Manhunt 2 ban falls through legal loophole

The BBFC recently rejected the revised version of Manhunt 2 deeming it unsuitable for sale in the UK but, not surprisingly, there is a way around the ban.

The game was originally rejected on the grounds that it was too graphic. Developers returned to the BBFC with a revised version but the board didn’t feel Rockstar Studios, the game’s developers, had gone to adequate measures to tone down the violence in the game and so rejected it a second time.

A legal loophole allows UK gamers access to the game despite the ban from the internet as the UK’s 1984 Video Recordings Act which mandates the BBFC’s certification program and forces retailers to obey the classifications, only covers physical products.

A spokesman for the board said that the publishers of Manhunt 2 could indeed sell the game online without stepping on any toes at the BBFC as it was perfectly legal.

Manhunt 2 was granted a Mature (M) rating the US, allowing only those over 17 to purchase the product.