Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas banned in Australia

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas banned in Australia

Rockstar Games has already been sued for the game, which has now been labeled adults only by the game rating agencies. Most big stores around the United States have removed it from their shelves. GTA: San Andreas continues to remain a problem for the company after sexual content was find hidden in the game, which could have been accessed after downloading a patch from the Internet.

The patch known as Hot Coffee mod enables a user to access these hidden mini games normally kept locked by the game. However, since the content was shipped with the original DVDs of the game, the gaming agency decided that it was part of the game and the original M rating was not fair to the end customer base.

The latest news in is more bad news for the Rockstar Games. The Australian government has also declared the game is from now on banned from the country. The officials have ordered that all the remaining game copies should be removed from the stores. The Office of Film and Literature Classification said in a statement the game is from now on outlawed and have stripped the game of its official classification.

The organization said: “Revocation of a classification means the computer game cannot be legally sold, hired, advertised, or exhibited in Australia from the date the decision is made. Businesses that sell or hire computer games should remove existing stocks of this game from their shelves immediately.”

The original rating given to the video game was MA15+, which allowed the stores to sell it to anyone above the age of 15. The game is already criticized for being excessively violent.