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The name "Hot Coffee" refers to the way the released game alludes to the unseen sex scenes.

In mid-June 2005, a software patch for the game dubbed the "Hot Coffee Mod" was released by Patrick Wildenborg (under the Internet alias "PatrickW"), a 38-year old modder from the Netherlands. In 2004, a new version of the game was released, removing and changing those lines of dialogue. This seemed to have largely satisfied the groups who raised the complaints, although the case was then referred to a state court, downgraded from the initial decision to refer the case to a federal court. Rockstar Games responded by removing several lines of dialogue from the game. In November 2003 Cuban and Haitian groups in Florida accused the game of inviting people to harm immigrants from the two nations. The Australian version of the game was also censored, with the ability to pick-up prostitutes disabled. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City was, like GTA III, criticised for its violence and labeled sexually explicit. The censored version had the gore (except for the Gore cheat) and the ability to pick up prostitutes immediately removed. The highest rating for the OFLC was MA15+, leading to the game being refused classification, before the censored version of the game was released. One of the key reasons for the games ban was that Rockstar Games failed to submit the game to the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC).

The game was banned in Australia shortly after its release, with a censored version released later on. Whilst the player has the option to do these acts, there is no mandatory requirement to do so in the game. The game also proved controversial, with many in the media citing the ability to carjack vehicles, having implied sex with prostitutes and the ability to kill them to steal their money. Grand Theft Auto III was the beginning of the series increasing popularity. Interestingly, some children guardians started a campaign against the game, which made the game even more known directly opposed to the intended effects. Grand Theft Auto was released in the United Kingdom in 1997, with publicist Max Clifford planting numerous facts about the violence in the game.