Shareholders to Sue Over GTA Sex, SWOP Demands Ban

Take Two, the publisher of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, is facing more legal action over the game. Separately, two law firms have filed class-action lawsuits on behalf of shareholders who they say lost money due to the controversy about the game.

The row blew up over the so-called Hot Coffee modification to the PC version of the game which unlocked the scenes.. ..Take Two stock fell sharply on the day the LA lawsuit was announced.

BBC - Shareholders to sue over GTA sex

US organisation the Sex Workers Outreach Project has issued a statement condemning the way sex workers are represented in Rockstar’s GTA: San Andreas - asking parents and gamers to boycott the title.

According to the statement, which was published on the SWOP-USA website, the organisation “will always be adamantly opposed to any and all forms of censorship.” However, “As concerned parents ourselves, we wish to inform other parents of the potential danger extremely violent videogames pose to children.”

GamesIndustry - Sex workers’ association calls for Grand Theft Auto boycott

And possibly to prostitutes, too. Although SWOP declares itself to be firmly against censorship, the blurb continues: “In the interest of furthering sex worker’s human and civil rights to life and personal safety, we object to any media which represents sex workers as legitimate targets of violence, rape and murder.”

The Register - Prostitutes demand GTA ban