Grand Theft Auto: The sexual controversy With 15 different titles, Grand Theft Auto is one of today’s most popular video game series. But it was almost derailed in 2004 with the release of one of the titles, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Fearing that the sexual material in this game was too graphic for children and an unhealthy developmental influence, parents and politicians pressured the producer to develop enhanced security measures and, eventually, to remove the sexual material.