Sales volumes of computer game Manhunt ("Round-up") in the Great Britain have considerably grown after the litigation widely shined in mass-media. Newspaper Independent. informs on it 14-years teenager Stefan Pakira on Thursday (Stefan Pakeerah) has been severely killed by the friend, 17-years Warren Leblanom (Warren Leblanc) in February of this year in the city of Leicester (Leicester.)

Leblan has enticed Pakira into local park where has brutally beaten and killed it. On court accused has declared, That has been drugged" by game Manhunt. And though the court of the city of Leicester has counted, that Leblan has made murder with the purpose of a robbery, mother of the killed teenager, Gizel Pakira, believes, that the teenager simply simulated game in which glasses for severe murders are awarded. illumination of litigation in mass-media has caused a wide resonance in the country, and game has been withdrawn by many large trading networks from sale.

So, Dixons Group has cleaned Manhunt with polok shops Dixons, Currys and PC World. The management of a network of shops Virgin Megastores has similarly acted. Other large company, HMV, owning a network more than from 200 shops in the Great Britain and Ireland, continues sale Manhunt and marks prompt growth of demand for it. Press-secretary HMV ZHenaro Kastaldo (Gennaro Castaldo), has informed, that by Thursday game was "smetena" with polok shops in Manchester, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Liverpool, Belfast and Glasgow. it also has added, that many people, Not known earlier about existence "Manhunt", now wish it to get. As he said, HMV will not follow the lead of other trading networks and not begins to withdraw game from sale as the similar step can be regarded as censorship.

However management HMV has allowed the instruction to sellers of shops to warn necessarily buyers of existence of restriction - game is forbidden to sale to the persons who have not reached 18 years. the sales volume of disks with game Manhunt has promptly grown and on a site the Internet-auction eBay, Where it is offered at the price of from 19,99 up to 39,99 pounds sterling for a copy. Many sellers on a site have already declared game "forbidden" in spite of the fact that no decision of court on prohibition is present. In opinion ZHenaro Kastaldo, possible prohibition of game only will urge on demand for it and the Internet-sites will lead to growth of illegal sales in " the black market " or piracy. representatives of the company-manufacturer of game, Edinburgh Rockstar Games, from comments abstain.

Source: lenta.ru