Manhunt 2 is coming out after all.

Miracle of miracles!

The heroes at Take-Two have magically managed to alter Manhunt 2 just enough to garner a Mature rating (while still preserving their artistic integrity, of course) and the tear-a-man-apart-with-pliers game is coming out on the PS2, PSP and Wii on October 31st.

That's Halloween, of course, but April Fool's Day might have been more appropriate.

Take-Two has been playing everyone for suckers ever since the controversy over this title erupted, and I have no doubt that the plan all along was to generate a ton of the hype with the preliminary AO rating, trim just enough gore to get an M, and then triumphantly release this "powerful piece of interactive story telling" to the gaming public.

I'm sure it will be a masterpiece.