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Hot Coffee Suit Pointed To Duplicity Born Of Financial Turmoil
10:20AM Brian Crecente | 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. More »
Xbox Originals Getting Cup Of Hot Coffee
1:40AM Mike Fahey | 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. More »
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‘Hot Coffee’ Class Action Suit Squashed By The Court
7:20AM Michael McWhertor | 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. More »‘Hot Coffee’ Class Action Suit Claims Show Very Few Were Offended
9:40AM Michael McWhertor | 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. More »
Get Your Hot Coffee Pay Out Now (The Lawyers Already Have)
2:12PM Michael McWhertor | 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. More »
“Hot Coffee” Suit Settlement May Cost Take-Two $US 2.75 Mil
10:51AM Michael McWhertor | 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. The lawsuit against Take-Two is still pending, but should the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York agree to the settlement, claims against the company will be dismissed “without any admission of liability or wrongdoing by Take-Two or Rockstar.” The publisher says that it will pay out between $US 1.025 million and $US 2.75 million in settlement benefits, which range from an edited copy of GTA: San Andreas to a cash payment up to $US 35 for those who can provide proof of purchase of the game from before July 20, 2005. There are, of course, stipulations to the proposed settlement, the details of which are in the full press release below. More »
