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The ban on a controversial computer game which was refused release in the UK for being "unremittingly bleak, callous and sadistic" has been overturned.
Manhunt 2, which was banned by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) last year for being excessively violent, will now go on sale in June with an 18 certificate following an appeal by the game's publisher, Rockstar.
The game, in which players take the role of a patient who has escaped from an asylum, became the first game in a decade to be refused release in the UK when it was banned in June last year Jonathan Richards. Times Online. i was very mad when this game was banned last year but it looks like manhunt 2 is coming out in June.this year. i am still mad but it is good news for us gamers and a kick in the teeth for political correctness so just wait and see when it will be released :devil:
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manhunt 2 banned
19 June 2007 - 08:53 PM
British censors have banned a violent video game from the UK for the first time in a decade.
The video game Manhunt 2 was rejected 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".
There is sustained and cumulative casual sadism in the way in which these killings are committed 
BBFC director David Cooke
The original Manhunt game was given an 18 classification in 2003.
Manhunt 2, for PS2 and Nintendo Wii consoles, is made by Rockstar Games.
The company has six weeks to submit an appeal.
The last game to be refused classification was Carmageddon in 1997. That decision was overturned on appeal.
David Cooke, director of the BBFC, said: "Manhunt 2 is distinguishable from recent high-end video games by its unremitting bleakness and callousness of tone.
"There is sustained and cumulative casual sadism in the way in which these killings are committed, and encouraged, in the game." I for one is pissed off about this as a casual gamer you can toss the odds about a game . but video game shops should ask for i .d selling video games manhunt2 was always going to be 18cert it is just like films why cant they ban saw.1 2 and 3.on DVD for its gore to me it is just P.C gone mad and it has just f***ed me off big time wake up from P.C land and get a grip because this just bollocks. sorry for the bad language. but i am mad.
The video game Manhunt 2 was rejected 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".
There is sustained and cumulative casual sadism in the way in which these killings are committed BBFC director David Cooke
The original Manhunt game was given an 18 classification in 2003.
Manhunt 2, for PS2 and Nintendo Wii consoles, is made by Rockstar Games.
The company has six weeks to submit an appeal.
The last game to be refused classification was Carmageddon in 1997. That decision was overturned on appeal.
David Cooke, director of the BBFC, said: "Manhunt 2 is distinguishable from recent high-end video games by its unremitting bleakness and callousness of tone.
"There is sustained and cumulative casual sadism in the way in which these killings are committed, and encouraged, in the game." I for one is pissed off about this as a casual gamer you can toss the odds about a game . but video game shops should ask for i .d selling video games manhunt2 was always going to be 18cert it is just like films why cant they ban saw.1 2 and 3.on DVD for its gore to me it is just P.C gone mad and it has just f***ed me off big time wake up from P.C land and get a grip because this just bollocks. sorry for the bad language. but i am mad.
