James Delahunty
10 Aug 2005 9:40
Rockstar Games has released a patch that removes the sex minigames hidden in the code. A fan discovered the games had hidden minigames in the code that were disabled by default. A patch he released called "hot coffee" unlocked these minigames and brought whole lot of trouble to Rockstar Games and parent company Take-Two Interactive. Since the patch was released, Rockstar became the target of politicians such as Hillary Clinton and the game was given an AO (Adult Only) rating instead of it's previous M rating.
Now as promised, a patch has been released to remove the content from the game completely for concerned parents. As well as removing the minigame, it also adds support for HDTV and fixes a few bugs in the game. The controversy over the third party-made patch even led to the game being removed from shelves in Australia and is likely to cause more headaches for Rockstar Games before the controversy dies down.
Of course, the availability of this new patch will not change the AO rating in the United States, which many people feel is very unfair to the software company considering the game was given an AO rating because of the availability of a patch that the company didn't release. There is currently a version of the game without the sex content in development as the company battles to get it’s multi-million selling game back on the shelves.
Source:
The Inquirer