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‘Hot Coffee’ GTA Mod Remade In ‘RDR2’, And Rockstar Isn’t Happy

Red Dead Redemption 2 modders appear to have revived the ‘Hot Coffee’ mod, first seen in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Harmless fun, you might think — but the action seems to have upset Rockstar and its parent company, Take-Two Interactive. Allegedly, Rockstar has issued a take-down request to the modders in question.

The ‘Hot Coffee’ mod was first discovered years ago among cut content in the source code for the PC version of GTA: San Andreas. Of course, modders will mod, so it soon surfaced for the public to enjoy (if enjoy is quite the right word). But even then, the player being able to take part in a mini-game that involved the main character, CJ, getting it on with his girlfriend really rather cheesed Rockstar off. For the sequence to happen, your girlfriend had to invite you in for coffee first, hence the mod picking up the name ‘Hot Coffee’.

Red Dead Redemption 2 / Credit: Rockstar

Fast forward to 2020, and modders for Red Dead Redemption 2 have recreated the ‘Hot Coffee’ mod and inserted it into the 2018-released game. Now, protagonist Arthur Morgan can take part in that same mini-game; only this time there are no girlfriends to choose from, so he picks up sex workers instead.

Rockstar isn’t happy and YouTuber Swegta claims that one of the modders has been approached by a legal representative of the company. You can watch his video on the matter here — though be warned, it’s NSFW.

One of the mod creators, Unlosing, spoke to PCGamesN about the action that has supposedly been taken by the company. «I was a bit surprised and didn’t expect Take-Two to worry about a single-player mod this much. I find it crazy how Rockstar Games can add hookers to its games, but when someone uploads a mod (not even of the same quality) it’s suddenly ‘inappropriate’.»

«The mod doesn’t contain any nudity or nude models, and only uses assets that are still in the game,» they continue. «The animations are from the drunk bar mission with Lenny (which are still in the game), and the ‘moaning’ noises are simply the sounds the [character models] make when they get injured. Also, they mention ‘online services’, however this mod is only available for single-player. To answer your question: no, I don’t think it’s fair.»

Red Dead Redemption 2 / Credit: Rockstar

Rockstar’s stance on modding has generally been pretty relaxed in recent years, as long as you keep it to single-player versions of the game. In fact, we even reported on a mod that lets you experience the entirety of GTA V‘s story mode in first-person VR. Clearly, however, its patience only goes so far though — and, as with most legal statements, there is a disclaimer which states «Take-Two reserves the right to object to any third-party project, or to revise, revoke and/or withdraw this statement at any time in their own discretion.» Which seems to cover the action in regard to this particular mod.

But despite that, as well as the alleged take-down request, it seems that Unlosing isn’t ready to take down his work, telling PCGamesN: «I’m really not sure what I want to do yet. I don’t plan on taking the mod down any time soon. »

Grand Theft Auto’s Hot Coffee Mod Controversy Explained

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Alexandra Sakellariou

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas’ Hot Coffee mod was one of Rockstar’s biggest scandals, and its effects are still being felt in the industry today.

The hot coffee mod is perhaps one of the most controversial elements that has ever been included in a Grand Theft Auto game, and that says a lot, considering all of the scandalous and offensive things players can do and have seen in the franchise over the years.

The so-called «Hot Coffee» feature was originally an inaccessible mini-game included in 2004’s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. It was supposed to act as an inside joke between the developers and wasn’t meant to be accessed by players due to its graphicness. However, in 2005, the Hot Coffee mod was developed for the Microsoft Windows port of San Andreas, allowing gamers to finally access the unavailable mini-game. Players later found ways to access Hot Coffee on PlayStation 2 and Xbox, despite the mini-game being completely disabled and not readily available without players purposefully looking for it.

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What made Grand Theft Auto’s Hot Coffee mod so controversial is that it essentially allowed players to control a simulated sexual intercourse mini-game between the main character, Carl “CJ” Johnson, and one of his girlfriends. Using the controller, players could simulate CJ’s bodily movements by activating on-screen button prompts. The name «Hot Coffee» comes from what CJ’s girlfriends would ask before the mini-game began, with them saying «Do you want to come inside for some coffee?»

Rockstar Games originally tried to blame the controversy on hackers, saying the mod was entirely a third-party creation. «Hackers created the ‘Hot Coffee’ modification by disassembling and then combining, recompiling and altering the game’s source code,” the company said in a statement at the time, CNET reports. However, it was later proven the mod was accessible through pre-existing code, countering Rockstar’s claims.

Despite Rockstar’s statement, the controversy eventually caught the attention of activists and politicians, some of which began demanding a review of the Entertainment Software Rating Board’s (ESRB) standards. The ESRB subsequently launched an investigation into GTA: San Andreas’ Hot Coffee mini-game. The same year, ESRB announced GTA: San Andreas’ rating had increased from Mature to Adults Only, making it the first (and only) Grand Theft Auto game to receive such an extreme rating. Rockstar later released a “clean” version of the video game that was allowed to keep its original M rating. The scandal also led to the introduction of the Family Entertainment Protection Act, which was introduced in part by Hilary Clinton, and called for the enforcement of ESRB ratings to protect society’s youth.

Despite the controversy that the Hot Coffee mod created, it has inspired other third-party modifications of a similar nature. Most recently, someone created a Hot Coffee mod specifically for Red Dead Redemption 2. Rather than unlocking code hidden in the game, the RDR2 mod uses in-game animations to create an explicit scene. Rockstar reportedly asked the mod’s creator to take it down, though they refused, saying their mod doesn’t contain any nudity and only uses sounds already featured in the game. Given how much trouble Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas’ Hot Coffee mod caused the developer, it’s doubtful that Rockstar is happy Hot Coffee is seeing new life in Red Dead Redemption 2.

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Source: CNET

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