 Manhunt is a stealth @-@ based survival horror video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games . It was originally released for the PlayStation 2 on November 18 , 2003 , and for Microsoft Windows and Xbox on April 20 , 2004 . The game was also re @-@ released through the PlayStation Network for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in 2013 and 2016 , respectively . Players control James Earl Cash ( voiced by Stephen <unk> ) , a death row prisoner forced to participate in a series of snuff films for an underground director , former film producer Lionel Starkweather ( Brian Cox ) . 
