Rayne
07-21-2005, 1:35 PM
ESRB slaps dreaded rating on controverial best-seller; Take-Two lowers guidance; Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and Target pull game from shelves.
After percolating for weeks, the Hot Coffee controversy has finally boiled over. Today, Take-Two Interactive announced that as the result of an investigation by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB), all versions of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will now bear an AO for Adults Only rating for "Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, [and] Use of Drugs." Previously, the game was rated M for Mature.
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The re-rating comes nearly a month after the first reports surfaced of the so-called "Hot Coffee" mod for the PC version of San Andreas. After being installed, the widely available mod lets users play a bonus sex minigame as a reward for completing the numerous "girlfriend" missions in San Andreas.
What do you guys think? I own San Andreas on PC, and already know there's quite abit of violence, language and implied sexual content. But the Hot Coffee mod brought the bubbling contreversy all over GTA to a new level by releasing sex scenes previously not in the game.
Apparently this content was on the game previously, but was removed right before shipping date for obvious reasons.
If you have any more questions http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2005/20050720l.jpg
After percolating for weeks, the Hot Coffee controversy has finally boiled over. Today, Take-Two Interactive announced that as the result of an investigation by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB), all versions of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will now bear an AO for Adults Only rating for "Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, [and] Use of Drugs." Previously, the game was rated M for Mature.
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The re-rating comes nearly a month after the first reports surfaced of the so-called "Hot Coffee" mod for the PC version of San Andreas. After being installed, the widely available mod lets users play a bonus sex minigame as a reward for completing the numerous "girlfriend" missions in San Andreas.
What do you guys think? I own San Andreas on PC, and already know there's quite abit of violence, language and implied sexual content. But the Hot Coffee mod brought the bubbling contreversy all over GTA to a new level by releasing sex scenes previously not in the game.
Apparently this content was on the game previously, but was removed right before shipping date for obvious reasons.
If you have any more questions http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2005/20050720l.jpg