U.K. censors Rockstar's 'Manhunt 2'
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Blog: Decision means psychological-horror title cannot be legally supplied anywhere in country. The Take-Two division has six weeks to appeal.
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The BBC is criticised after rock star Iggy Pop used a racist term during coverage of the Glastonbury Festival.
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Video game publisher Take-Two  Interactive Software Inc. said on Thursday it has suspended  plans to sell &quot;Manhunt 2&quot; after the title was slapped with  restrictive ratings for its extreme violence.
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A PC, PS2 and Xbox-based trivia game has been banned in the US after a teenager alleged that the title contains topless video pictures of her, used not only without her permission but filmed when she was a minor.
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Media & professional: Terry Wogan censured for promoting his UKTV Gold chatshow on his Radio 2 breakfast programme.
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Gory game to hit the shelves at last? The controversial âslasherâ videogame Manhunt 2 is to be re-assessed by the UK's Video Appeals Committee (VAC) after the High Court this week judged its decision that the game should be released was legally flawed.â¦
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Judge says it has a case A judge has granted the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) a full court hearing for its argument that controversial videogame Manhunt 2 should not be released in this country.â¦
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LONDON -- A teenager is forbidden to say &quot;grass.&quot; A great-grandfather is banned from being sarcastic. And two record companies are told not to put up advertising posters.
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A US car advert directed by Guy Ritchie is axed after claims it encouraged dangerous driving.
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In a landmark decision representing the U.K.'s first video game ban since 1997, the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has rejected Manhunt 2 for both PS2 and Wii, which now makes it illegal to sell the game within the borders of the country.
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Britain on Tuesday banned military and naval personnel from selling tales of their exploits to the media, following an outcry when sailors seized by Iran published stories in exchange for cash.
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Stranglehold promo strangled An advert for a computer game has been banned from television. The advert for Stranglehold had realistic violence, constant gunfire and condoned violence, according to ad watchdog the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).â¦
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British censors are seeking a judicial review to block the sale of controversial video game Manhunt 2.
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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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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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China has censored part of the latest installment of hit Hollywood movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" for "vilifying and defacing the Chinese", the official Xinhua news agency said on Friday.
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The Manhunt 2 controversy continues. After Take-Two acknowledged recently that their game had received a [preliminary "Adults Only" rating] from the ESRB, spokespersons from both Sony and Nintendo confirmed that the game would not find itself a home on their console systems should that rating stand.