The rating of video games can be found in the corner of any retail box. These ratings are made by the "Entertainment Software Rating Board - ESRB". With a pool of 40-50 part-time raters the ESRB rates with the following codes:
  E for "Everyone"
  T for "Teen"
  M for "Mature"
  AO for "Adults Only" (sort of the same like an X-rating)
For Example: After having detected the "Hot Coffee Mod" in "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" the ESRB kicked the game from "M" to "AO" with which further selling via retailers like Wal-Mart was no more possible.
There is an article which shows that the ESRB rating of video games is sometimes a little bit confusing, especially in comparison to films and TV.
 

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