Grand Theft Auto Video Game Sales to Resume


By Dave Porter
(AXcess
News) New York - After pulling
the video game, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, from store
shelves two months ago due to hidden sex scenes in the video,
Take Two Interactive Software Inc.

(Nasdaq: TTWO) announced
Friday that it was bringing the game back in a three-video set
called Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy.
The three-video package contains Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft
Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas together for the
first time as a complete trilogy.
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy is set to hit shelves in North
America on October 18, 2005.
Take Two Interactive's Grand Theft Auto series had already sold
45 million videos worldwide, the company said.


The Trilogy is being made available for both Microsoft's Xbox
and Sony's PlayStation 2 game consoles. The re-release of Grand
Theft Auto: San Andreas will include a DVD with a backstory to the
game and a documentary film called "Sunday Driver."
The Company publishes and develops products through its wholly
owned labels Rockstar Games, 2K Games, 2K
Sports and Global Star Software;
and distributes products in North America through its Jack of All
Games subsidiary.
Take-Two was forced to pullSan Andreas off retail shelves this
summer afterusers found a hidden
segment that let the player's character simulate sex with a
female character.


Take-Two did not disclose the segment, dubbed "Hot Coffee," to
the Entertainment Software Ratings Board, which revoked the game's
"mature" classification and termed it "adults only" due to the
newly found material. It was immediatly pulled from retail
stores.
The reissued games are again rated "M" for
mature.
Shares of Take-Two closed up 23 cents Friday, or 1%, to end the
week's session at $22.

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