Yes it is, and most major retailers like Wal Mart, and Toysrus wont sell games with an AO rating. Rockstar is trying to get the rating changed, I hope that doesnt mean they have to remove anything. I remember what happened to The Punisher game, they had ratings problems so they made all the torture parts of the game in black and white and the camera kinda panned away when you killed them. That would suck.