Take-Two settles lawsuit for explicit game

Take-Two Interactive Software has agreed to enter into settlement talks in a lawsuit accusing it of selling Grand Theft Auto video games containing sexually explicit images under the wrong content label, according to a court document made public yesterday.

A US federal magistrate judge in Manhattan, in an order signed on Tuesday, stayed the proceedings in the case to allow for settlement discussions to proceed. The judge has asked for a status report by 12 March, according to the document.

In a letter to the judge, dated 16 February, Take Two's lawyer said the parties had "agreed to engage in settlement discussions with the hope of amicably resolving this matter".