GTA: San Andreas (Sales Halted)
 

osted July 21, 2005 -- "OUCH, that burns!" That's what it must sound like over at Rockstar Games now that the company must deal with the nightmare that has become the "Hot Coffee" software patch.

The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has stripped the M (Mature 17+) rating for the popular, yet controversial, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas after the board's investigation confirmed that the Hot Coffee patch allows users playing the game to unlock "hidden" mini sex games. Rockstar Games, the publisher of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, was forced to immediately advise retailers to cease all sales of the game until corrective actions can be taken. Rockstar Games will have to re-sticker all copies of the game and refund money for any games returned by the public.

“After a thorough investigation, we have concluded that sexually explicit material exists in a fully rendered, unmodified form on the final discs of all three platform versions of the game (i.e., PC CD-ROM, Xbox and PS2),” ESRB president Patricia Vance said in a statement Wednesday.

However, the material was programmed by Rockstar to be inaccessible to the player and was never intended to be made accessible, company officials said. The material can only be accessed by downloading a software patch, created by an independent third party without Rockstar’s permission, which is now freely available on the internet and through console accessories, they said.

"Considering the existence of the undisclosed and highly pertinent content on the final discs, compounded by the broad distribution of the third party modification, the credibility and utility of the initial ESRB rating has been seriously undermined,” the statement reads.

This ruling has set the video game industry on fire and has even pulled unwitting politiicians, like Sen. Hilary Clinton (D-N.Y.), into the mix. Clinton recently announced her intention to introduce new legislation aimed at protecting the nation's children against violent and pornographic video games by imposing fines on any retailer selling or renting such games to children under 18.

"The bottom line is that video games with truly pornographic and violent content is being marketed to our children," Clinton said. "As parents and advocates for children, we have to draw the line."

In light of the ESRB's ruling, Rockstar Games and its parent company Take 2 Interactive have reduced their Q3 and full-year revenue forecasts from $205-215 million to $160-170 million.

meh.. i heard they was makin anotha GTA game...
...but i dont what its called or where the place is
going to be at...

yea but what i want it 2 be is a 2 sides of the game that u can either play wit CJ or the other guy the mute......from GTA3 and then they like regular at the end fight the boss who is the Guy u play wit in GTA vice city....now thats hott......

ah... but, yea it should continue it, so if...
...they makin anotha GTA game, it should
be CJ again, at least in someplace n' shit...

yeah him in liberty city......lol

fucka GTA......... SAINT"S ROW is where it is at bitches!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aye that would be hot though

2 Questions:

1. Where can I download the software?

2. How can I access the sex? :hump:

played game,

might as well stop talkin about it.

who cares if the game is played...
...shit is still fun to play, homo

true,

i dont enjoy them type of games though

i only play nba live.

meh... i got my shit saved up...
...for Nba Live 06, muahaha

yea that shit will be tight.

nhl 2006 is out i think

bow chicka bow wow

Yet the parents have to say that the kid can buy the game.

wtf @ the replies...

The next gta game will be for PSP, and rumours say it will be CJ in liberty city. A prequel to San Andreas... cos remember before he came back to grove street he was in liberty city for 5 years and thats why sweet was so pissed off..

But anyway, that is the stupidest shit ive ever seen. The hot coffee patch is gay... its when you have a GF and you go out for coffee some gay little sex game happens with the same shit (for sex) graphics the game has.. no biggie.. And now everyone's having a cry.

Fucka Hilary Clinton. Rockstar has said a billion times GTA is for adults... if dumbass parents buy it for their kids thats their problem.

violence and sex in the movies, violence and sex on the street, violence and sex in the music industry... racism, violence and sex in the US government.. (eg bill clinton's affair, Bush's bad war decisions, the beheadings, racism to iraqis and islam)

But violence and sex in a......... game meant for adults!!!??!?!?!? gee lets all change laws and have a fuckin winge...

good one america

lmfao word omb...

America fucks up everything :thumbup:

*loses pride for country*