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Even though Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto games mostly sell to console gamers nowadays, it was the PC version of GTA: San Andreas that got the game and its publisher into trouble a few years ago. The "Hot Coffee" mod unlocked a sexual mini-game hidden by the game's developers. The game was re-rated AO by the ESRB, pulled from store shelves and finally re-released without the mini-game as an "M" rated title. A class action lawsuit was filed and Rockstar and its parent company Take Two Interactive settled in court. The settlement let anyone who bought the game before the "Hot Coffee" mini-game was found to get paid between $5 and $35 or receive the revamped version of the title.Well, it turns out only a few of the millions of people who bought the game decided to take up the settlement offer. According to the New York Times, only 2,676 claims have been filed and Take Two estimated it will only pay out $30,000 in the matter (of course the legal fees and funds it lost while it had to pull and then re-release the game are estimated to be in the millions). The settlement isn't quite final; it is set to be approved by a judge next week in court.
Little interest in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas "Hot Coffee" lawsuit originally appeared on Big Download Blog on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST.
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