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Manhunt 2 was released for PSP, PS2 and Wii in the US on 31 October, with an M rating. The very next day, 1 November, a method that removed the blurring effect on the PSP and PS2 versions was released by a group of PSP crackers .
Manhunt 2 [35] [36] [37] PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii: Rockstar Games, Take Two Interactive: Blood and gore, intense violence, strong language, strong sexual content, use of drugs: The game was edited prior to release to meet the M rating. [64] [38] In 2009, an uncut version was released for PC under the AO rating. [37]
The British Columbia Film Classification Office reviewed the game after the controversy in Ontario and deemed the Mature rating by the ESRB to be appropriate. [92] In Germany, the Amtsgericht in Munich confiscated the PlayStation 2 version of Manhunt on July 19, 2004, for violation of § 131 StGB ("representation of violence"). According to the ...
In addition to the main age-based ratings, ESRB ratings also incorporate one or more of 31 "content descriptors", which provide detailed information about the specific types and levels of objectionable content contained in a game, including categories covering different levels of violence, language, sexual content, nudity, use of alcoholic ...
Manhunt 2 (2007) N/A Not officially banned, but the game was never submitted to the ACB over fears that it would be refused classification. [55] N/A N/A Soldier of Fortune: Payback (2007) 2007-10-17 Banned because of high impact bloody violence. [56] A censored version was later released with an MA15+ rating, disabling the ability to mutilate ...
The date was later changed to allow the rating to be introduced at the beginning of 2013. [17] Due to the licensing of the International Age Rating Coalition software for developers to rate their own game, several hundred games have been banned from various app stores as of 2015. [18]
A content rating (also known as maturity rating) [1] [2] rates the suitability of TV shows, movies, comic books, or video games to this primary targeted audience. [3] [4] [5] A content rating usually places a media source into one of a number of different categories, to show which age group is suitable to view media and entertainment.
[citation needed] Manhunt 2 has been labeled as possibly the most violent video game ever made and is infamous for being one of only four video games to have received an "Adults Only" rating due to violence. Further controversy surrounds the Wii version, due to the fact that it actually simulates the violence through motion control, causing it ...