The video industry in Ireland can do it, so the game industry can to. What i'd like to see is *MUCH* stricter controls on how this content is delivered, ie. That's a knee jerk reaction avoiding the original problems and just blaming it on something easy. More than likely, if someone is going to act out a violent act, they are already that way inclined and just need a trigger, if that's a video game or movie, it doesn't mean that it needs to be banned. It doesn't mean that a large number of players are going to turn into violent zombies. If one individual is influenced by a game, it shouldn't mean the blanket banning of a game. The only scenarios that have come anyway close are the odd case in the US and UK where 'experts' blame a specific game. One has to remember first and foremost that this is a video game and no evidence (prove me incorrect if you wish) has been categorically shown to prove a link between a rise in real life crime/violence and video games. I doubt this is going to be a perminant ban, rockstar will tone it down a tad, then appeal, the ban will probably be lifted and we can all stop pretending a great injustice has been served. I notice nobody complained about them untill this happened, so have they always been evil censors, or is it just that this one strikes a chord with gamers and we assume that the fault lies with the IFCO for doing their job, as opposed to rockstar for pushing this as far as they can? The rating system covers 99.9% of everything, with some porn films being the only thing that recieve a ban and for the ban to be upheld after an appeal (which manhunt 2 can still do). This draws serious parallels to the banning of everything from "Lolita" to "Rosemary's Baby" in the last century by censors.įirstly it's the job of the IFCO to present ratings on media, and to see if they break obscentiy laws, which we can only assume manhunt 2 does (unless someone here has managed to get a copy of the game).
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To prove this, the savvy developers at Valve Software have just launched "The Orange Box" (Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 $49.99 to $64.Why should decisions like that be made for us I'm curious. `ORANGE' CRUSH: Halo 3 isn't the only game in town serious 3-D shooter fans know that Gordon from the Half-Life games can keep up with Master Chief with little to no effort. Rockstar Games said it's appealing the decision. The company also feels the decision is hypocritical: "The BBFC allows adults the freedom to decide for themselves when it comes to horror in movies and we think adults should be similarly allowed to decide for themselves when it comes to horror in video games, such as Manhunt 2." are "unacceptable," and this decision to ban it should be perceived as a "setback" for the industry. Rockstar Games said the suggested changes in order to publish the game in the U.K. The Game Guy contacted a Rockstar Games representative in New York City: "We are continuing to appeal the British Board of Film Classification's decision to deny the edited version of Manhunt 2 an 18+ certificate and thereby ban its release in the United Kingdom." "The impact of the revisions on the bleakness and callousness of tone, or the essential nature of the game play, is clearly insufficient," BBFC Director David Cooke said. Other execution-style scenes were blurred out.īut, apparently, it wasn't enough for the British Board of Film Classification. Allegedly, one of the scenes taken out of the original game had players taking pliers to a victim's genitals. Now with a "Mature" rating – not recommended for players under 17 years of age – the game lets players assume the role of an escapee from a mental institution who goes on a killing spree. Rockstar spent the last couple of months tweaking the content at the request of the ESRB.
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The label would have meant a console maker such as Sony or Nintendo likely would not approve the game for manufacturing, although it could still conceivably come out for the PC with an AO rating. In June, Take-Two Interactive Inc., the parent company to Manhunt 2 publisher Rockstar Games, decided to suspend the launch of the controversial game when it faced an "Adults Only" sticker by the Entertainment Software Rating Board. when it debuts this Halloween in North America.
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Despite efforts to tone down the violence in Manhunt 2, British regulators on Monday said the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and Nintendo Wii game will still be banned in the U.K.
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