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Violence
Release Dates & Platforms:
  • PC - 15/03/2024
  • PlayStation 5 - 15/03/2024
  • Xbox Series X|S - 15/03/2024

Advice for consumers

This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features strong violence, including graphic violence towards fantasy characters. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.

Brief outline of the game

Role-playing game, a sequel to the 1999 original, in which Cutter Slade must save a planet from invading forces.

Content specific issues

This game features strong violence towards human characters, with realistic reactions to violence. In one cutscene, a restrained humanoid alien is seen being subjected to electrical charges, causing the character to cry out in pain.

Other issues

There is use of bad language, such as 'shit', and some verbal sexual references.

Violence
Bad Language
In-Game Purchases
Release Dates & Platforms:
  • PC - 09/02/2024
  • PlayStation 4 - 09/02/2024
  • PlayStation 5 - 09/02/2024
  • Xbox Series X|S - 09/02/2024

Advice for consumers

This game has received a PEGI 18 which restricts availability to ADULTS ONLY and is not suitable for persons under 18 years of age. This rating has been given because it features graphic violence, violence against vulnerable and defenceless characters, and use of strong language.

Brief outline of the game

Gold edition of the remake of the 2005 action shooter in which government agent Leon S. Kennedy gets more than he bargained for when a rescue mission turns into a life-or-death struggle against a bloodthirsty cult, a gruesome plague, and a malevolent conspiracy.

Content specific issues

This game contains depictions of graphic violence towards human characters. Players encounter human enemies who are possessed by a parasite. These enemies can be completely dismembered and decapitated using different calibres of firearms. There are also examples of violence to vulnerable and defenceless characters. One scene during gameplay depicts a captured police officer tied to a stake. A group of infected then set the pyre alight which causes the man to panic and scream as he is burnt alive. The game also features use of strong language ('fuck') as well as milder terms including 'shit'.

Other issues

This game offers players the opportunity to purchase in-game items, in the form of Weapon Upgrade Tickets, 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.

Violence
Bad Language
Release Dates & Platforms:
  • PlayStation 4 - 12/12/2023
  • PlayStation 5 - 12/12/2023

Advice for consumers

This game has received a PEGI 18 which restricts availability to ADULTS ONLY and is not suitable for persons under 18 years of age. This rating has been given because it features graphic violence and use of strong language.

Brief outline of the game

DLC for the game, 'God of War Ragnarök', which extends the game with a new mode that sends Kratos and Mimir to Valhalla to confront the demons of Kratos' past.

Content specific issues

This game features graphic violence. When human characters are struck with an axe or sword, they make pained sounds and blood effects are shown upon impact. As attacks continue, the volume of blood splatter increases and impacts can lead to decapitation or dismemberment. The game also contains use of strong language ('fuck').

Violence
In-Game Purchases
Release Dates & Platforms:
  • PC - 09/11/2023

Advice for consumers

This game has received a PEGI 7 because it features mild violence that lacks any apparent harm or injury to fantasy or mythical beings and creatures and mild violence that lacks any apparent harm or injury to human-like characters. Not suitable for persons under 7 years of age.

Brief outline of the game

Crafting-gathering game in which players build a Space Rig and explore asteroid fields, derelict spaceships, and abandoned outposts to process scavenged trash. Players craft, trade and fight their way to success.

Content specific issues

This game features mild violence which is either directed at the player, who is a cartoon-like human, or at alien fantasy characters. Enemies have health bars which lower when hit but otherwise do no show any reaction to attacks or visible wounds. Enemies explode into materials when defeated. When the player is defeated, the screen immediately turns black, after which you respawn at your base. The player’s corpse can then be found at the location they were defeated, holding all the items the player was carrying.

Other issues

This game offers players the opportunity to purchase in-game items, in the form of additional content, 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.

Pre-release dates:
  • PlayStation 5 - 01/03/2024
  • Nintendo Switch - 01/03/2024
Violence
Release Dates & Platforms:
  • PlayStation 5 - 14/02/2024

Advice for consumers

This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features arcade style violence with blood. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.

Brief outline of the game

Platform game, set in a psychedelic alien world, in which players control an alien who must put a stop to an evil being attempting to awaken the demonic power known as Ultros.

Content specific issues

This game features depictions of arcade violence. When the player's character or enemies are attacked, exaggerated blood effects are shown on impact. Characters may also flash red to indicate taking damage. Multiple boss fights showcase bloody death effects, with one alien depicted with their head bursting into blood and unidentifiable pieces.

Other issues

This game also features use of bad language, including 'bastard'.

Bad Language
Release Dates & Platforms:
  • PlayStation 5 - 23/04/2024
  • PlayStation 4 - 23/04/2024
  • Nintendo Switch - 23/04/2024
  • Xbox One - 23/04/2024
  • Xbox Series X|S - 23/04/2024
  • PC - 23/04/2024

Advice for consumers

This game has received a PEGI 12 because it features use of bad language. Not suitable for persons under 12 years of age.

Brief outline of the game

Japanese role-playing game in which players lead over 100 heroes through a war-torn world as they seek to prevent the Galdean Empire from becoming the dominant power in the land.

Content specific issues

This game contains use of mild bad language, including 'bloody'.

Other issues

The game also contains turn-based battles between human-like and fantasy characters, using both weapons and magical abilities. When characters are struck, any damage is indicated using numbers and flashing effects, without any realistic reactions and with no sight of blood or injuries. Most defeated characters disappear, although some faint onto the ground, awaiting revival or the end of the battle. Some cinematic sequences show characters engaged in close combat, including slashing with bladed weapons, but their physical reactions remain unrealistic.

Violence
Bad Language
Pre-release dates:
  • Nintendo Switch - 12/01/2024
  • PlayStation 5 - 12/01/2024
Violence
Fear
Release Dates & Platforms:
  • Nintendo Switch - 19/03/2024
  • PlayStation 5 - 19/03/2024

Advice for consumers

This game has received a PEGI 7 because it features mild violence that lacks any apparent harm or injury to fantasy or mythical beings and creatures, as well as pictures or sounds likely to be scary to young children. Not suitable for persons under 7 years of age.

Brief outline of the game

Side-scrolling action platform game in which players take control of Fay, a young fantasy character who is thrown into the Abyss as a sacrifice by his people, where he meats the spirit of Nyx, an entity which was sent into the Abyss some time ago. Together, they work to find a way out.

Content specific issues

This game features mild violence, which is always directed at fantasy characters and which is unrealistic in nature. Enemies explode into particles when defeated, bosses flash when hit, and Fay disappears in a bright explosion when defeated. The game also features some designs which may scare young children, most notably the final boss.

In-Game Purchases
Release Dates & Platforms:
  • Fortnite - 08/12/2023

Advice for consumers

This game has received a PEGI 3. Suitable for all ages.

Brief outline of the game

Action racing game in which players use freedom of movement mechanics and rocket powered cars to navigate roads, walls, ceilings, and the skies to compete against themselves or other racers. Players can put their skills to the test in Ranked Racing matches or get practice in a casual community racing mode.

Content specific issues

No rating issues.

Other issues

This game offers players the opportunity to purchase in-game items, in the form of cosmetic items, 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.