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CENSORS have banned a new computer game that features visceral "dismemberment" graphics, where limbs and even heads explode off bodies in a shower of blood.

The game, Soldier Of Fortune: Payback contained “high impact violence” that was too high to receive a classification from the board, a spokeswoman for the Classifications Board told NEWS.com.au.

“(The decision was based on) the different ways a player could maim and injure (other characters),” the spokeswoman said.

“The violence is seen to exceed the MA classification.”

The Classification Board Report explains that “the limbs may be shot off, resulting in large amounts of blood spray and the depiction of torn flesh and protruding bone from the dismembered limb”.

This game is the third instalment in the Soldier Of Fortune series.

The publisher, Activision, promotes the game’s “enemy damage system that may be shocking to even experienced FPS (First Person Shooter) players”.

The official Activision trailer doesn’t show this feature, but unofficial clips on the internet show far more graphic violence.

A leaked video of the gameplay shows gory, fast-paced combat punctuated by flying body parts.