If you thought Manhunt 2 had reached the pinnacle of mature content in video games, you better guess again. The controversy-garnering title will be re-released on Direct2Drive next week for $29.99 -- only this time around, it's packing an AO rating. As those who lived through Mahuntgate surely remember, that was planned to be the original rating for the game, before the ESRB rolled up, and was all like "what? You want to stick shards of glass into another man's ear? No. No, sir."
Rockstar has remained mum about what the new rating will entail, but our guess is that it will incorporate more graphic forms of violence, and perhaps a few extra dirty words. We've contacted Rockstar to get more specific details on the mature-r content, and to find out when we can expect the Early Childhood version of the game to hit store shelves.
[Via Big Download]
Reader Comments (54)
Posted: Nov 1st 2009 7:18AM Alex R said
Can someone please explain how the AO rating works? I'm from the UK and we only have age restricted things, (12, 15, 18) and if something is too much for 18, it just doesn't happen.
Games like Gears 2, Hitman, Dead Rising are all 18s.
Games like Gears 2, Hitman, Dead Rising are all 18s.
Posted: Nov 1st 2009 4:35PM stafa said
This game was already old and dated when it came out back in 2007, who thought it would be a good idea to re-release this now?
Posted: Nov 1st 2009 7:44PM neoXmahi said
This is kinda stupid. There's already a MATURE rating that's only for adults. Why do they need a AO rating? I think that's really stupid. Whatever.
Posted: Nov 2nd 2009 12:27PM Dan50 said
AO means you game is forbidden from being released on all systems and 90 percent of the stores that sell games. Also you can't have commercials or magazine/newspaper ads. You can only sell it online through DD or through the company website for PC/Mac etc only. 18 in the UK means for ages 18 and up and for some STUPID ASS reason Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo think adults in America should never be allowed to play games with an 18 and up rating and every other country adults can play games with a rating for them.
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