch 8 does:

• Added error code “WTV270' to indicate a problem with connecting to Windows Live Sign in Assistant / Games for Windows Live Servers.
• Added Windows 8, 8.1, and 10 to compatible OS check.
• Added Display Controller image in Controller Configuration.
• Fixed a bug which made completing “Out of Commission” mission impossible when frame rate exceeds 60fps.
• Fixed a bug with the “Resource Usage” indicator on graphics cards with more than 2GB of VRAM.
• Fixed a bug that restricted settings changes when using modern video cards.
• Fixed a bug with the map crosshair on certain resolutions.
• Fixed a bug with text scrolling in “Brief” Menu.
• Fixed “drawlist overflow” crash.
• Minor performance optimizations.

There’s also a new launcher update that should let some people play who were previously locked out by a server update.

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Game Patch 7 was released in March of 2011, which makes for a hell of an extended dry spell between PC updates. Unfortunately, GTA IV is still a pain in the ass for me to get working, mostly thanks to the fact that it still uses the now-defunct gatekeeping service Games for Windows Live. I got the game working after tracking down and installing the XLiveLess workaround. Frustrating that good games like this one could theoretically be hobbled on PC forever.

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I don’t really have a modern frame of reference for how GTA IV ran before the patch, but it works... okay for me now? It’s playable, though I definitely get some weird stutter in cutscenes and sub-60fps performance that seems like it shouldn’t be happening on my modern machine. Still, nice that Rockstar’s updating older games at all. Maybe next we can get a performance patch for Bully.