Common Sense Media (CSM), a non profit organization which rates movies, video games, and other forms of media, recently released a press release urging parents to boycott Take-Two Interactive's Manhunt 2 (PlayStation Portable, Wii) when it comes out on October 31. The organization also announced that they would hold a press conference on October 30 to further strengthen their stand on the subject.

In the press release, CSM posted an image taken from the game of a police officer being decapitated with a shovel. They said that Manhunt 2 is the "most violent and gruesome game ever produced for a mass market" and that they want to make sure that parents know that this game is "NOT ok for kids"

Take-Two Interactive has responded to the CSM PR saying that the screenshot that was posted was from a leaked earlier build of the game. The creators of Manhunt 2 stressed that this scene does not appear in the ESRB-rated version of the title that will be released this October 31. Here's their exact statement:

Take-Two wishes to make it clear that the screen shot of Manhunt 2 shown in a recent Common Sense Media press release does not appear in the ESRB-rated version of the game that will be released on October 31. It has been speculated that they have used the unrated version that was leaked some time ago.