Manhunt has been in the news quite a bit over the years and unfortunately not always for the right reason. The game was banned in some countries including Germany, Australia and New Zealand.

Certain chains of store in the UK also refused to sell the game after the accusations that the game was behind the murder of a teen in the UK you may remember the Grand Theft Auto series also being blamed for such things.

The articles are split up into four categories:

Website Articles - Print Transcripts – Previews – Reviews

Website Articles

The website articles found below are taken from various websites and are organised by articles headline and the date of the article. Website Headline Date Rockstar Launches Manhunt Site 05-08-2003 Take-Two's Manhunt Delayed 08-29-2003 Manhunt Site is Live 08-30-2003 Manhunt in Motion 09-22-2003 Manhunt Trailer #2 10-13-2003 Listen to Manhunt 11-05-2003 Manhunt Ships 11-19-2003 Rockstar ships Manhunt 11-19-2003 Manhunt Banned in new Zealand 12-12-2003 Manhunt to make an Appearance on Xbox 12-19-2003 Rockstar Games Ships Manhunt For PC and Xbox 04-20-2004 Manhunt blamed for murder 07-28-2004 Manhunt Video game blamed for brutal murder 07-28-2004 Manhunt blamed for murder of teen 07-28-2004 Manhunt computer game is blamed for brutal killing 07-29-2004 Game blamed for hammer murder 07-29-2004 Manhunt blamed for UK murder 07-29-2004 Manhunt off store shelves in the UK 07-29-2004 Retailers Drop Manhunt Afrer Media Frenzy ... 07-30-2004 Retailer Pulls 'murder' Video Game 07-29-2004 Copycat Arguments 07-30-2004 Video game 'sparked hammer murder' 07-30-2004 Manhunt inspired killing, parents of victim say 07-30-2004 Violent video game led to our sons killing 07-30-2004 Manhunt pulled from stores after murder 07-30-2004 Sony to be sued over Manhunt murder 08-02-2004 New Twist to Manhunt Murder Allegations 08-04-2004 Boys Murder not Related to Manhunt Game 08-05-2004 Manhunt Selling out in the UK 08-05-2004 Dixons Will Not Restock Manhunt Game 08-09-2004 Austrialia Bans Manhunt 09-30-2004

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Print Transcripts

All print transcripts are taken from magazine publications and are typed up by the Manhunt Uncut staff unless other wise stated. Many of these articles can be found as Jpegs in the image gallery. Magazine/Newspaper Origin Date PSM US August 2003 OPSM2 UK October 2003 PSW2 UK October 2003 OPSM2 US October 2003 Game Reactor Denmark November 2003 OPSM2 UK November 2003 OPSM2 US November 2003 Chicago Tribune US November 24th 2003 Chicago Tribune US November 24th 2003 PSM2 UK December 2003 OPSM2 UK January 2004 OPSM2 US March 2004 PC Magazine US August 2004 News of the World UK December 05th 2004 OPSM2 UK March 2006 OPSM2 UK April 2006

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Previews

The following previews are taken from various websites and are organised by source, format (of the review) and the date of the preview. Source Format Date IGN Preview July 15th 2003 IGN   Preview July 15th 2003 Gamespot Preview October 14th 2003 IGN Hands-On October 30th 2003 Gamespot Hands-On November 06th 2003  IGN Impressions March 10th 2004 Gamespot   Impressions March 10th 2004 Gamespy Impressions March 10th 2004

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Reviews

The following reviews are taken from various websites and are organised by source, format (of the review) and the score given by the reviewer. Source Format Score IGN PS2 8.5/10 Gamespot   PS2 8.4/10 Gamespy PS2 4/5 Gameinformer PS2 9.25/10 Darkstation PS2 8/10 Dooyoo PS2 4/5 Future Gamez   PS2 84%.100% G4 TV PS2 2/5 Gamerzone PS2 8.3/10 Gaming-Media   PS2 92%/100% Gamingnexus PS2 8.2/10 Gamingworldx PS2 8.9/10 Loadedinc PS2 8/10 PC Vs Console PS2 10/10 Gamepro  PS2 4.7/5 Gamer Shell PS2 8.2/10 Real Gamer PS2 8/10 Thunderbolt Games PS2 8/10 Action Trip PC 79/100 Computer Games PC 74/100 Gamer-Talk PC 8.1/10 Gamespot PC 8.3/10 Gamespy PC 4/5 Gaming Nexus PC 8.4/10 VG City PC 8/10 Worth Playing PC 8.5/10 Game Informer XBox 9/10 Team Xbox   XBox 8.2/10 Horrorwatch XBox 4/5

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