Common Sense Media renews Manhunt 2 boycott calls

It should be remembered that San Francisco-based non-government organization Common Sense Media recently released an advisory regarding the impending launch of Manhunt 2 (Nintendo Wii, PSP) in the United States. The group is calling all parents to boycott what it refers to as the “most violent and gruesome video game ever produced for a mass market.”

In that same advisory, Common Sense Media also mentioned that it will hold a press conference later today where they will further discuss why parents shouldn’t allow their children to play Manhunt 2. Just a couple of hours before the event, the NGO sent in a revised version of the press release to the gaming media.

At first glance, we believed that the revised press release contains more “fighting” words to further increase the impact of its call to parents. Aside from that, the PR material also contains an indirect response to Take-Two Interactive‘s initial answer to Common Sense Media’s call. That part reads:

Common Sense believes that parents, educators, and other consumers would benefit from knowing what specific parts of the game were edited or removed to get the rating reduced, but information about the re-rating process has been very limited…

Given that the edited version of the game has been rated M in the U.S. yet banned in the U.K., as well as the fact that an apparently unedited version of the game is available to download online, Common Sense wants to make sure that parents, educators and all potential consumers know that this game should be kept out of the hands of all children and teens.

Manhunt 2 is scheduled to be released tomorrow, October 31. With Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive having gained the go signal of the ratings board, organizations such as Common Sense Media has no other resolved but to urge consumers to boycott the video game.

Buy: [ Manhunt 2 (PSP) ]
Buy: [ Manhunt 2 (Wii) ]

It should be remembered that San Francisco-based non-government organization Common Sense Media recently released an advisory regarding the impending launch of Manhunt 2 (Nintendo Wii, PSP) in the United States. The group is calling all parents to boycott what it refers to as the “most violent and gruesome video game ever produced for a mass market.”

In that same advisory, Common Sense Media also mentioned that it will hold a press conference later today where they will further discuss why parents shouldn’t allow their children to play Manhunt 2. Just a couple of hours before the event, the NGO sent in a revised version of the press release to the gaming media.

At first glance, we believed that the revised press release contains more “fighting” words to further increase the impact of its call to parents. Aside from that, the PR material also contains an indirect response to Take-Two Interactive‘s initial answer to Common Sense Media’s call. That part reads:

Common Sense believes that parents, educators, and other consumers would benefit from knowing what specific parts of the game were edited or removed to get the rating reduced, but information about the re-rating process has been very limited…

Given that the edited version of the game has been rated M in the U.S. yet banned in the U.K., as well as the fact that an apparently unedited version of the game is available to download online, Common Sense wants to make sure that parents, educators and all potential consumers know that this game should be kept out of the hands of all children and teens.

Manhunt 2 is scheduled to be released tomorrow, October 31. With Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive having gained the go signal of the ratings board, organizations such as Common Sense Media has no other resolved but to urge consumers to boycott the video game.

Buy: [ Manhunt 2 (PSP) ]
Buy: [ Manhunt 2 (Wii) ]