Entertainment Software Rating Board

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The Entertainment Software Rating Board (abbreviated to 'ESRB') is a North American rating board for video games. It judges games for bad language, violence, nudity, drugs and more. Although rating isn't required, most games in countries using the ESRB are rated and many retailers do not sell unrated or Adult Only rated games.

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Icon Explanation
Early Childhood EC (Early Childhood) 3 years and older
Everyone E (Everyone) 6 years and older
Everyone 10+ E10+ (Everyone 10 and older) 10 years and older
Teen T (Teen) 13 years and older
Mature M (Mature) 17 years and older
Adults Only AO (Adults Only) 18 years and older
Rating Pending RP (Rating Pending) Not yet rated

Grand Theft Auto at the ESRB

The Grand Theft Auto series often received a Mature rating, because of the violence in the games. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas initially got this rating too, but this was changed in Adult Only after the Hot Coffee incident. The new version of the game, with the option to install the Hot Coffee mod disabled, got the Mature rating again.

GTA Rating Explanation
Grand Theft Auto ESRBMaturesmall.gif Mature Animated blood, strong language.
Grand Theft Auto (Palm Pilot version) ESRBTeensmall.gif Teen Mild violence.
GTA: London 1969 en -1969 ESRBMaturesmall.gif Mature Animated blood, strong language.
GTA2 ESRBMaturesmall.gif Mature Animated blood, strong language.
GTA2 (GBC-versie) ESRBTeensmall.gif Teen Mild animated violence
GTA2 (PS-versie) ESRBTeensmall.gif Teen Animated violence, strong language, suggestive themes.
GTA III ESRBMaturesmall.gif Mature Animated blood, strong language, violence.
GTA Vice City ESRBMaturesmall.gif Mature Blood and gore, strong language, strong sexual content, violence.
GTA San Andreas (v1.0) ESRBMaturesmall.gif Mature Blood and gore, intense violence, strong language, strong sexual content, use of drugs. (Rating was declared invalid)
GTA San Andreas (v1.0) ESRBAdults_Onlysmall.gif Adults Only Blood and gore, intense violence, nudity, strong language, strong sexual content, use of drugs.
GTA San Andreas (v2.0) ESRBMaturesmall.gif Mature Blood and gore, intense violence, strong language, strong sexual content, use of drugs.
GTA Advance ESRBMaturesmall.gif Mature Blood, sexual themes, violence.
GTA Liberty City Stories ESRBMaturesmall.gif Mature Blood and gore, intense violence, strong language, strong sexual content, use of drugs.
GTA Vice City Stories ESRBMaturesmall.gif Mature Blood and gore, intense violence, strong language, strong sexual content, use of drugs.
GTA IV ESRBMaturesmall.gif Mature Intense violence, blood, strong language, strong sexual content, partial nudity, use of drugs and alcohol.

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