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== "Hot Coffee" controversy ==
{{Main|Hot Coffee (minigame)}}

The development team curtailed planned nudity and sexual content to meet the requirements for a "Mature" rating from the [[Entertainment Software Rating Board]] (ESRB); rather than removing the content, they made it inaccessible to players. [[Video game modding|Modders]] discovered the code on the PlayStation 2 release, and modder Patrick Wildenborg found how to enable the code after the Windows release. He released this modified code online under the name "Hot Coffee" after the euphemism used in the game, and it was downloaded over one million times within four weeks.<ref name="Eurogamer Hot Coffee"/> 

The discovery of  "Hot Coffee" resulted in legal backlash for Rockstar and Take-Two; both remained mostly silent on the matter.<ref name="Kushner"/>{{rp|pp=203–208}} The ESRB re-rated the game "Adults Only" after an investigation,<ref name="IGN AO"/> while the game was banned in Australia until the explicit content was removed.<ref name="Eurogamer Australia"/> Rockstar and Take-Two received a warning from the [[Federal Trade Commission]] for failing to disclose the extent of graphic content present,<ref name="Ars FTC"/> while a [[class action]] lawsuit alleged that the company had misled customers who believed the game's content fell along the lines of a "Mature" rating.<ref name="PG Suit"/><ref name="IGN Suit"/> As a result of "Hot Coffee", the ESRB announced fines of up to {{US$|1&nbsp;million}} for game developers who failed to disclose the extent of their graphic content.<ref name="GamesIndustry ESRB"/>