GTA V Rated ‘M’ By ESRB

In what is probably the most obvious news of the day, the ESRB has handed Grand Theft Auto V an M rating for its mature themes. Apparently, as expected, it has some violence, blood, strong language, and strong nudity among other things.

GTA V ESRB Rating:

Intense Violence
Blood and Gore
Nudity
Mature Humor
Strong Language
Strong Sexual Content
Use of Drugs and Alcohol

Grand Theft Auto V will be released on September 17 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

[boybato]

No surprise there. :-)

[Elwenil]

I think I would have been disappointed had it been anything less. ;D

[Kryptix]

Another Hilary Clinton/Jack Thompson target coming right up... lol
http://youtube.com/watch?v=...

[guitarded77]

In other news: Water is wet.

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[Benjammin25]

I'm surprised. I was expecting an E rating. What do I tell little Timmy O Toole now? He so badly wanted to run over an old lady just once before he died. :'(

[ATi_Elite]

RATED "M"

That's crap! I was expecting it to be rated "E" for Everyone is gonna buy it anyway no matter if they are 5 or 55 years old.

[Marcello]

Intense Violence
Blood and Gore
Nudity
Mature Humor
Strong Language
Strong Sexual Content
Use of Drugs and Alcohol

Lol looks more like a list for a Saturday night out :P

Anyway this should mean game is gold and at the printing press so no more delays :)

[Zodiac]

Saturday night out? *looks at first two on that list*

Is there something you want to talk about lol.

[Marcello]

Are you offering a shoulder to cry on then ??

[ABeastNamedTariq]

WHAT? Are you kidding me? /s

The sad thing is, even with all those descriptors, the parents of many 12 year olds will get their kid this game, say "Here you go Timmy!", and let the game do the babysitting and parenting. Then when they see what actually goes on in the game they'll be outraged and go to a senator (or lawyer, etc.) to try and tax or ban violent games because "children shouldn't have access to this". -_- I see it coming.

[contradictory]

my parents always bought me M rated games
surprisingly enough they never complained about it.
the reason being that they told me that video games
are different from reality.

Have you ever tried simply turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?

[Salooh]

Violence didn't effect me when i was a kid. You can cut someone head and torture him in that game and i wouldn't feel anything , i saw that in real life and made me sick so that prove to me violence in video games don't do anything as long you acknowledge the difference between reality and games. But nudity does , so i wouldn't recommend any one to let their kids play a game that include it. There is a reason that we feel bad about it. That's really important in my opinion ..

[iNathan]

GTA VI will be rated "M"

Here is the list for GTA VI on Ps4 and X1

Intense Violence
Blood and Gore
Nudity
Mature Humor
Strong Language
Strong Sexual Content
Use of Drugs and Alcohol

[golding89]

lol shocker lol

[koh]

"Strong nudity"? Sounds... Gross.

[koh]

Apparently we have a lot or ARod's around here.

[AAACE5]

Rated M?

No sh*t!!!

I guess any GTA 5 news is better than nothing!

[SeraphimBlade]

What a twist!

[KrimsonKody]

What?
An M rating!?
Are you serious?
Oh, my!

[contradictory]

won't somebody PLEASE think of the children?!?!
....nope, that's just stupid.
their parent's will get it for them anyways.

[LiViNgLeGaCY]

Can we file this under the "No S*&$ Sherlock" category?

[kaozgamer]

Annnd the Australian Classification Board will ban this game

[Dan50]

Nope its R18 AND UNCUT.

[AdventurerDonLocke]

And in other news...

[junkiegamer]

you called this news. is this guy a noob. to gta.

[contradictory]

oh really? i thought the next GTA would have been rated E for everyone...

[TheBreezyBB]

Very shocking news!!

[dcj0524]

OH NO I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE C FOR CHILDERN!!!!

[Plagasx]

LOL when was the last C rated game btw???

[Sgt_Slaughter]

The closest was K-A (Kid to Adult) or eC (Early Childhood) I think XD

[Rezka]

Nudity? oh sweet hopefully strippers are topless now ;)

[Elit3Nick]

In a move surprising absolutely no one...

[sarcastoid]

IM SHOCKED... preorder canceled

[Stallion]

"News"

[i8urCAKE]

Well.. i would have never guessed

[jjb1981]

No way! You mean driving around the city with a dead body stuck to hood of your car while getting chased by the FBI while continuing to do drive-bys in a stolen car requires an M rating? I can't wait! Regardless of the M rating thousands of kids are going to get their grubby little paws on this.

[ajax17]

Mature Humor?? That sounds new.

[YodaCracker]

Indeed, I don't remember seeing that content descriptor before.

[FunkMacNasty]

We really needed a story for this??????

[chikane]

Right

[xtremexx]

wtf? i expected PEGI 7+

[Drive-By-Stabba]

I'm waiting to see what places decide to ban it... I'm looking at you Australia! ;)

[badboy776]

No you don't say.

[AceBlazer13]

Meanwhile the sun is still hot and rain is still wet

[_QQ_]

Not Ao? disapointed.

[Iceman_Nightmare]

What, you were expecting T for Teen? Duuhhh its M for Mature, its Grand Theft Auto... What did you expect? Its gonna become controversial and banned in some country when it releases too. Its just SanAndreas all over again, hope there is no coffee mode coded into the game, because Rockstar will be in real problems again. Can't wait for this game!

[YodaCracker]

I haven't gotten my fill of full frontal male video game nudity since The Lost and Damned. I'm counting on you, Rockstar!

[Red_Devilz]

Is that a news? What were you expecting? E for everyone?