Rockstar speak out over GTA sex scandal

The alleged sex mini-game on the GTA San Andreas game disc, unlocked using the “Hot Coffee” mod, has been the gaming news story of the week, with several investigations now underway to determine if the allegations are true. Having kept pretty quiet on this issue, Rockstar has now issued a statement clarifying their situation.

“So far we have learned that the “hot coffee” modification is the work of a determined group of hackers who have gone to significant trouble to alter scenes in the official version of the game,” reads the statement. “In violation of the software user agreement, hackers created the ‘hot coffee’ modification by disassembling and then combining, recompiling and altering the game’s source code. Since the ‘hot coffee’ scenes cannot be created without intentional and significant technical modifications and reverse engineering of the game’s source code, we are currently investigating ways that we can increase the security protection of the source code and prevent the game from being altered by the ‘hot coffee’ modification.“

This statement goes against what the modder responsible for “Hot Coffee” has said, claiming the sex mini-game was merely made available using the patch and no additional content was added. With numerous investigations under way on what is now a very high profile case, it may be some time until a verdict is reached.