The story starts in an asylum for the criminally insane whereaby the main character, an inmate escapes with a fellow friend, afterwhich he goes on a mission to bring down. “Manhunt 2 is important to us, and we’re glad it can finally be appreciated as a gaming experience,” said Sam Houser, founder of Rockstar Games, the development team within Take-Two that created “Manhunt” and is behind other popular but controversial titles like “Grand Theft Auto” and “Bully. Manhunt 2 is similar to the first game, but different in its storyline and also lots of cool new weapons, violent kill scenes and very enjoyable hand-to-hand combat takedowns. It was the second bit of recent good news for Take-Two after the strong debut of its spooky underwater shooting game “BioShock,” and the company’s shares rose as much as 3.3 percent on Friday, when it announced the “Manhunt 2” news. While its decisions carry no legal weight, Microsoft Corp MSFT.O, Sony Corp 6758.T and Nintendo Co Ltd 7974.OS do not allow such titles on their game consoles. The ratings board had previously slapped an "Adults Only" rating on the game.
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Entertainment Software Ratings Board, meaning it is meant for players aged 17 and over. Take-Two Interactive Software Inc TTWO.O said a new version of the game, which features an insane asylum escapee killing enemies in gruesome ways, had won a "Mature" rating from the U.S.
"Manhunt 2," a brutally violent video game that was effectively banned in the United States, has risen from the grave in a modified form and will go on sale for Halloween, its publisher said. displays the company's next-generation game console "Wii" (L) and it's control unit before their corporate strategy meeting in Tokyo June 7, 2006. Japanese game software and console maker Nintendo Co.