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GTA 6 was nearly refused a rating in South Korea over nudity, then rated Adults Only
South Korea's rating board split 3-3 over nudity in GTA 6 in September. In October it voted 8-1 for an Adults Only rating, which lets the game be sold there.
© Rockstar Games (opens in a new tab)GTA 6 came close to getting no rating at all in South Korea, which would have stopped it from being sold there. In the end, the country’s Game Content Rating Board (GCRB) gave it an Adults Only rating, IGN and PC Gamer report. Both stories are based on the board’s meeting minutes, which the South Korean outlet Inven obtained.
A tied vote, then two delays
- September 1: Rockstar applied for a rating, IGN says.
- September 10: the first vote ended 3-3. Three members wanted to refuse a rating, and three wanted Adults Only. The board put off its decision.
- September 28: the board received a playable copy of the game.
- October 2: the board put off its decision again. PC Gamer says the game was too big for the members to be sure they had seen every scene that mattered.
- October 16: the third vote passed Adults Only by 8 votes to 1.
Why it was close
The problem was nudity, not violence or drugs. Members objected to what they called “out-of-context genital nudity”. IGN says their concern was male nudity in scenes with no sexual context.
The board relaxed its rules on nudity in 2025. IGN reports that GTA 6 was the first big game judged under the new wording.
After playing more of the game, the board’s testers found that the scenes with full nudity allow no sexual interaction, and that the sex scenes show no genitals, PC Gamer reports. The board also weighed the fact that 10 other rating bodies, including the ESRB in the US and PEGI in Europe, had already rated the game. The one member who still voted no feared the decision would set a precedent for other games.
The final rating lists five content warnings: sensuality, violence, crime, drugs and language, IGN says.
What it means for players
A refusal would have blocked GTA 6’s release in South Korea completely. The Adults Only rating removes that block.
GTA 6 comes out on November 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Rockstar Support says it unlocks at midnight local time in every region. For the game’s US rating and its content notes, see our FAQ.