Manhunt 2 heads to UK shelves, don’t expect it in Australia

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by Mike Bantick

Monday, 17 March 2008

Page 2 of 2 Related stories Review: Too Human Brendan Fraser movies coming to games Warhammer Online goes gold RockStar Games’ Midnight Club Los Angeles: Hands on preview Virtual Outsourcing: gold farming employs 320,000 Chinese cheaters In Australia advocates of a similar 18+ rating have long bemoaned the loss of mature content to the interactive entertainment industry.  Instead Australian gamers are left to either grey import such games when they effectively become banned through being unclassifiable by the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC), or be left with a MA15+ rated game that is a shoe-horned version of the original. Locally when queried about Manhunt 2 getting onto Australian shelves, RockStar games indicated that the difficulties in getting a rating classification.  It looks like it is not even worth trying; “we have not yet submitted it for classification, and have no plans to at this time,” said a RockStar games spokesperson. With any luck the Attorneys-General standing comittee discussion towards the end of this month can lead to a satisfactory and sensible decision in the area of interactive entertainment classification.   Please enable JavaScript in your browser to post your comment! Tags See All Tags Consoles  Games  Litigation  Mike Bantick  Get stories like this delivered daily - FREE - subscribe now << First page <   1 2 Next page > Last page - Post your comment >>

 

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