A CONTROVERSIAL new video game that lets players assassinate Adolf Hitler and shows graphic, "X-ray" footage of bullets tearing through people will be in the hands of Australian kids by Friday.

Just days before Sniper Elite V2 is released to the public it has been branded as "sick" by the Australian Christian Lobby.

Jim Wallace, of the Australian Christian Lobby, said the context of the violence was "rubbish" and the game should have been refused classification.

The Classification Board found the World War II setting of the title and its focus on "stealth techniques in the context of an historical war setting" meant the game could be rated MA15+.