Manhunt 2 is cleared for release in America, bit will the UK get with the program and look at the edited version of the game? Apparently not, GamesIndustry.biz reports that the UK Government late last week rejected the opinions of over 3000 UK residents who signed an online petition that we brang to your attention back several months ago which called for the ban to be lifted. They said in an official statement:

The Government is satisfied with the BBFC’s procedure and with the provisions for appeal, and will not be intervening in this process.

However it was stated further through the statement that Take-Two and Rockstar Games are pursuing, so lets hope that the UK get to be allowed to make their own decisions with regard to what video games they want to play. If you followed the news around the first Manhunt's ban in the UK and Australia you will remember that it was due to a murder in which the killer was said to have trailer on Manhunt to do so. However later on it was realized that the victim was in fact the owner of the game, not the murder. No link was ever found between the game and the murder, as their was no proof that the murder had ever played the game (being the victim owned it, and he didn't). The ban, as we know, has never been lifted.

Chances are this is affecting the release of Manhunt 2, and I bet it will also cause problems for Australian residents also as Australia follows the UK in many of their banning's. It should be an eventful month leading up to the release, and no doubt interesting as to what becomes of Manhunt 2 in the UK and Australia.