Shrygue
December 19th, 2007, 18:44
via Games Industry (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=31651)
Take-Two's chairman has responded to the BBFC's decision to seek judicial review of the Video Appeals Committee's decision overturning the ban on Manhunt 2 in the UK.
The game was originally banned by the BBFC back in June, despite the fact that the organisation approved the original Manhunt game with an 18-plus certification in 2003.
Take-Two appealed the BBFC ruling, which was recently overturned by the Video Appeals Committee on a 4-3 vote.
Rather than granting Manhunt 2 an 18-plus rating, however, the BBFC applied for judicial review.
"We are disappointed that the BBFC has decided to appeal its own Video Appeals Committee's judgment in favor of an 18-plus certificate for Manhunt 2," said Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick.
"We believe the VAC decision was correct and do not understand the BBFC's decision to expend further public resources to censor a game that contains content well within the bounds established by the BBFC's 18-plus ratings certification."
Take-Two's chairman has responded to the BBFC's decision to seek judicial review of the Video Appeals Committee's decision overturning the ban on Manhunt 2 in the UK.
The game was originally banned by the BBFC back in June, despite the fact that the organisation approved the original Manhunt game with an 18-plus certification in 2003.
Take-Two appealed the BBFC ruling, which was recently overturned by the Video Appeals Committee on a 4-3 vote.
Rather than granting Manhunt 2 an 18-plus rating, however, the BBFC applied for judicial review.
"We are disappointed that the BBFC has decided to appeal its own Video Appeals Committee's judgment in favor of an 18-plus certificate for Manhunt 2," said Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick.
"We believe the VAC decision was correct and do not understand the BBFC's decision to expend further public resources to censor a game that contains content well within the bounds established by the BBFC's 18-plus ratings certification."