I have no respect for the BBFC AT ALL after all this. I hope they are stripped of their powers totally. I can't see that happening though, that would be progress and this nanny state cares not for progress, only for removing all our rights.

Stupid, stupid BBFC. They pushed too far and now they just look like power-crazed lunatics. They just don't get gaming, do they? Sooooo out of touch. Scrap 'em and start again, perhaps focusing on how rated games and movies are distributed rather than censorship and banning, which pisses off most of the population as far as I can see.

what a load of crap! BBFC you are going to end up making a fool of yourself!! AND FOR GOD'S SAKE WILL SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THE HELL RCOKSTAR JUST WONT GO AHEAD AND RELEASE THE UNCUT VERSION IN HOLLAND OR ANY OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRY THAT WILL CLASSIFY IT!!! why are they so stupid??? they could be making money on it now! judical review or not this will be a massive embarassment for the BBFC!

Or maybe it'd be a massive embarrassment for the games industry if this is pushed so hard to be released, when it isn't that good a game, even the idea behind the game is morally bankrupt, and the Daily Mail will jump all over it.

If this comes out, the industry will be cutting off it's nose to spite it's face.

I'm sure not sure it's going to be. The BBFC is not going to risk its authority by challenging something like this to the High Court.

Remember too that no matter how independent the BBFC wants to appear, censoring things does not earn you cash. That funding comes via the government.

And what better way to be seen as a moral government than to ensure that an example is made of something as innocuous as a video game?

If I'm Rockstar, I'm cock-a-hoop that I'm going to be getting High Court headlines!

We've had no comment from the chaps at R* by the way.

Cheers

Tim