Take-Two to Omit Controversial Haitian Statements in GTAVC
An outraged NYC Haitian community has forced Take-Two Interactive to remove statements from bestseller Grand Theft Auto: Vice City that instruct to "kill Haitians."
Published: December 9, 2003
Take-Two Interactive announced today that due to an outcry from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the city's Haitian-American community, it has decided to omit statements from future copies of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City that instruct that game's main character, Tommy Vercetti, to kill members of the Haitian gang.
According to an official statement from Take-Two, "We are aware of the hurt and anger in the Haitian community and have listened to the community's objections to certain statements made in the game." Notwithstanding, the publisher pointed out that the game is aimed for an audience over the age of 17, and that "video games have evolved as an adult medium, not unlike literature, movies and music."
We'll be sure to keep you updated with the end result once censored copies of GTA: Vice City are released.
According to an official statement from Take-Two, "We are aware of the hurt and anger in the Haitian community and have listened to the community's objections to certain statements made in the game." Notwithstanding, the publisher pointed out that the game is aimed for an audience over the age of 17, and that "video games have evolved as an adult medium, not unlike literature, movies and music."
We'll be sure to keep you updated with the end result once censored copies of GTA: Vice City are released.
