This just in from Eidos... Take a peek.
An interesting twist on Friday news, we come with a follow-up report on our recently premiered Hitman2 TV Spot . As part of our massive TV campaign for Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, we had slated our original creative to air across selected major cable networks, however, in an interesting turn of events, numerous networks opted NOT to run the spot as it was originally intended. VH-1, MTV, MTV 2, TNN, UPN, ABC Sports, Comedy Central, Sci-fi, and USA all declined to air the original spot! The following is some of the reasoning behind denial of the commercial...
"Glorifies Violence"... "strong violence depicted "
"Over the top sexual content"
"the game looked a little too realistic and that people might not know that it was just a game"
Well, that simply won't do. We can't allow rampant censorship about such a fine game go unnoticed! So here it is (_http://www.actiontrip.com/media/hit2_tv.avi), uncensored for your viewing enjoyment, at a modest 4.4MB is the original EIDOS Hitman 2:Silent Assassin TV spot.
But for you weak-stomach types, here is the watered down version (_http://www.actiontrip.com/media/hitman2_tv_classic.avi) that you'll see on your TV screens in the coming days. Enjoy!
Source: ActionTrip
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