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Here is a link to James' thread on our message board. Earlier on in the day, RF Generation forum member, James, reported to us that the BBFC rejected Manhunt 2, which means that it cannot be released in the UK and Ireland. This is the second big blow to the game today. A representative for Rockstar told Kotaku that they have not made a decision yet, and are considering all the options to get this game released. They can either release the game with the AO rating and risk not having the game sold at stores like Target or Wal-Mart, appeal the AO rating, or edit the game and resubmit it.

Now, Rockstar has to make a very important decision concerning their game. Like these games, Manhunt 2 has received the ESRB's highest content rating, AO (Adults Only). Contrary to some reports, however, we do not believe these modifications fully restore the product to the version that originally received an AO rating, nor is this a matter of unlocking content.Rockstar's latest has joined the ranks of Thrill Kill, Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude Uncut and Uncensored, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (the first version), Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy: Director's Cut, and Playboy the Mansion: Private Party.

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The ESRB added, вЂњOnce numerous changes to the gameвЂ™s code have been made and other unauthorized software programs have been downloaded to the hardware device which circumvent security controls that prevent unauthorized games from being played on that hardware, a player can view unobscured versions of certain violent acts in the game.

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Thursday, Take-Two confirmed that hackers had managed to unblur some gruesome scenes on the PSP version, although the hack requires technical expertise and a PSP that is itself hacked to accept modified software.ДЇriday, the ESRB said it learned вЂњabout a hack into the code of the PSP and PS2 versions of the game that removes special-effects filters that were put in place to obscure certain violent depictions.вЂќ

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вЂњManhunt 2вЂќ went on sale Wednesday for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and Wii systems. Vance said the ESRB assumed the filters used in blocking content were secure. And in this case, the publisher disclosed all the content вЂ“ even the parts that were obscured вЂ“ for the ratings review. Yee was referring to a controversy in 2005, when it was discovered that a hidden sex scene (dubbed вЂњhot coffeeвЂќ) could be вЂњunlockedвЂќ within the Take-Two/Rockstar game вЂњGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas.вЂќ The ESRB reclassified that edition of the game as вЂњAdults Only.вЂќДЇriday, ESRB President Patricia Vance said the situations were different because itвЂ™s much harder to restore the вЂњManhunt 2вЂќ hidden content. вЂњNot only should the AO rating immediately be reinstated on this game, the Federal Trade Commission should investigate Rockstar and the ESRB to determine how this was allowed to happen again,вЂќ said state Sen. In the game, the player guides two people from an insane asylum who go on a killing spree with implements including axes. вЂњThe vast majority of consumers have not made the unauthorized modifications to their hardware necessary to view the content at issue,вЂќ the board said as part of a statement.Д®SRB critics pounced on the organization, as well as game publisher Take-Two Interactive and its development studio Rockstar Games, after the hacks were confirmed Thursday. The Entertainment Software Rating Board attributed the problem to the вЂњunauthorized modificationвЂќ that can occur with computer hardware and software. The video game industryвЂ™s ratings board refused Friday to reclassify вЂњManhunt 2вЂќ as Adults Only, instead of the retailer-acceptable Mature, after hackers quickly overcame some of the editing that had been used to censor the original versionвЂ™s violence.

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