After a ban in Ireland and the UK, as well as an Adults Only rating from the U.S. Entertainment Software Ratings Board, Take 2, parent company of Rockstar Games, said Thursday it has temporarily suspended the release of “Manhunt 2” for the Wii, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable video game systems. The company had originally planned for the game to hit store shelves on July 10 in the U.S. and July 13 in Europe. The brouhaha over the second edition of the Manhunt series of games began earlier this month when the ESRB gave the game an Adults Only.
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Posted by: Walaika Haskins June 22, 2007 03:13 PMAfter a ban in Ireland and the UK, as well as an Adults Only rating from the U.S. Entertainment Software Ratings Board, Take 2, parent company of Rockstar Games, said Thursday it has temporarily suspended the release of “Manhunt 2” for the Wii, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable video game systems. The company had originally planned for the game to hit store shelves on July 10 in the U.S. and July 13 in Europe. The brouhaha over the second edition of the Manhunt series of games began earlier this month when the ESRB gave the game an Adults Only.