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During
the build up to the release of Manhunt, Rockstar created a spoof
snuff website in order to promote the game. The website was online
before the initial screenshots of the game were shown, leaving journalists
and game fans bewildered as to what exactly the game was.
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The
official Manhunt website went live at the start of May 2003
and consisted of only a still image and a pop up window
for the spoof Valiant website. This was the first glimpse
into the website:
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The
second incarnation of the official Manhunt site, which launched
towards the end of July 2003, included the first 5 videos
of the game which consist of beta footage. The videos are
hard to come by these days and can only be found over at
Gamespot. The videos where low in quality and didn’t
really show anything of relevance other than that the game
would be very violent and of a high artistic value.
During
this update the second pop up for Valiant appeared:
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There
was also a voice clip that played in the background, the voice
had been slowed down and distorted. You can download
and or read a transcript of the audio file here. |
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The
third valiant advertisement appeared around the same time
as the second one and was used on both the official Manhunt
website and the Valiant Video Enterprises website.
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These
days the official Manhunt site contains no pop up links and
very little in the way of connection between itself and Valiant
Video Enterprises. Both sites haven't been updated since the
release of Manhunt other than the addition of the PC and Xbox
additional imagery to the official site. |
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This
voice clip played in the background of Pop Up#02, the voice
was slowed down and distorted to give a more ominous feeling.
It had the following to say:
'Valiant
video enterprises, real hardcode, real fetish, real
brutal, videos made to order. New members only interactive
forums, now at www.valiant-ent.tv' |
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