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House backs federal investigation of Rockstar Games


[UPDATE] Hot Coffee scandal intensifies as legislators vote 355-21 to support a Federal Trade Commission probe seeking answers from the Take-Two subsidiary.

Just when you thought the Hot Coffee scandal couldn't get any hotter, the heat is getting turned way up--by the federal government, no less.

Just after 7:00pm on Capitol Hill today, the House of Representatives voted 355 to 21 to support a Federal Trade Commission inquiry into Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The purpose of the probe will be to determine if Take-Two Interactive and its publishing subsidiary Rockstar Games deceived the voluntary Entertainment Software Ratings Board when it submitted Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Today's vote advanced House Resolution 376, introduced by Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI). In Upton's words, he is "leading the congressional effort to determine if a best-selling video game maker intentionally deceived the industry's ratings board to avoid an 'Adults-Only' rating."

In a statement, Upton recently said he was "outraged by the brazenness of Rockstar Games in their effort to do an end-run around the ratings system... Rockstar Games' deceit has severely undermined the integrity of the ratings system."

The game initially received a rating of M for Mature but has since been slapped with a rating of AO for Adults Only, becoming one of only a handful of games to bear the retailer-scorned label. Rockstar is in the process of manufacturing new game discs that have the hidden sex minigame removed. Those versions of the game will be rated M.

The vote, coming on the eve of a five-week recess in Congress, means that Rockstar could now come under scrutiny by the federal government. It also raises the possibility that there could be a penalty imposed if an investigation finds that the publisher committed fraud in obtaining the M rating for San Andreas.

So.. the fact the game has gang warfare, killing cops, drug dealing and a plethora of other sinful acts.. it takes a little nudity and congress and the feds get in an up-roar. What a joke..

 

i hate stupid fawking poeple, most of those fawks prolly never rode one wheelie in the game

 

DANG! We never had anything cool like that when I was growing up!!!

 

I used to be able to stick a fork in between my cable box turn **** and stick it between channels which allowed me to get ****. I was 12 then and it worked for about a year until eveyone in the world knew about it. My parents still wonder why I allways had a fork on top of the TV. :YEAH :YEAH :YEAH

 

They had cable boxes in 1912?

 

Here's a video I found of the sex minigame:

http://files.gtanet.com/gtasa/videos/hotcoffee.wmv

 

Drive by's on one wheel are sweet!

 

OK I gonna have to play tonight and find my way into the game. I was blowing off the chick, wheelies and shootings seemed much more fun.

 

damn i never got to that part

 

omfg that's hiliarious

"go on baby i ain't insecure, tell me how great i am"

 

Its a mod!! You have to download it I think!

Flip

 

i think it's stupid, only people that know about it could really find it, unless you pretty much obsessively played the game 24/7... either way, i think it's just stupid for them to be put under this much scrutiny.