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That is, of course, unless you live in Australia, where you are very much out of luck. You just got out of middle school and are hitching a ride with your buddy Glenn to chug Jolt Sodas, crank the first Alien Ant Farm CD, and play about 12 consecutive hours of the greatest videogame in the world, Grand Theft Auto 3.

For its part, the ESRB will now require game publishers to "submit any pertinent content," regardless of whether it is intended to be seen by end-users.It's the early 2000s. The company is also lowering its guidance for the fiscal year ending Octoto $1.26 to $1.31 billion in net sales. "We are deeply concerned that the publicity surrounding these unauthorized modifications has caused the game to be misrepresented to the public and has detracted from the creative merits of this award winning product." Because of the game's re-rating, and subsequent effect on sales, Rockstar parent company Take-Two is revising its third quarter earnings to $160 to $170 million in net sales, or a net loss per share of $0.40 to $0.45. "The ESRB's decision to re-rate a game based on an unauthorized third party modification presents a new challenge for parents, the interactive entertainment industry and anyone who distributes or consumes digital content," commented Take-Two president Paul Eibeler. Games with an "M" rating are intended for players age 17 or older, while a game rated "AO" is meant to restricted to those age 18 or older.

The company expects to ship the revised version in its fourth quarter (August through October), and meantime will provide "AO" stickers for retailers who wish to sell the current version of the game. "Considering the existence of the undisclosed and highly pertinent content on the final discs, compounded by the broad distribution of the third party modification, the credibility and utility of the initial ESRB rating has been seriously undermined." Rockstar is currently working on a version of San Andreas which will not allow for "hot coffee" modification and which will retain the ESRB's original "M" rating.

Regardless, the organization decided to re-rate the game. YES NO The ESRB did find, however, that Rockstar never meant for the "hot coffee" material to be accessible by end-users.