See also: Gameplay of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas These events led to Take-Two losing over $163 million by 2006, and caused shareholders to oust the company's founder and chairman Ryan Brant and replace him with Strauss Zelnick. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) related to insider trading, and lawmaker actions due to 'Hot Coffee' triggered a separate investigation by the Federal Trade Commission.

Rockstar's parent company, Take-Two Interactive, was already under investigation by the U.S. 'Hot Coffee' raised concerns from lawmakers related to mandatory game ratings, and several civil suits were launched against Rockstar.

The 'Hot Coffee' source code remains in all versions of San Andreas but takes more effort to restore due to missing models and animations. Rockstar recalled all retail copies of San Andreas and released a new version that blocked access to 'Hot Coffee' by the end of 2005, and issued a patch for existing owners to prevent access. The ESRB rerated the game Adults Only, causing many retailers to pull it from sale, while the OFLC issued a Refused Classification, banning it from sale in Australia. Within a month of the patch's release, the American Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) and Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) reevaluated San Andreas 's content rating. While players found 'Hot Coffee' humorous, it led to San Andreas becoming embroiled in controversy. Modder Patrick Wildenborg released a patch to unlock the minigame two days later. Data miners discovered evidence of explicit sexual content after San Andreas was released for the PlayStation 2 in 2004, and confirmed its existence when the Windows version released on June 7, 2005. 'Hot Coffee' could not be fully removed, so the content was hidden from players using cutscenes. Before development concluded, Rockstar operations director Jennifer Kolbe warned Houser that explicit sexual content would likely bring restrictive assessments from ratings boards, harming retail sales. 'Hot Coffee' was included in San Andreas as part of the boundary-pushing vision that company president Sam Houser had for the Grand Theft Auto games. When enabled, 'Hot Coffee' allows players, as protagonist Carl 'CJ' Johnson, to have animated sexual intercourse with an in-game girlfriend. The minigame is not playable through normal means the game must be modded to access it. ' Hot Coffee' is an unofficial name for a minigame in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, a 2004 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North.

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