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grand theft auto: san andreas
"Hot Coffee" Class Action Suit Squashed By The Court
Take-Two won't be writing out as big a check as we expected to settle a class action lawsuit filed over "Hot Coffee" claims — the Court has issued an opinion on the matter this week, refusing to certify the proposed settlement class. That, according to our friendly neighborhood legal council, means that the publisher of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas may not have to pay out a proposed $1.025 million in settlement benefits, possibly because there was no actual representative class. In short, too few people were offended, or could agree to be offended in the same way, for the Court to see the class as worthy of getting a cool million.
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Comment by fuchikoma: It's about time... I've always said that unless you can get to the orphaned code and resources that contain the "sex"... more » | Other threads
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"Hot Coffee" Class Action Suit Claims Show Very Few Were Offended
Who would have possibly thought that in a game filled with violence, foul language and generally deplorable behavior, that so few who owned Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas would be so apathetic about the hidden sexual content buried deep within? Certainly not the law firms who filed a class action suit against Take-Two over the "Hot Coffee" incident, as the New York Times reports that just 2,676 of the millions who bought GTA: San Andreas have filed a compensation claim. The chance to cash in on Take-Two's legal woes ended on May 16 and the final tally must just shock you. More »
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Comment by LosCakes: I can't believe how pathetic our legal system is. Take-Two should pay people for the fact that data is on... more » | Other threads
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GTA Hot Coffee Modder Gives Retrospective
As part of EGM's extensive GTAIV preview coming out in their April issue, the feature an interview with Patrick Wildenborg, the Dutch modder who was credited with discovering GTA San Andreas' Hot Coffee content. In the still choppy wake of the greatest scandal to ever impact the video game world, it's interesting to read Wildenborg's response.We never anticipated how this thing was going to be blown out of proportion by the mainstream media and the politicians...
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By Mark WilsonComment by freespeech: come on, you can't blame this guy for anything. he should be rewarded since he is obviously a sensational... more » | Other threads
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Get Your Hot Coffee Pay Out Now (The Lawyers Already Have)
The recently settled class action lawsuit against Rockstar Games and publisher Take-Two Interactive has born cash fruit for those who have had their sensibilities offended by the type of salacious content seen above. Now's your chance to cash in, as the attorneys involved already have, reaping a $1 million payment (minus $45,000 in costs) as part of the agreement. Your profit? Up to $35, should you have the receipt in hand, or as little as $5 if your willing to take the time to file. The pay-outs are as follows. More »
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Comment by timeywimey: This sucks for them it also sucks how they had to change engines becuase EA bought out the people who... more » | Other threads
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"Hot Coffee" Suit Settlement May Cost Take-Two $2.75 Mil
Take-Two Interactive just issued a release featuring details on the preliminary settlement of the consumer class action lawsuit filed against it and Rockstar Games over the "sexually explicit" content in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. That content, unlockable via the "Hot Coffee" mod, caused the game to be re-rated by the ESRB, pulled from store shelves, and acted as the grounds for a suit filed in July of 2005 claiming violation of consumer protection laws.
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ESRB Needs New User Generated Content Rating
Is the ESRB going far enough to protect game developers from the people who modify their games? Should the ratings board be more clear about the "modability" of an ESRB-rated game? Cathode Tan and Curmudgeon Gamer recently touched on the subject of a Forza Motorsport 2 user's offensive paintjobs wondering why normally inaccessible content in games like The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas warranted re-ratings from the board, but offensive hate speech in a user created car don't see similar scrutiny. More » -
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GTA's Piping Hot Coffee (Cup)
I swear we posted this before, but asking several fellow writers and digging through the site, I've decided I'm actually just losing my mind. More »
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Comment by alby13: Hot Coffee, Warm Coffee, and Cold Coffee? Rockstar has all the bases covered. more » | Other threads
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Capcom Holds The End All Grand Theft Auto Party
Even though the title was released in the States back in 2004, Capcom is finally publishing Rockstar's controversial Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on January 25th. And they've got the launch party to prove it. Just check out after the jump what the festivities held at Shibuya's Club Asia for this 18-years-old-and-up-game: More »
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Comment by cykeichan: I also work in a junior high school and like Jesse in Japan says the boys are crazy for this... more » | Other threads
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Comment by DarkHorse: Can't see the video unfortunately, but the Konami code is classic, as is -1 world. I don't know if it only... more » | Other threads
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Comment by Evirus: also the orignal ESRB discriptors said "strong sexual content, nothing about nudity though, but from my understanding in the Play... more » | Other threads
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FTC Unanimously Approves Rockstar Decision
Today, the Federal Trade Commission finalized their decision last month to not take action against Rockstar Games or Take-Two Interactive for the "Hot Coffee" ratings issue. More »
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Comment by Virgil Tibbs: You know I like games and stuff, but I kinda wanted rockstar to get dinged for some reason. I guess... more » | Other threads
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News Flash: Take-Two FTC Investigation Finalized
The Federal Trade Commissions' investigation into Take-Two Interactive Software has been finalized. The company says they will be announcing the resolution of the inquiry shortly. Stay tuned for an update. -
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Thompson's Secret Letter to Take-Two Shareholder
Jack Thompson, ever the delusionist, has given up on harassing journalists and politicians and is zoning in on investors for his latest anti-Take-Two spiel. More »
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Comment by the shipbuilder: Here's my take as a former stock market analyst... 1) To say that Hot Coffee was the primary reason for the... more » | Other threads
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Take-Two Execs To Face Criminal Indictment for Hot Coffee?
The grand jury subpoenas of Take-Two might not be the only legal troubles the publisher faces: they might be sent to Oz. More »
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By brownleeComment by Falconfire: no GTA came out in 98. I remember I played it in school on our PCs more » | Other threads
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Comment by Karlott: 100 shares of Take Two, please. I'd like to hold onto them until the release of GTA 4. more » | Other threads
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Take-Two Subpoenaed Over Hot Coffee
Just when you thought Hot Coffee had grown cold along comes a grand jury subpoena. More »
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Comment by ShinAmano: That is probably a good idea Gabbahead...I get so sick of this. Torokun like I said in my first post... more » | Other threads
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By brownleeComment by You My Boy Blue: HAHHAHA i loved the entire clip.. " Wha-wha-wha..k ill blow him up later" more » | Other threads
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High Score: The Best of Kotaku
As we enter the summer gaming doldrums, let us not forget that the new DS Lite will let us play better outside, where all the social, tanned people are. If you still insist on staying indoors on this lovely day, at least get caught up with what was goin' on at Kotaku last week. More » -
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Breaking: FTC Rules on Hot Coffee
This morning the Federal Trade Commission found that Take-Two Interactive was deceptive in the way it marketed Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas but did not fine the company or order that they return any of their profits from the game, the commission announced today. More »
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Comment by Funky J: This wasn't a mod - the naughty, child derranging, sick and evil S.E.X content was in the code. All the Mod... more » | Other threads
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Take Two, Now PTA Friendly
Edgy company Take Two might be known for hard hitting titles like Grand Theft Auto, but looks to be side-stepping controversy by canning Snow. Not connected with that Canadian reggae musician, the real-time strategy game lets players pedal and smuggle drugs. At last year's E3, the game was on displayat last year's E3, but didn't make an appearance this year. Has gaming's bad boy, Take Two, gone soft? More »
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Comment by macdeth: I never cared so much for GTA, neither did I give a rat's ass about the whole Hot Coffee rage.... more » | Other threads
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Buckle Your Seatbelts, We're In for a Bumpy Ride
It looks like we're in for a busy summer afterall. Last July, we were the first to speak to the Federal Trade Commission about their decision to launch an investigation into Take-Two and allegations that the company used deceptive marketing practices in selling Hot Coffee-enabled Grand Theft Auto. More »
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Comment by Funky J: Yup, instead everyone else has kids jumping out of windows because they just de-levelled their character, and/or starving themselves in... more » | Other threads
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grand theft auto: san andreas
FTC Promises Hot Coffee Report Soon!
Remember Hot Coffee? Sure you do. It's the example we gamers like to hysterically shriek about any time we perceive the grim spectre of censorship swooping down upon our preferred media. It singlehandedly illustrates that everyone in the country except us — the gaming elite, the enlightened few — are sexually repressed prudes. More » -
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Oblivion Goes from T to M
A press release from the ESRB announces that Oblivion's rating has been changed from T to M, which of course guarantees that everyone aged 13 to 16 that currently owns the game will be turning it into their local Naughty Games Relcamation Center. The reasons for this four-year offset in age appropriateness are " more detailed depictions of blood and gore than were considered in the original rating, as well as the presence of a locked-out art file or 'skin' that, if accessed through a third party modification to the PC version of the game, allows the user to play with topless versions of female characters." More »
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By kotaku.comComment by Lemon Merchant: Also, the ESRB's job is to rate the content that is on the disk. Suppose Microsoft started selling copies of MS... more » | Other threads
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Lara Croft Nip Slip
Well, the good news is that there's an actual bare female breast in Tomb Raider: Legend. The bad news is that it isn't Lara Croft's. The worse news is that it's not even viewable unless you hack the game.
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Return of Hot Coffee? Well, Not Really...
Our star-crazy sister-site Defamer stumbled upon what we'll call "Hot Coffee Part 2: Electric Boogaloo." Log onto the site for New Line Cinema's yet unreleased, but reeks-of-suckage Running Scared and play the "mature" online game in which you get to be Paul Walker and perform *cough* cunnilingus. More »
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Comment by Pyrthas: The game isn't offline... I agree that it's pretty stupid. more » | Other threads
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Best and Worst of 2005
The AP s Matt Slagle looks back at the year in games in a story that ran today on the wires. He writes that the high and lowlights of the year includes GTA s Hot Coffee, VG laws, the PSP, Xbox 360 and Gizmondo. More »
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Comment by Jamaicanbwoydre: In terms of sequels and spinoffs, i would say Half-Life 2, Burnout Revenge and GTA: Liberty City Stories for sure.... more » | Other threads
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By lsmithComment by astroglide: Missing from the list: SONY! Their poisoned DRM system on consumer CDs were blunderous to the nth degree. How many... more » | Other threads
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jack thompson
Jack Gets Space in Fort Worth Star-Telegram
I was chagrined to see that John B Thompson was allowed to pen an article for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram over the weekend. I was disappointed to see that one of the top Texas papers gave him the space, and even more so since I started out my career as a journalist at the Startlegram more than a decade ago. More »
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Comment by ReiBeatAll: Tell you guys what. I live in DFW, and this pisses me off, so I am going to do... more » | Other threads
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Florida Bar Confirms Ethics Review of Thompson
Just to create more confusion. Attorney Jack Thompson may not be under any sort of review by the Florida Bar, but that s because he s been dead for the past five years or so. More »
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ESRB Still Pissed About Hot Coffee
Gamasutra intercepted an official ESRB email sent to all major publishers that reiterated a toughened stance on hidden content in video games. More » -
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Reheated: San Andreas Returns?
Now that the Hot Coffee controversy has cooled off, Rockstar Games is readying Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for a return to store shelves. According to online retailers EBGames and Gamestop, the Xbox version of the game will ship Sept. 13. Currently, the PS2 and PC versions aren't listed on the retailers' sites. It might be time to eBay those dirty versions of San Andreas, kids. -
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