ESRA rescinds GTA:SA rating, ESA backs decision, production halted

Xeni Jardin 2:39 pm Wed Jul 20, 2005

Boing Boing reader Chris Eng says:

The Entertainment Software Rating Board has rescinded their rating for GTA:SA and is advising retailers to stop selling it. Take-Two, Rockstar's parent company, has stopped production of the game until it can produce a non-"Hot Coffee" version, and it may start disappearing from store shelves by the end of the day. The overblown witchhunt seemed comical until it began to succeed…

Link to original post, Link to news of production halt. and Link to followup on the Entertainment Software Association's statement backing the decision

Reader comment: Bonnie adds,

Rockstar's parent, Take Two Interactive, also admitted for the first time Wednesday that the sex scenes had been built into the retail game — not just the PC version but also those written for Xbox and PlayStation2 consoles.

Link

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