Manhunt to hit PlayStation Store on May 14th

 

Rockstar’s controversial PS2 title, Manhunt, has been scheduled for a PlayStation store release on May 14th. It will become part of the PS2 Classics collection. Manhunt was a PlayStation 2 game that found itself the center of media attention 10 years ago on its original release.

For those who don’t remember, the game was banned in several countries due to its graphic manner and seen as “offensive.” And it was famously linked to the tragic death of a 14 year old boy in the UK back in 2004. But now Rockstar have seen fit to release it onto the PlayStation store as a PlayStation 2 “classic.”

You played the character James Earl Cash, a death row inmate who has to “kill or be killed” in order to survive as the prison immates are forced to part take in a series of snuff films being created by crazed snuff producer Lionel Starkweather (voiced by Brian Cox). Basically you have to murder as many inmates as possible in the most brutal of ways to survive a level and you gain a score rank at the end of each level or “scene”.

If you wish to see for yourself how bad this game really is, it will be £7.99 on May 14th. It will be joining other PS2 games such as the GTA series, The Warriors, Bully and Red Dead Revolver.