Manhunt 2 UK appeal successful

Manhunt 2 has been getting alot of negative press lately, having not been released in PAL-land and submitted for approval by the BBFC almost 3 times. Luckily though, today, all that has seemed to change because Manhunt 2 has finally got the greenlight to go ahead. The Video Appeals Committee has announced that it has voted for Rockstar’s brutal stealth-em-up to be finally released in the UK, by a margin of four votes to two. More inside The BBFC has responsed saying that they will be considering the Video Appeals Committee’s decision and subsequently decide how they will react to this decision. A statement from the BBFC reads: –

“”The BBFC exercises great vigilance and care in ensuring that all violent games which are submitted to us are correctly classified. Our decisions are based on published guidelines, which are the result of very wide public consultation. The Board also provides very full content information to the public, including parents, about the videogames which it classifies. We recently launched a new website for parents, PBBFC, in addition to the main website and our websites for children and students.””

It’s also worth noting that the BBFC rejected Manhunt 2 not once, but twice for it’s grissly atmosphere and the context behind it’s varied and cumulative killings.

Source: MCV UK