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Censors ban 'brutal' video game

British censors have banned a violent video game from the UK for the first time in a decade.

The video game Manhunt 2 was banned for its "unrelenting focus on stalking and brutal slaying", the British Board of Film Classification said.

It means the Manhunt sequel cannot be legally supplied anywhere in the UK.

The parents of a Leicester schoolboy who blamed the original game for the murder of their 14-year-old son said they were "absolutely elated".


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I've not played the first, but I think my brother did. Anything that gets a ban by the BBFC (is this a film or a game? BBF&GC :S) is a game I have to play!

GS:

"In the wake of international bans and an Adults Only rating in the US, Manhunt 2 won't make its July 10 release date, Take-Two Interactive has confirmed. The game had been expected to ship that day for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and Nintendo Wii.

"Take-Two Interactive Software has temporarily suspended plans to distribute Manhunt 2 for the Wii or PlayStation platforms while it reviews its options with regard to the recent decisions made by the British Board of Film Classification and Entertainment Software Rating Board," a representative told GameSpot. "We continue to stand behind this extraordinary game. We believe in freedom of creative expression, as well as responsible marketing, both of which are essential to our business of making great entertainment."

While the ESRB's initial rating of an AO for Adults Only doesn't explicitly prohibit the game from being sold, most major US retailers refuse to carry AO games, and console manufacturers prohibit their third-party publishers from releasing AO titles on their systems."

I'm not suprised they banned the game if it had rape in it, although i'd be very suprised if it did. That's just going way over the line.

Alfonse wrote:
> I don't really think rape or nercrophilia is any sicker than
> slicing someone up with a shard of glass. I'd take these rumours
> with a pinch of salt though guys, places that have already
> reviewed the game forget to mention these in game events.

It does sound like a load of crap to me. The report only mentioned "casual sadism" you can be damn sure if there was rape or necrophelia in it, they would have mentioned it.

Biggie Little Jr. wrote:
> I heard the main reason it got banned was because of a
> Leicestershire family protesting who blamed the first game for
> their sons murder. To be honest though, it's no worse than games
> like GTA were you can shot people in the head or chainsaw someone
> to death.

They bought it for him. The person who killed him had supposedly never played it.
Comparing GTA and Manhunt is ridiculous for the same reason comparing Splinter Cell or Hitman to Manhunt is. The tone and presentation are entirely different.

I played the first game, and it was just as bad, but it took the stores about a year and lots of complaints before stores banned it.

I heard the main reason it got banned was because of a Leicestershire family protesting who blamed the first game for their sons murder. To be honest though, it's no worse than games like GTA were you can shot people in the head or chainsaw someone to death.

*vomits all over the place*

Still I think I would find it more disturbing if this was a movie instead of a game. But then I've seen a lot worse in movies.

I don't really think rape or nercrophilia is any sicker than slicing someone up with a shard of glass. I'd take these rumours with a pinch of salt though guys, places that have already reviewed the game forget to mention these in game events.

Some people are suggesting that Rockstar sent off a completely sick version to the ratings boards and already have a watered down version prepared for release. What do you guys think?

I totally agree. That's completely sick. I havent heard that anywhere though and the official reason for banning it was due to the excessive and continual theme of violence and killing so I dont know how true it is.

You can rape a woman in the game and there's corpse humping?

Where did you read this? If that really is true I'm glad this has been banned. There's no need for that kind of stuff in computer games, that really is taking it way too far.

18R is for porn, maybe a hot coffee mod should be made?

Still, it's probably a good thing this was banned. You'd only have Jack Thompson saying that games don't just train kids to shoot people in face, they also train kids to castrate people!