Manhunt News from N4G

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  New Study Shows Violent Games Make Mornings Worse

  Negative Gamer writes: The paper, published in Acta Paediatrica, used 19 boys aged between 12 and 15 and told them to play one violent, and one non-violent game for 2 hours before bed. Measurements of their heartbeat and movement were measured whilst they played, and during the following night of sleep. NG have essentially a nice translation of the report from technical talk (though the link to the report is given) into stuff we can understand. NG conclude: So there ...

  Xbox - Nov 14, 2008
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  "Manhunt made my son a killer", Says the Mother

  The parents of Britain's most violent teenager has spilled to News of the world that the computer game Manhunt turned their son into a killer. The killer was supposedly a 'quiet and reserved' boy with a 'promising future' but every night he'd turn into some kind of twisted murderer as he used Manhunt to practice his potential murders. His mom claims that he never did anything to make her worry in the past and implies that his casual Playstation addiction ...

  PS2, Wii, PSP - Jul 15, 2007
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  Ex-ELSPA Bennett Slams Successor's Manhunt 2 Stance

  Roger Bennett is sorely missed. The ex-director general of UK games regulator ELSPA has come out strongly in favour of Rockstar over the BBFC in the case of the recent Manhunt 2 ban, while strongly criticising ELSPA's decision to quickly jump to the support of the censors.

  PS2, Wii - Jun 30, 2007
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  Manhunt 2 Rejected in UK by BBFC

  The BBFC has rejected the video game Manhunt 2. This means that it cannot be legally supplied anywhere in the UK. The game was submitted in both a PS2 and a Nintendo Wii version. The decision was taken by the Director and the Presidential Team of Sir Quentin Thomas, Lord Taylor of Warwick and Janet Lewis-Jones.

  PS2 - Jun 19, 2007