First computer game to be banned in Ireland.

A controversial video game has been banned by the Irish film censor because of excessive violence.

Manhunt 2 was also outlawed in the U-K yesterday by the British Film Board, on the grounds of its "casual sadism" and "unrelenting focus on brutal killing".

It's the first computer game to be banned in Ireland.

The original Manhunt game was blamed for the murder of a 14 year old schoolboy in Britain in 2004.