Eurogamer have posted a bunch of Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS release dates which were released from the Nintendo UK press office. The list includes Manhunt 2 which had an August 2008 date, it would seem to back up what some UK stores online have been posting as the month for the games release but the list is also a little outdated as Okami is currently listed although it is already out.

Despite the news Eurogamer decided it would be best to contact Rockstar for conformation. A Rockstar spokesperson replied with the following:

We have no confirmed release date set for Manhunt 2 in Europe.

This goes back to our other news post where we asked Where is Manhunt 2? Obviously we will be waiting a little while longer for that official release date.

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GamesRadar have posted a list of what they call 'The scariest villains EVER'. The shortlist is comprised of 13 different game enemies. Taking the prize of their 5th scariest villain is Manhunt’s very own Piggsy.

Manhunt's schlocky, low-fi take on horror was always creepy and unsettling, but things didn't get really scary until the end, when you were introduced to Piggsy. The chained, criminally insane pet of Manhunt's snuff-film-director villain Starkweather, Piggsy was an amalgamation of everything you'd never want to sit next to on a bus. Naked, morbidly obese and wearing a rotting pig's head as a mask, Piggsy hides in the shadows of the game's final level, waiting for the tell-tale sound of your footsteps - and then he'll jump out and start revving his chainsaw.

For such a fat bastard, Piggsy's awfully quick on his feet, and if you don't immediately start hauling ass to the nearest hiding place he'll kill you in seconds. At this point in the game, you'll have also lost all your weapons, so you're limited to whatever makeshift objects - like wooden stakes and shards of glass - that you can find laying around, and there aren't many of those. You'll also need to stealth-kill him multiple times - which only makes him run away in pain before going back on the hunt.

True, Piggsy's a pitiable creature, and once you know exactly how to dispatch him, he's not really that much of a problem to deal with. But until you do, you'll be running blind, trying desperately to stay alive long enough to escape from the waddling madman with the roaring chainsaw right behind you.

They also included a video of Piggsy within their article, although for some reason they have captured the footage in black and white.

For those that don’t feel like reading the whole article, here is how the list breaks down:

1. Dr. Salvador - Resident Evil 4
2. Pyramid Head - Silent Hill 2
3. Shodan - System Shock 2
4. Scissorman - Clock Tower
5. Piggsy - Manhunt
6. Kusabi - Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
7. Nemesis - Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
8. Sledgehammer - Clock Tower 3
9. Townsfolk of Innsmouth - Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
10. Adam Macintyre - Dead Rising
11. Berserker - Gears of War
12. ReDead - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
13. Jason Voorhees - Friday the 13th

So, what do you think of their list? Personally, I would have ranked Piggsy higher. Your very first time playing through Deliverance is genuinely nerve wracking.

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