Looks like Vista users eagerly looking forward to playing Halo 2 will have to wait a little bit longer on account of some “partial nudity”. An official statement was released earlier this morning stating: “It has come to our attention that an unfortunate, obscure content error which includes partial nudity was included in our initial production of Halo 2 for Windows Vista. As such, we have updated the initial game packaging at retailers with a label, so customers are aware before purchasing the game… This packaging will only be labelled for the initial run of games; subsequent shipments will not include the content.”

Microsoft also released a patch on Halo2.com in which consumers can obtain a patch to remove the questionable content.

Ever since the “Hot Coffee” controversy, the industry hasn’t been the same. The aftermath endangered Take-Two Interactive’s financial state, facing lawsuits at every corner. Obviously Microsoft doesn’t want to be put in an negative light as concluded in their response which offered an apology to its customers. “At Microsoft we take the Entertainment Software Ratings Board guidelines very seriously and hold ourselves to high standards, with our customers always in mind.”

[Via GameIndustry.biz]