News: Manhunt 2 Uncut In Netherlands
Posted 30 Aug 2007 at 10:02 by Tom Phillips
Holland, the land of various freedoms, is becoming the only country in the world to get Manhunt 2... uncut.
News has broken on MCV that the currently banned title Manhunt 2, controversially denied a release world-wide due to its extreme content, will get a release in the Netherlands, completely un-cut.
The Dutch government has declined to stop the title's launch, despite America's ESRB and Europe's ELSPA rating boards warnings. The title was denied classification after criticism of its sadistically violent game settings, which has only raised the game's profile higher.
Dutch Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin has said: "The current law is based on the principle that every adult is considered capable of deciding for himself which games he wants to play, unless it contains illegal material."
While the US is getting a toned-down version of the game to satisfy censors with "Mature" rating, the rest of Europe have still to hear if the cut version of the title will be granted a release over here too.