Sony employee leaked Manhunt 2
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Rockstar parent Take Two Interactive has released a statement concerning the recent leakage of Manhunt 2 to the internet.
Back in early September we reported that a version of Manhunt was cracked by hackers and leaked to the internet. Question was though, where did it comes from? Seems like Sony was to blame and not Rockstar.
According to Game Politics, the following statement has been released by Take Two:
"Take Two Interactive confirmed that a former employee of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has acknowledged his responsibility for the unauthorised online distribution of an unrated play-test version of Manhunt 2 submitted for the European PAL PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system."
Notice how the statement says "former employee".
I figured this would end up happening.
:rofl:
A lot of us were saying this would end up happening when there was talk it was going to be banned or put through the PG-13 watering down treatment.
When are governments and other groups going to realize that in todays world you can't BAN or censor something for too long. If a work of art in the form of electronic media, music, etc. is targeted for being banned alls that does is create more curiosity and ultimately it will be obtained by the masses anyway.
Ensure that stores ask for ID's of little kids trying to buy this game but don't try and ban a video game. That's ridiculous.
Ethically speaking, what that employee did was wrong, however, if his reason was motivated by the same principles I suspect, I don't have a problem with it and am pleased to hear that this leaked.
