GTA 6's path in South Korea was not easy

The South Korean Game Content Rating Board (GCRB) seriously debated rejecting the game before granting the required age rating for GTA 6 South Korean sales. At the end of this process, the Board held three separate meetings. Ultimately, the game received "Adults Only" approval.

South Korean publication Inven has accessed the GCRB meeting minutes. Accordingly, the first meeting was held on September 10. Board members discussed whether the nudity in the game was sufficient grounds to deny the rating.

The first vote in the GTA 6 South Korean board ended in a draw

GCRB relaxed its standards in 2025. It allowed genital visibility with the label "Adults Only" as long as it did not amount to explicit sexual activity. Still, some members argued that the nudity in GTA 6 exceeded the acceptable limit.

This meeting was held before the board received a playable version of the game. Members' opinion may have been influenced by developer version images leaked by hacker Cyberleek. The leaks included a nudity camp. When the vote was tied at 3-3, the board postponed the decision and recommended Rockstar Games to make changes to the game.

The size of the game extended the process

GCRB received the playable version on September 28, just four days before the second meeting. At the October 2 meeting, reviewers reported that genital nudity was mostly in one-off mission backgrounds. There was no sexual interaction in these scenes.

However, due to the size of the map and its content, the board could not ensure that all scenes were reviewed. Therefore, he postponed the decision once again. Some members insisted that the current nudity was so much that it disrupted the social order.

GTA 6 South Korea approval increased 8 to 1

The third and last meeting was held on 16 October. The GCRB also took into account that 10 different bodies had rated the game, including the ESRB in the US and PEGI in Europe. The vote ended 8 to 1, with GTA 6 receiving the "Adults Only" nod.

Researchers confirmed that no sexual interaction was permitted in scenes involving full nudity. The romantic cutscenes of the main characters Jason and Lucia also do not show genitals. Also, the feature of completely stripping the characters in the Cyberleek leaks is not available in the final version.

The only member who voted against worried that the decision would set a precedent for future role-playing games. Thus, the GTA 6 South Korea process was closed with a vote of 8 to 1.