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'Genital Nudity' Almost Got GTA 6 Banned By the South Korean Ratings Board
The committee split over out-of-context genital nudity before approving the game with an Adults Only rating after a second review.
- South Korea's ratings board, the GCRB, nearly refused to classify Grand Theft Auto, a decision that would have effectively banned the game in the country.
- Inven Global reported that committee members initially cited 'problematic scenes featured in leaked overseas footage' as the primary issue, mistakenly basing findings on videos featuring Jason and Lucia.
- The initial review ended in a tie, with three committee members voting for classification refusal; after postponing to examine a playable build, the board eventually passed the game with an Adults Only rating.
- Members had specifically flagged 'out-of-context genital nudity' as a sticking point, though one committee member later noted that Rockstar Games had intentionally covered genital exposure in explicitly sexual scenes.
- Grand Theft Auto is scheduled for release on PS5 and Xbox Series, and the game previously received a PEGI 18 rating including descriptors for 'decapitation' and 'scenes of sexual fetishes.
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GTA 6 Was Reportedly Almost Banned in South Korea for "Too Much Genital Exposure"
Courtesy of Rockstar Games While fans in some regions are excited for Grand Theft Auto 6, others had to worry about the game getting banned, but it seems like Rockstar prepared for reactions to the title’s mature content. South Korea in particular was one region set to be more strict with its censorship of GTA 6, at least until […]
The SOUTH KOREA video game board almost banned GTA 6 due to nudity.
·Zagreb, Croatia
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'Genital Nudity' Almost Got GTA 6 Banned By the South Korean Ratings Board
GTA 6 was almost too much for South Korean ratings board GCRB, who struggled to agree whether the game should be approved or not. The board cited “out of context genital nudity” as the sticking point.
·San Francisco, United States
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