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Rockstar appeals the ban on Manhunt 2 in UK

Category: Industry, Posted: 08/01/2007 at 04:04PM EDT by Chris Puntini, GN Content Contributor

Rockstar Games Appeals Manhunt 2 decision It's been six weeks since the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) refused to give Manhunt 2 an age-based rating in the UK. This, in turn, made it impossible for Rockstar Games to sell Manhunt 2 in the UK market.

Now, Rockstar is fighting back. Yesterday, Rockstar appealed that decision to the Video Appeals Committee (VAC), which has the power to overrule decisions made by the British Board of Film Classification. Who knew?

No word as to what grounds Rockstar is filing the appeal over. Maybe the game is so graphic, that it's lost all of it's meaning as an extremely violent game...or something like that. The VAC is currently forming a panel that will vote on the appeal.

Posted by Mercer on 08/01/2007 at 04:59PM

So basically they are just blocking the sale of the game adults only or not...freakin' douche bags

Posted by Brendon on 08/01/2007 at 07:02PM

I really don't even understand the point of having an AO rating. No one will publish a game rated that, and no major retail outlets will carry it.

Posted by Not_My_Style on 08/01/2007 at 07:23PM

Yeah, I've always wondered the same thing Brendon. I guess it's for games like this, just to show that it's worse than an M rated game. It's so violent/graphic, that it can't be sold to the public.

Posted by Atomic Waffle on 08/01/2007 at 09:49PM

There's a line where games get too graphic, but it's sadly very skewd.

Posted by bu11eTJuNkiE on 08/02/2007 at 10:09AM

This game isn't graphic. Rockstar isn't capable of producing nice graphics, just nice game :)