The team was nearing the final phase of development on the company's forthcoming blockbuster release, a Grand Theft Auto game set in the fictional American state of San Andreas. In truth, the sort of sexual content Houser described was already in production at Rockstar North in Scotland. To this end, in addition to the violence and bad language, we want to include sexual content, which I understand is questionable to certain people, but pretty natural (more than violence), when you think about it and consider the fact that the game is intended for adults.” He continued: “In we are keen to include new functionality and interaction in line with the 'vibe' of the game.

“All of these items are displayed through cut-scenes and in-game.”

Masturbation (one of the characters is compulsive this MUST be kept).

Dildo sex (including being able to kills someone with a dildo).

“These are some examples of content that will be displayed graphically: At most other firms, its contents would have been considered 'NSFW'. On 14th July 2004 Sam Houser, the president and co-founder of Rockstar Games, wrote an email to Jennifer Kolbe, the company's operations director. We want to thank you for what you've done.” “Hello, Patrick?” The accent on the end of the line was unmistakably New Yorker. Eyes still closed, Wildenborg lifted the receiver. It was prompted not by an infant's wail but the hysteria of a telephone ringing in the night. With a one year-old baby in the house he was familiar with the fug of a deep sleep cut short by noise. 'If your copy of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the PC has been altered by the unauthorised Hot Coffee download circulating on the internet, or you wish to prevent your version from being so altered, download and install the patch for your version of the game.'īefore the ESRB's investigation, the game had an M for mature rating that meant it could be sold to those aged 17 and above.Not for the first time that month, Patrick Wildenborg was disoriented. 'The Hot Coffee scenes were not intended to be part of the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas experience,' read a statement from the Rockstar, the game's developer. In Australia, the game was stripped of its official classification, meaning that shops could no longer sell the title.

The change meant, however, that many shops were forced to stop stocking it as they have a policy of not selling adult-rated content. Installing Hot Coffee allowed people to play an explicit 'mini game'.Īs a result, the US Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) changed the rating to Adults Only. The scenes in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the best-selling game of 2004, were unlocked by a fan who created software called Hot Coffee. Rockstar, maker of a video game which caused controversy after secret sex scenes were found in it, has issued a fix to disable access to the scenes. The GTA series is one of the world's most popular games

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