The Entertainment Software Rating Board in the US had originally given the game an “Adult’s Only” rating. But when the game went on sale a week ago, it carried a “Mature” rating.
Reports in the US say hackers have broken the blurring of some of the more violent scenes in the game. The game’s publisher had blurred the ultra-violent content in order to get a more marketable rating.
The reports say the hackers had defeated blurring on the Playstation Portable version of the game, which is also available on PlayStation 2 and Nintendo’s Wii consoles.
The Manhunt 2 publisher Take Two Interactive Software have hit headlines in Australia previsouly, both for the previous version of ManHunt and for its Grand Theft Auto franchise. Ultra-violence and graphic sex scenes have been the complaint.
The Manhunt 2 hack is said to roll-back only some of the changes that were made to give the game a more accessible rating. The hack also requires considerable technical expertise, as well as a PlayStation Portable that has itself been hacked to allow it to play modified software.
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