Manhunt 2 Still Banned in UK

Despite a successful appeal to the British Video Appeals Committee (see our previous coverage), it appears Rockstar Games is still not able to release the controversial Manhunt 2 in the UK. On January 24, 2008 the High Court ruled overturned the VAC’s ruling, telling the committee that it must reconsider its decision because it had committed a "clear error of law" in its approach to the question of harm.

As a result, Rockstar is still unable to sell the game in the UK, despite submitting a new version based on the cuts made for the M-rated US edition of the game. Rockstar has stated: "we believe the VAC decision was correct and do not understand the court's decision to expend further public resources to censor a game that contains content well within the bounds established by the BBFC's 18-plus ratings certification."

Coverage at GameSpot.

Summary by Mike Mjanes.