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‘Hot Coffee’ Scandal Was An Attack On Games, Says Grand Theft Auto Maker
The “Hot Coffee” scandal — a sex minigame found by a modder inside the code of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas — still weighs on Dan Houser, co-founder of Rockstar Games, which makes the series. In an interview with The Guardian, Houser said he views the seven-year-old incident as an attack on video gaming in general.
This Game About Making Coffee Is Actually About Making Sweet Love
Coffee is pretty sexy. Especially home-ground, French-press coffee. You heat the water, you grind the beans, you push the plunger. Yes! Yes! Oh, God!
My Four-Year-Old Son Plays Grand Theft Auto
At the very impressionable age of four, my son loved Grand Theft Auto.
Smart Lady Sets CNN Straight (Or Tries, Too!)
What did CNN decide to do after covering out-of-print Japanese adult computer game Rapely years after the title was originally released? Follow that up with more blown out of coverage with an expert’s opinion.
The Hot Coffee Payout Cheques Are In The Mail
If you ever owned a copy of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, specifically the naughty version that contained the crude, digital doggy-styling mission known as “Hot Coffee”, you may already be five US dollars richer. Publisher Take-Two is sending out cheques.
Hot Coffee Suit Pointed To Duplicity Born Of Financial Turmoil
Struggling to stay afloat, Take-Two decided to ship Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas with a sex scene in the game and later lied to investors to cover up their decision, according to the suit settled today.
Xbox Originals Getting Cup Of Hot Coffee
The Xbox Originals program continues to pump out classic Xbox titles (can we call them classic yet?) in downloadable form on the Xbox 360, and this month sees the release of one of the most controversial games of all time, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Of course the Hot Coffee content will not be accessible when Rockstar’s final last-gen GTA becomes available on the 20th of this month, but I’m sure enough of us have seen the videos by now that we can simply close our eyes and imagine it’s in there anyway.
‘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 neighbourhood legal council, means that the publisher of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas may not have to pay out a proposed $US 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.
You may recall that in November of last year, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted preliminary approval of a settlement of several class action suits against Take-Two. TTWO expected then to pay out up to $US 2.75 million for the settlement, pending Court approval.
‘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 behaviour, 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.
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 $US 1 million payment (minus $US 45,000 in costs) as part of the agreement. Your profit? Up to $US 35, should you have the receipt in hand, or as little as $US 5 if your willing to take the time to file. The pay-outs are as follows.
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