The uncut PC version of Manhunt 2 is out now on Direct2Drive for North America.

Direct2Drive: Manhunt 2

Direct2Drive is offering a free copy of the first Manhunt when you pre-order the PC version of Manhunt 2. Remember Vista/7 users, once you get Manhunt 1 downloaded and installed, you'll need to run the patcher for it to run.

Pre-order: Direct2Drive

Rockstar has sent us back an email today stating that the PC port of Manhunt 2 is a Direct2Drive exclusive and that the game will only be available in North America. (while the email states that it's "US only", the Direct2Drive page includes US, Mexico and Canada)

Hi AJ,
Manhunt 2 for PC is a Direct2Drive exclusive that will only be available in the US.  There are currently no plans to release the game on Steam.
Cheers

Manhunt 2 for PC will be out on Direct2Drive November 6th.

While Rockstar has yet to say anything officially about Manhunt 2's PC version, over the year we've been finding numerous hints towards a PC version. Today, Direct2Drive has started listing a pre-order for the PC version of Manhunt 2 for $29.99. This version is the AO rated uncut version that Rockstar originally tried to put out back in 2007 but was blocked due to console manufactures not allowing AO games on their systems. While the listing doesn't go into details about the content, it does say the PC version of the game supports 3D monitors. The listing also mentions how much space the game takes up, 3.66 GB and the system requirements.

• Operating System: Windows XP (Home and Professional), SP1 or higher plus DirectX 9.0c / Windows Vista
• Processor: Intel Pentium 4 (1.7+ GHz), AMD Athlon 1800+
• Memory: 512MB XP / 1GB Vista, 3.8GB Hard Drive Space
• Video Card: DirectX 9.0c Shader 2.0 Supported, 128 MB, Nvidia 6200 or Better, ATI Radeon x300 or Better
• Sound Card: DirectX 9.0 Compliant
• Peripherals: Keyboard and Mouse Required

Manhunt 2 for PC releases November 6th. Wether or not the game will come to Steam or limited retail (most stores won't carry AO games) is unknown at the time. We've sent an email to Rockstar asking for more details.

Pre-Order: Manhunt 2 for PC

With the impending release of the UMD drive-less PSP Go, Rockstar has silently released some of the back PlayStation Portable catalog onto PlayStation Network.

While other Rockstar PSP games have yet to appear such as the GTA Stories games or The Warriors, more than likely they will be coming soon.

EDIT: It seems that they have been removed from the store today.

Remember last month when the ESRB listed Manhunt 2 for the PC and later removed it? Today, the ESRB has re-listed Manhunt 2 for PC once again with an Adults Only rating. Hopefully, we'll see an announcement soon.

Source: ESRB

Back in February, I reported that I had found a reference to Manhunt 2 in a nVidia driver. Since then, we haven't heard much about it. Today, the ESRB has posted a new listing for Manhunt 2 that includes "Windows PC" in it's platforms with the rating of 'Adults Only". It looks like Rockstar is going to do a much requested "Directors Cut" version for the PC. No doubt the listing will be gone shortly after this post (as was the case with all the other ESRB leaks). We have taken a screenshot of the listings for Manhunt 2 (above).

Source: ESRB

It seems the British are tired of their games being censored and banned...or so it would seem. Today, Britain announced that from now on the British Board of Film Classification will be doing just that, only classifying movies. Odd isn't it? I mean, don't you expect video game classifications to come from an agency that's only supposed to be for classifying movies? So how are football moms (by football, we mean British football) now going to make sure that games with titles such as "Grand Theft Auto" with guns on the cover are safe for little Jimmy? The British are going to start using the PEGI ratings system. However, it's not that simple. See the British have created an organization called the Video Standards Council. The VSC effectively has power to ban any game they feel is inappropriate, regardless of the PEGI rating. So much power that according to GI, they have the power to ban games from being sold online. Whether this power will be abused or not remains to be seen.

Source: Joystiq
Source: GamesIndustry

Yeah, you read the title right. It's been a little over a year now since Manhunt 2 was released in the US, so most people gave up hope on ever seeing a PC version of Manhunt 2. Well, it seems nVidia in one of their latest drivers has dropped the ball that Manhunt 2 definitely is coming to the PC. See, most games have a profile built into nVidia's drivers for extra support and are sometimes added into video drivers before release. Back in 2007, a similar leak happened to Gears of War for PC. The game was placed into the files of a driver that released almost a whole year before the release of the actual game. Adding to this, a member named "deepthroat" over at ProjectManhunt, who before the announcement of Manhunt 2 let quite a few details out about the game that turned out to be true (namely the Wii version), back in November 2008 (before these drivers came out) mentioned the development of Manhunt 2 isn't finished but didn't get into specifics.

If you would like to check this for yourself, download the 185.20 drivers and look at the "nvapps.xml" file. The latest release of the nVidia drivers removes the reference to Manhunt 2.

EDIT: I got the drivers 185.20 and 182.50 mixed up. I have corrected the error. Sorry about that. Please note that 182.50 and 182.60 are the latest drivers by nVidia and 185.20 was only posted on a nVidia developer site and not actually released to the public. It's not fake either as it includes a brand-new feature that has yet to be seen in a public release.