Take Two Settles Hot Coffee Suit For Millions

Amidst the furor over the various Manhunt 2 controversies, Take Two has announced that it just dealt with its last big scandal, Hot Coffee. Kotaku has the release from the publisher, in which it states that the class action suit leveled against it some two years ago has ended in a settlement that may end up costing the company as much as $2.75 million dollars. "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 $1.025 million and $2.75 million in settlement benefits, which range from an edited copy of GTA: San Andreas to a cash payment up to $35 for those who can provide proof of purchase of the game from before July 20, 2005."

File for the check, then mail it back to Take Two!

[thealpha]

I wish I had bought my copy early to particiapte in this.

I recommend to all gamers who are entitled to this refund and disagree with our government acting as our parents, to submit for your check and sign it over to Take Two, mail it back to them with a thank you note.

I have a father and am one and I don't need someone else telling me what I can and can't do with my artistic media.

P.S. Give me Manhunt 2 - AO!

what's the world coming to?

[PJ1216]

i don't understand how people can be upset about content that is effectively unlocked from the game unless you go out of your way to unlock it. how can you get offended by something you went out of your way to get, knowing full well exactly what it was? and if you didn't unlock it, how the hell are you offended by something that you can't access? i swear that this entire country is being populated by babies. people are getting offended even when they're not the ones getting insulted. its as if people are going out of their way to be offended. ugh.

Silly settlement

[faloi]

But it's probably good for Take Two. Basically, if you really thought the game was horribly offensive and you're willing to swear to it, you get a brand new copy of the game that has the offensive material removed. If you're really outraged that it slipped out into public, and you want to stick it to the company, you can provide detailed receipts from over two years ago and they'll send you $35. I'm betting the take rate won't be very high on the settlement.

Marketing.

[Merls the Sneaky]

$2.75 million pays for one hell of a marketing campaign.

Re:what's the world coming to?

[4D6963]

how the hell are you offended by something that you can't access?

I know it's a comparison a bit far fetched, but somehow it's just like these "concerned parents" demonstrating in the streets for they're offended because their children have access to violent video games/music/shows/movies when the said children are not supposed to be allowed by their parents to have access to it in the first place. Makes me wonder why they don't also demonstrate against pornographers for making movies that are too obscene for children or even strip clubs for not being sufficiently family-friendly. I know it's different, but when you think about it it all boils down to the problem of access.

In other news, once undressed, I'm obscenely naked.

i just don't get it

[loafula]

Junior, it's ok for you to car-jack that poor old man. When you're done, feel free to fuck that hooker and then beat her to death with a baseball bat to get your cash back. Don't worry when the police come, just mow them down with your AK-47. Woah... wait.. There are boobies in this? This is horrible and disgusting, and now fucking jesus is crying.
It just goes to show how truly fucked our morals are. I love how all the senseless violence is fine and dandy, but nudity and sex is considered evil.

WTF - BS

[Foo2rama]

I am sorry, you needed to go online and download a hack to make this work. If you had the access to get this mod, then you had access to way worse stuff on the internet. I am going to make a nude mod for battlefied 2142 and go start teabagging all the guys I kill. This is exactly the same thing with the Hot Coffee mod, so why does Rockstar need to pay for a change that someone else unlocked?