The title of the series comes from the police term 'manhunt', referring to intensive pursue of a fugitive.
The first game was primarily developed by Rockstar North, while the sequel was handled by different studios to a variety of platforms after development was moved from the defunct original developer Rockstar Vienna. The series began with 2003's Manhunt and continued with a sequel, Manhunt 2, in 2007. The series debuted in 2003 on the PlayStation 2 console, before further re-releases on other consoles including Xbox, PC, PlayStation Portable, Wii, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4.
Manhunt is a series of psychological thriller-themed survivor-horror stealth videogames published by Rockstar Games and developed by its internal subsidiaries.
