One year later: Manhunt 2 coming to UK on October 31

Posted Oct 3, 2008 at 7:12AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: News, Titles, Games Tags: Hackers, Halloween, North America, UK

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Rockstar finally gets to release Manhunt 2  (Wii, PSP) in the UK after a long and grueling year-long battle against the BBFC. UK gamers can expect the game to hit shelves on October 31.

Perfect timing too. Guess UK gamers have some inspiration for their Halloween costumes?

This is the modified version of the game that was released in North America exactly a year ago. If you remember, this technically this isn't the "original" version of Manhunt 2. The first version submitted to ratings boards was either faced with a ban or a rating that was too high for being too violent.

Hackers later managed to find a code that will partially lift the game's censors, which led to to more trouble for the game as it caused Target to it from shelves days after its release. Wonder if Rockstar was able to take care of that little loophole for the UK release.

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# mmm — emcp 2008-10-03 08:45

lol, i thought this was already out in the uk

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# LOL — lee123 2008-10-03 09:47

i bet 99% of people actually wanting to play this game would have got fed up waiting and downloaded a US copy last year, like me

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# hmm — pohaku 2008-10-03 10:09

this game was great for me. i liked it. hope they make another mh game.

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# .. — MahSixFo 2008-10-03 10:43

Yeah..

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# I loved ManHunt too.. — chloe 2008-10-03 13:27

.. can't complain about anything. But with all the ruckus it has made in the past, I doubt Rockstar would make a 3rd title. I'm hoping not, but who knows?

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# the game was meh — chessboxer 2008-10-03 16:08

I've got the uncut version on my PS2 and I've seen more offensive things on TV (like Big Brother... *shudders*). The BBFC (and other rating authorities) made a mountain out of a molehill. The game is no worse than GTA4.



I wonder if Australia will get this game...

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