“Manhunt 2” Banned in England is a Bloody Mess for Rockstar

Posted by Lolita Beckwith Categories: Video Games

Sometimes, we think the folks at Rockstar Games are crazy like a fox, as each year they enjoy a little free publicity when they release a controversial game, from just about every “Grand Theft Auto” (including the upcoming GTA IV), to “Bully”, which did not turn out to be “Grand Theft Auto“-in-a-school as uninformed politicians feared. Anyway, this year’s controversy surrounds “Manhunt 2”,  which has been banned by the British Board of Film Classification due to it‘s extreme violence. Due to be released on Nintendo Wii and Playstation 2 on July 2, the game is about an escaped mental patient who embarks on—you guessed it—a killing spree. How gruesome is it? One of the “death moves” involves sawing someone in half. Ouch. Rockstar has six weeks to appeal. The game is not yet rated in the US, but rumor is that the game will earn an “Adult’s Only” rating from the ESRB, while Rockstar is hoping for the somewhat lighter “Mature” rating.

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