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The Byron update in the UK has recommended that the PEGI and the BBFC both work together in rating games, with the BBFC rating on the front and the PEGI rating on the back.



A few days ago, the UK High Court decided that the Video Appeals Committee, which had recently granted the game an 18-certificate release in the country, must reconsider its decision.



Manhunt 2 has constantly been refused a rating in the UK by the British Board of Film Classification, effectively banning it from release, by Rockstar are still determined to see it hit UK store shelves. Thanks to the common sense of the Video Appeals Committee, it might actually happen this time.



Rockstar Game's appeal on the British Board of Film Classification's ban of the original version of Manhunt 2 was temporarily suspended when Rockstar submitted its revised version of the game recently. Once again, though, Rockstar got a no.



Manhunt 2, the upcoming sequel up to a title that has already received more than its fair share of controversy, may see its release in the UK snuffed out altogether, thanks to the country's visual entertainment censors' (BBFC) refusal to give the title a legal rating.

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