Whats the problem with this hot cofee thingy? The game is for people of 17 and up and i doubt a 17 year old will be traumatised by pixels that look like sex.

Now really did we expect anything better from these lawyers?

@Christian

But don't you see?! these games are marketed to children to corrupt their still developing minds!!!

/Sarcasm

The problem is that the last generation will never understand the adult orientation of games, not until we make up more than 80% of the adult population then we will not be taken seriously by our peers, a crying shame I know, but still it is the case, as a culture we will be scorned until we take over, but you will see that it is beginning to happen all around us, Mayors, Governors, Celebrities, a lot of them are from our stable, so to speak, there are many lessons to be learned from videogames that can be applied in politics and other such walks of life, in that respect I find videogames to be a very important tool in our develpopment as people.

@ Article

This is plain overkill, however it is the unfortunate staple of modern lawyering, the release of the hot coffee mod and the subsequent lie by R* did not do them any good, hot coffee should probably not have been made, or if it had,  it should have been part of the game from the get go, it wouldn't affect the American ratings if it was a launch feature I believe, it was the fact that it was added to the game in the months following its release that caused it so much bad press because it was noticed and was heavily publicised.

My general understanding of lawyers is that about 90% of them are lying, cheating scum who will sweet talk you whilst looking you in the face, but under the table he is kicking you in the nadgers. I know of very few lawyers who deserve our respect, anyway, I think the inflation is absurd and this is a problem that should have died out with R*s apology.

Short answer to the title: yes, they really did. Don't remember where the old article was but Dennis posted an inside view on exactly what goes down in class action suits. Lawyers always get a lion's share of the profits.

Is the Miami moron involved in this one too?

-kurisu7885

Quick fix: "tha" to "the"

"Apparently, as part of the settlement, Take-Two may wind up donating $870,000 to the ESRB and tha National PTA."

Isn't that what those class action lawyers do?  People are awarded stuff like 5 dollar rebates, and the lawyers take off will millions. 

This kind of makes me want to be a lawyer. I mean, this can't be an isolated incident. I'm sure this kind of crap is more common than not, and the pay is epic to begin with...

Then again, I do enjoy having a soul....