 "Manhunt 2" was never submitted for classification to the OFLC.Following a meeting in Toronto on 22 December 2003 between Bill Hastings, the Chief Censor of New Zealand, and officials from the Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Business Services, "Manhunt" became the first computer game in Ontario to be classified as a film and was restricted to adults on 3 February 2004.The British Columbia Film Classification Office reviewed the game after the controversy in Ontario and deemed the Mature rating by the ESRB to be appropriate.