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Man, who could forget the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas “Hot Coffee” kerfuffle that had Rockstar in hot water back in 2005? Not us, and certainly not Rockstar, considering that the fiasco’s still nipping at the publisher’s pocketbook here in the Future Neo-Year of 2009.
Fortunately, Rockstar announced today, the Grand Theft Auto-creator’s legal star count may finally be back down to zero. Busted, yes, but not wasted, thankfully. Concluding a lawsuit brought on by investors back in 2006, the publisher reached a $20,115,000 settlement with its disgruntled financial followers.
“We are pleased to have reached this settlement, which represents another important step forward for the Company," said Strauss Zelnick, Chairman of Take-Two.
The original suit targeted alleged hidden stock option granting, as well as the Hot Coffee hoopla. And while it may not have completely hit the mark, veering off into a cool $20 million isn’t too bad, we think.
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JoetheMobster
September 01, 2009 at 10:27pm
What a joke! Especially when you had to go out of your way to get the hot coffee "mod" to work. I can't see how they would be on the hook still when by default the game never displayed anything graphic! (if you can consider a bunch of pixels graphic)
MeTo
September 02, 2009 at 8:32am
I think the message was sent and received no sex or pr0n in video games.
Muerte
September 02, 2009 at 10:09am
Actually its no 'surprise' sex or pron in a video game.
Leisure Suit Larry has worse but since its in the description and the game is rated, adults only, it gets away with it.
MeTo
September 02, 2009 at 10:46am
Rated, adults only This is the key element people were warned. LSL lost a lot of sales beacuse of adult only rating. Major distributors stay away from adult ratings because sales tank. They want to sell millions not half million units.
Vegan
September 01, 2009 at 9:23pm
To this day, I can't hear the phrase "hot coffee" without immediately thinking of this.
