Take Two Shelves Manhunt 2

If you've been following this story so far, it shouldn't come as a shock that Take-Two has shelved Manhunt 2 for the moment, while they decide what to do next. The company is considering its options, and still fully supports the game as a 'work of art'. "Take-Two Interactive Software has temporarily suspended plans to distribute Manhunt 2 for the Wii or PlayStation platforms while it reviews its options with regard to the recent decisions made by the British Board of Film Classification and Entertainment Software Rating Board ... We continue to stand behind this extraordinary game. We believe in freedom of creative expression, as well as responsible marketing, both of which are essential to our business of making great entertainment." Analysts have already started weighing in, with some seeing this as unfairly targeting the GTA-maker for previous 'sins'.

Comments

Re:Is this a surprise?

[RonnyJ]

Exactly, as you say it wasn't hard, yet Rockstar claimed it involved extensive work but that was proved to be incorrect. I wouldn't trust them.

Re:loss - MOD CHIPS ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

[bigstrat2003]

Who the fuck has been moderating this thread? The original post got marked funny for some ungodly reason, even though it seemed to me to be a serious attempt at discussion, and now this one? This post is a joke in the same sense that rape is a joke: it's not a joke! At all!

I normally respect the work of the slashdot moderators, but come on guys, you can do a lot better than this.

I'm glad

[rinkjustice]

and I hope the game never hits the market. Why? Because there are a lot of parents that suck, and would let their small children play ultraviolent games like Manhunt and think nothing of it.

The government is not my parent.

[timmarhy]

this irritates me, because i'd love to play a game like this. certain people out there want to be everyones parents. to them i say - well mommy, come suck my dick, because i'm going to drink booze all night while playing manhunt