After Rockstar's latest controversy magnet was released, a rumor began to surface of a hack on the PSP version of Manhunt 2 that made previously cut material available for viewing. A Take-Two representative has today confirmed the rumor, confessing that hackers had indeed made some (not all) edited content visible.
"Hackers apparently have altered one of those edits to produce an illegally modified version of the game that can only be played on an unauthorized, modified PlayStation Portable handheld system," the company said in a statement to GamePolitics. Take-Two's chairman Strauss Zelnick quite obviously urged against the use of the discovered exploit and was quick to throw in a reminder that the game is not for kids, intended for those aged 17 and above.
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1:33 PM on 11.01.2007
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I'm calling JT right now!
Seriously, though, what was Rockstar thinking. This is a slap in the face of the ESRB and the game industry at large. We have dealt with Rockstar's shenanigans before, but after the 'Hot Coffee' incident you would think that they could get their shit in gear.
They just don't fucking learn, do they?
a stock psp with the UMD copy of the game cannot access this content, only users intentionally pirating the game have access to said content. so basically, this is like punshing rockstar b/c there are software pirates. wtf?
Greedy bastards, the whole lot of them. They're hurting the reputation of the entire video game industry with their ridiculous tactics.
At least violence is more accepted than sex, right?
@galagabug
Sadly that hacking and modifying will probably just end up becoming "with little effort one can access the content".
Yeah, totally...
That game should already be in my hands right now! If it gets pushed back again, I will have to do my own five star rampage.
/cereal
Also, the whole plier testicle rip removal was bullshit too. In the first Manhunt you could sneak up behind an enemy and "cup" his groin with a sickle and pull. That is essentially tearing your nuts and dick off, but it was still in the game when it came out. So I don't understand why the pliers one couldn't be either.
It was a bold move by Rockstar - but it was the right one. Censorship does not belong in gaming!
Hi, there's no extra content being unlocked, just less censored.
I don't know what you folks are all worried about. Jack thompson and his ilk have time and time again proven utterly ineffectual at doing any harm to the gaming industry, other than fearmongering among the part of the population who believes his bullshit anyway. Those people were never going to buy games. Why should developers bow to censorship any more than they have to. Rockstar removed the content from the game. The only way of accessing it is by modifying your game. Besides, all the hack does is remove the obfuscation of the violence, as rockstar taking it out altogether would be infeasible in terms of time and money involved.
There will be a shitstorm over this, but you know what? It'll be entirely unjustified. This is a game for adults. If a kid plays it, that's solely their legal guardian's responsibility. And considering this is a game for adults, shouldn't said adults be able to chose on their own to modify their game, which they purchased and own, to their leisure?
You have to give credit to Rockstar. Not only did they circumvent the censorship of their original product, but they did so by letting the gaming community "crack" the proper version.
Thank you Rockstar.
Thank you gaming community.
Thank you Jesus.
Why?