Legal loophole allows Manhunt 2 to be sold in UK
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Certificate not needed for downloads Gory game Manhunt 2 can legally be sold to UK consumers as a download, despite the refusal of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) to grant the title a certificate for sale as a physical product in shops.â¦
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A video game banned in Britain and Ireland and facing restricted sales in the United States due to its violent content was a fine piece of art, the game's publisher said on Wednesday.
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British censors on Tuesday banned a  video game for the first time in 10 years, rejecting  U.S.-published &quot;Manhunt 2&quot; for what they described as an  unrelenting focus on sadism and brutal slaying.
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Booze cruising set to continue The European Court of Justice has ruled that boozers and smokers looking to get cut-price deals from countries with lower rates of duty will will not be able to buy the stuff online, the BBC reports.â¦
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The decision by Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. to suspend distribution of the violent video game "Manhunt 2" could actually end up boosting demand from curious gamers, industry analysts said Friday.
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Trojan row A piece of software which allows a user to track another person's mobile phone use would be almost impossible to use in the UK without breaking the law, according to a surveillance law expert.â¦
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Leading independent games maker,  Argonaut, is put up for sale to try to save the UK firm from going under.
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File-swappers in Britain are to be taken to court for trading tracks over the Internet. The crackdown by the British Phonographic Industry is the first of its kind in the UK, although the
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Tinsel town has leant its magic to a new video game with a Hollywood cast and an 18 certificate. The eagerly awaited PlayStation 2 Grand Theft Auto game San Andreas is expected to sell 25million copies worldwide for about Â£40 each.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 30 (IPS) - Loopholes in EU arms controls are allowing weapons  exports to countries that abuse human rights, a coalition of  independent groups says.
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By Lynn Davidson  A VIOLENT video game sequel made by Scots firm Rockstar North has been banned in Britain.  Manhunt 2 has been rejected by the British Board of Film Classification on the grounds of its "casual sadism" and "unrelenting focus on stalking and brutal slaying".
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The redacted version of Manhunt 2 coming to market this week with a rating of M for Mature seems to retain at least 99 percent of the original content.
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'Incompatible with community principles' Italy cannot use criminal law to stop gaming companies licensed in another EU nation from taking bets in the country, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Tuesday. Italian restrictions are incompatible with Community principles, the court said.â¦
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Refuse to release game unless it gets a lower rating Both Sony and Nintendo have confirmed that they will not authorise the release of controversial video game Manhunt 2 on their games consoles - the PS2, PSP and the Wii - in the US.â¦
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Target Corp. said Wednesday it has pulled the "Manhunt 2" video game from its stores due to particularly gruesome content that can be unlocked by hackers.
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When ratings boards in the United States, Britain and other nations effectively killed the video game Manhunt 2 last week, I got set for gore. And I found plenty.
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&quot;Manhunt 2,&quot; 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.