WWE 2K23
Take2 Interactive Software Europe ltd-
PC - 17/03/2023
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PlayStation 4 - 17/03/2023
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PlayStation 5 - 17/03/2023
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Xbox One - 17/03/2023
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Xbox Series X|S - 17/03/2023
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features strong violence. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Wrestling video game featuring hundreds of male and female wrestlers, including WWE Superstars and WWE Legends from the past.
Content specific issues
Players engage in punching, kicking, throwing and various other moves, in a wrestling context. They also use objects, such as baseball bats and steel chairs, to attack their opponents. Reactions are generally realistic, with characters being knocked backwards and falling to the ground. Characters may become bruised and bloody after sustained beatings.
Other issues
This game offers players the opportunity to purchase in-game items, in the form of a virtual currency which can then be used to buy card packs for the 'MyFaction' game mode. The card packs contain randomly chosen cards with a certain chance of obtaining a highly valuable card. Players can also use an earned in-game currency to purchase packs. Players will also have the option to purchase future character pack DLCs, which some parents or carers may want to be aware of. Parents, carers, or other responsible adults should check to see what is being offered before making any purchase on behalf of a child. It should be noted that the game can still be played without the need to purchase such items. The game also includes use of bad language, such as 'bollocks'.
Farming Simulator 23
GIANTS Software-
Nintendo Switch - 23/05/2023
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 3. Suitable for all ages.
Brief outline of the game
Simulation game in which players run their own farm using tools and vehicles from existing brands, weather reports, statistics and hired workers.
Content specific issues
No rating issues.
Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key
Koei Tecmo Europe Ltd-
Nintendo Switch - 24/03/2023
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PlayStation 4 - 24/03/2023
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PlayStation 5 - 24/03/2023
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PC - 24/03/2023
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 12 because it features moderate violence. Not suitable for persons under 12 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Latest instalment in the Atelier series, in which the female alchemist, Reisalin Stout, and her friends embark on another summer adventure filled with quests.
Content specific issues
This game contains frequent depictions of non-realistic looking violence involving fantasy and human-like characters. When characters are hit, bright lights and magical effects appear on impact, with numbers indicating levels of damage. Characters let out cries of pain and stagger backwards, although injuries are not shown. When characters have been defeated, they fall to the floor or their knees, with no visible injuries, and the battle ends.
Other issues
There is use of the term 'damn'.
Rune Factory 3 Special
Marvelous Europe Limited-
Nintendo Switch - 05/09/2023
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 7 because it features mild violence that lacks any apparent harm or injury to fantasy characters and human-like characters. Not suitable for persons under 7 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Role-playing game, set in a medieval fantasy world, in which a young man - who has the power to transform into a monster - searches for a way for humans and monsters to co-exist.
Content specific issues
This game features mild violence between human-like and fantasy characters. Characters flash and grunt when hit, with damage indicated using numbers. There is no blood or injury detail. When defeated, enemies disappear, while the player's character simply faints.
Other issues
The game also includes some mild language, including 'crap', 'damn' and 'hell'. There are references to alcohol and to being drunk, although alcohol drinking is not shown. There is also some very mild innuendo, such as not getting up to anything 'kinky'.
Football Manager 2023 Touch
SEGA Europe Ltd-
Nintendo Switch - 15/11/2022
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 3. Suitable for all ages.
Brief outline of the game
Football management simulation game with a choice of more than 50 nations to manage and a database of over 500,000 players and staff. Players make all the key decisions, from scouting and transfers to team selection and tactics.
Content specific issues
No rating issues.
Football Manager 2023
SEGA Europe Ltd-
PC - 08/11/2022
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 3. Suitable for all ages.
Brief outline of the game
Football management simulation game, with more than 50 countries to manage and a database of over 800,000 players and staff. Players make key decisions, from scouting and transfers to training, team selection and tactics.
Content specific issues
No rating issues.
Other issues
This game offers players the opportunity to purchase in-game items, in the form of an in-game editor, which some parents or carers may want to be aware of. Parents, carers or other responsible adults should check to see what is being offered before making any purchase on behalf of a child. It should be noted that the game can still be played without the need to purchase such items.
Heidelberg 1693
Red Art Games-
Nintendo Switch - 18/11/2022
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PlayStation 4 - 18/11/2022
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PlayStation 5 - 18/11/2022
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features scenes of bloody violence in an arcade setting. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Side-scrolling action game in which players take on the role of a musketeer in 17th century Germany.
Content specific issues
This game features human and fantasy characters being shot using guns and struck using swords. Impacts result in large splatters of blood.
Other issues
Cutscenes feature hand-drawn sketches, some of which are quite graphic, such as a human who has been shot with blood and matter coming out of the back of his head. There is also sight of dead bodies. The game also includes bad language, including 'bastard'.
Just Dance 2023
Ubisoft EMEA-
Nintendo Switch - 22/11/2022
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PlayStation 5 - 22/11/2022
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Xbox Series X|S - 22/11/2022
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Stadia - 22/11/2022
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 3. Suitable for all ages.
Brief outline of the game
Rhythm dancing game in which players learn and perform dancing steps by following the dancing coaches on screen. These are professional dancers, disguised with costumes according to the song and music played, who perform in front of an animated background.
Content specific issues
None.
Other issues
This game offers players the opportunity to purchase in-game items, in the form of a subscription service, which some parents or carers may want to be aware of. Parents, carers or other responsible adults should check to see what is being offered before making any purchase on behalf of a child. It should be noted that the game can still be played without the need to purchase such items. One song features a witch-like person dancing and briefly cackling. While the song is a little eerie, it is not particularly scary.
Persona 3 Portable
SEGA of America, Inc.-
PlayStation 4 - 18/01/2023
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Nintendo Switch - 18/01/2023
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Xbox One - 19/01/2023
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Xbox Series X|S - 19/01/2023
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PC - 19/01/2023
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 12 because it features moderate violence and use of bad language. Not suitable for persons under 12 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Role-playing game in which the player joins a group of high school students as they investigate the 'Dark Hour', a period of time between days which only certain people can experience, and which features monsters that feed off the minds of humans
Content specific issues
This game features moderate violence, including battles between human and fantasy characters. Weapons and magic are used but there are no realistic reactions to the violence. The game also includes use of bad language, including 'bastard', 'bitch', 'shit', 'dick', 'piss' and 'whore'.
Other issues
As with other games in the 'Persona' series, players are able to summon manifestations of their psyches and subconscious to assist them, known as 'personas'. This is done by pointing a gun to your own character's head and shooting. However, it is simply a mechanism for summoning a 'persona' rather than a form of suicide.
R-Type Final 3 Evolved
NIS America, Inc-
PlayStation 5 - 28/04/2023
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 7 because it features pictures or sounds likely to be scary to young children, mild violence that lacks any apparent harm or injury to fantasy or mythical beings and creatures, and violence against humans that is not shown but is implied. Not suitable for persons under 7 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Horizontal shooter game in which players take on the role of a spaceship pilot tasked with fighting off an alien invasion.
Content specific issues
This game features mild violence. This violence is either aimed at fantasy alien creatures or at the player's spacecraft. Violence and reactions are unrealistic, with enemies flashing when hit and exploding when defeated. Boss-monsters are large and feature strange alien-like designs, which might scare very young children.