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Original Source: YOUR WORLD WITH NEIL CAVUTO
NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Well, a video game too violent to be released? The highly touted "Manhunt 2" has been put on hold, after it was effectively banned in two countries, given an adults-only rating here in the U.S., and both Sony and Nintendo warning they would not offer it on their consoles.
Is this beginning of a wider backlash against violence in video games?
With us now, Take 2 chairman Strauss Zelnick. His company made "Manhunt 2." It is also behind the very successful and violent "Grand Theft Auto" series.
Were you surprised by this? This type of rating means it`s dead on arrival, right?
STRAUSS ZELNICK, CHAIRMAN, TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE: I was surprised.
I expected to get an M-rating. I think we were all surprised.
CAVUTO: All right. Now, it got the rating that it did because it is just over the top, violent, and gory, and gruesome....
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