Since the Hot Coffee debacle, the ESRB has made changes to its rating system, requiring developers to document all content, hidden and otherwise. The company subsequently reissued a version with no Hot Coffee.
Rockstar ended up releasing a patch to remove the mod's functionality after the ESRB yanked its M rating and retailers pulled the title off store shelves. Rockstar and Take-Two initially said that Hot Coffee was the result of 'a determined group of hackers,' but the ESRB�along with just about everybody else�didn't buy the explanation, and revoked the game's M rating. The resulting game action was rather explicit, albeit cartoonish, and went far beyond the pale of the M for Mature rating bestowed on the title by the ESRB.
Early in the summer of 2005, word hit the street that there was a mod available for GTA: San Andreas that allowed the main character to get his mack on with any number of poorly-rendered ladies. The latest-and surprisingly tardy-development comes courtesy of the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, which has filed a lawsuit (PDF) in Los Angeles Superior Court accusing the developer of unfair business practices and making 'misleading statements' in its marketing of the game.įirst, a recap of the whole sordid mess. By now, it's all but certain that Take-Two Interactive wishes it had never made its hit title Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas mod-able by users.
