Take Two Finally Gets an M ESRB Rating for Manhunt 2

Rockstar Games, a label of Take Two Interactive Software has been embroiled in a battle with the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) to get the sequel to Manhunt a rating better than "AO" or Adults Only 18+. The problem with an "AO" rating is that no console manufacture will support any game with it and this just would not due for Manhunt 2. Finally, Rockstar won the hard fought for "M" Mature 17+ rating from the ESRB board.

This allows Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar a sigh of relief as Halloween approaches and they would like to see the game released in time for the holiday, afterall it was originally due out on July 10th in the US on the Nintendo Wii and the Sony PlayStation 2. Besides assigning the ‘Mature’ rating, the ESRB also allocates the following content descriptors to “Manhunt 2”: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content and Use of Drugs.

Manhunt 2 depicts the escape of an amnesiac scientist and a psychotic killer from an asylum and their subsequent killing spree. Players of the video game 'Manhunt 2' would assume the role of a psychotic man who escapes a mental institution and then indulges in a bloody killing spree, using variety of weapons and objects, as he tries to find out what happened to his family.