No. It is rated Mature. Thats 17+Originally posted by SingaBoiy+29 July 2004 - 05:09--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (SingaBoiy @ 29 July 2004 - 05:09)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Originally posted by Withcheese@28 July 2004 - 13:14
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when GTA first came out i think there was a big disbute about it.. SA is 18+ so the parents will be held responsable.. what rating is manhunt?
Manhunt is rated 18+ so wtf was a 17 year old doing with it?
Another case of a bad parent blaming everyone but themselves.
btw Manhunt is crap.
EDIT: ATM, I am hooked on NCAA Football 2005... that doesnt make me wanna go out and play for Stanford. There are very few instances like this and knows if its related to the games. On CSI they had a show were this girl lured this guy out to a consturction site where she and a few friends murdered the guy with hammers. Maybe he got a hold of that episode. There is no way of telling he did it cause he was 'obsessed' with the game. Unless he actually confesses that[/b][/quote]
Sorry Sing but the game is actually rated 18+ by the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) in the UK so here he should not have had the game.
@All: And as Chris Rock said after the Columbine killings, "Whatever happened to just being crazy? Parent's gotta blame someone." (I paraphrase).Game blamed for hammer murder
The parents of a boy who was murdered with a claw hammer by a friend have blamed a violent video game which the teenage killer was "obsessed" with.
Warren Leblanc, 17, repeatedly stabbed 14-year-old Stefan Pakeerah after luring him to a Leicester park to steal from him on 27 February.
He pleaded guilty to murder at Leicester Crown Court on Wednesday.
Stefan's mother described Leblanc, who confessed to police moments after the assault, as "inherently evil".
Video game 'obsession'
Stefan's mother, Giselle, a research nurse, had to leave court when the evidence in the case became too harrowing.
Following the hearing she said her son's killer had mimicked a game called Manhunt, developed by Edinburgh-based Rockstar North, in which the players score points for violent killings.
Manhunt was banned six months ago in New Zealand by censorship officials.
Mrs Pakeerah said: "I heard some of Warren's friends say that he was obsessed by this game.
"To quote from the website that promotes it, it calls it a psychological experience, not a game, and it encourages brutal killing.
"If he was obsessed by it, it could well be that the boundaries for him became quite hazy."
Mrs Pakeerah, 36, called for violent video games to be banned.
Covered in blood
She said: "I can't believe that this sort of material is allowed in a society where anarchy is not that far removed.
"It should not be available and it should not be available to young people."
I don't play these games but if they are influencing kids to go out and kill people then you don't want them on the shelves
Patrick Pakeerah, victim's father
Leblanc, of Braunstone Frith, Leicester, persuaded his victim to go to nearby Stoke Woods Park, known locally as The Dumps - to meet two girls.
The court heard how he armed himself with a knife and claw hammer to carry out the attack.
He confessed to the killing moments later when he was found covered in blood by two police officers.
Outside court Stefan's father, Patrick, said: "They were playing a game called Manhunt.
"The way Warren committed the murder is how the game is set out - killing people using weapons like hammers and knives.
"There is some connection between the game and what he has done."
Game ban
Echoing his former partner, the civil servant said: "I don't play these games but if they are influencing kids to go out and kill people then you don't want them on the shelves."
When police discovered Stefan, they found he had sustained horrific and fatal injuries.
The boy had been hit so hard with the hammer he had suffered deep cuts to his head and neck. His head had been fractured in several places.
He had multiple stab wounds, with the knife being plunged so deep that it had caused serious injuries to his kidney and liver.
A spokesman for the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers' Association said: "We sympathise enormously with the family and parents of Stefan Pakeerah.
"However, we reject any suggestion or association between the tragic events and the sale of the video game Manhunt.
"The game in question is classified 18 by the British Board of Film Classification and therefore should not be in the possession of a juvenile.
"Simply being in someone's possession does not and should not lead to the conclusion that a game is responsible for these tragic events."
Judge Michael Stokes QC said Leblanc had carried out "a brutal, cold-blooded murder" and could expect a life sentence.
Sentencing was adjourned for reports.
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. ya'll better hope they dont stop san andreas 
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