0 3 ▁to ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁when ▁the ▁game ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁Play Station ▁ 2 , ▁Microsoft ▁Windows ▁and ▁X box . ▁Rock star ▁also ▁released ▁exclusive ▁mer ch and ise , ▁limited ▁ed itions ▁and ▁pre - order ▁bon uses ▁such ▁as ▁official ▁sound tra cks , ▁a ▁P ig gs y ▁figure , ▁and ▁a ▁hand h eld ▁voice ▁chang er . ▁During ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁game , ▁a ▁former ▁Rock star ▁employee ▁admitted ▁that ▁the ▁game ▁almost ▁caused ▁a ▁mut iny ▁in ▁the ▁company , ▁saying ▁that ▁the ▁team ▁had ▁" al ready ▁weather ed ▁plenty ▁of ▁controvers y ▁over ▁G TA ▁III ▁and ▁Vice ▁City — we ▁were ▁no ▁str angers ▁to ▁it — but ▁Manh unt ▁felt ▁different . ▁With ▁G TA , ▁we ▁always ▁had ▁the ▁exc use ▁that ▁the ▁game play ▁was ▁un t ether ed — you ▁never ▁had ▁to ▁hurt ▁anybody ▁that ▁wasn ' t ▁a ▁" bad ▁gu y " ▁in ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁miss ions . ▁You ▁could ▁play ▁completely ▁eth ically ▁if ▁you ▁wanted , ▁and ▁the ▁game ▁was ▁par ody ▁anyway , ▁so ▁light en ▁up ". ▁ ▁The ▁Play Station ▁ 2 ▁version ▁of ▁Manh unt ▁was ▁made ▁available ▁for ▁the ▁Play Station ▁ 3 ▁on ▁May ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁under ▁the ▁Play Station ▁Network ' s ▁PS 2 ▁Class ics ▁category . ▁It ▁was ▁later ▁released ▁for ▁the ▁Play Station ▁ 4 ▁on ▁March