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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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was also a voice clip that played in the background, the voice
had been slowed down and distorted. You can download
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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.
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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