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BBFC Rejects Revised Version Of 'Manhunt 2'


Submitted by thankeeka on October 9, 2007 - 1:39pm. General News

I love the British. I mean they've got the best possible accent that you can have! Well, I guess not everything is going smoothly over there, because it's looking like you'll have a very watered down version of Manhunt 2 if even a version of it at all when everything is said and done. So just why can't Manhunt 2 get approved over there while the rating has already been changed for the US?

From the article:

Are you looking forward to playing Manhunt 2 when it launches at the end of the month?

Don’t hold your breath if you reside in the UK.

As has been widely reported, in June the British Board of Film Classification banned the original version of Manhunt 2 from UK shores.

Publisher Rockstar initially said it planned to appeal the ban, but instead submitted an edited version of the controversial game in hopes of obtaining clearance to sell Manhunt 2 to those 18 and older.

While the editing approach succeeded in North America, where Manhunt 2 was downgraded from a sales-killing AO (Adults Only) rating to a more marketable (M) Mature, such is not the case across the Atlantic. There the BBFC has once again rejected the game.

Read the full article over at gamepolitics.com


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