High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Manhunt is a stealth-based psychological horror video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It was released in North America on November 18, 2003 for the PlayStation 2 and on April 20, 2004 for Xbox and PC, and in Europe on November 21 for the PS2 and on April 23 for the Xbox and PC. Although it was generally well received by critics, Manhunt created considerable controversy due to the level of graphic violence in which the player is encouraged to engage. Such was the controversy that the game was banned in several countries, and implicated in a murder by the UK media, although this implication was later rejected by the police and courts. In October 2007, a sequel, Manhunt 2, was released to an even greater level of controversy. As of March 26, 2008, the Manhunt franchise has sold 1.7 million copies worldwide.