A Space for the Unbound
Tesura Games-
Nintendo Switch - 26/01/2024
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PlayStation 4 - 26/01/2024
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PlayStation 5 - 26/01/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features prominent use of tobacco. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Point-and-click adventure game, set in rural Indonesia in the late 1990s, in which a high school boy develops a relationship with a girl with supernatural powers.
Content specific issues
Part of the gameplay involves a high school student obtaining tobacco products for another student, in order to trade for an item to progress the storyline. Once traded, the other student is then depicted smoking. Later scenes also shown other students and adults smoking.
Other issues
The plot touches on a range of sensitive issues, including depression, anxiety, bullying, domestic abuse and attempted suicide. However, the focus in on overcoming these issues. Violence is generally only implied, with characters taking up fighting postures and making gestures towards each other without making clear physical contact. Any implied contact is covered by flash effects. There is a reference to a cat being accidentally run over, although this is not shown. The cat's body can be seen lying on the road after the event. Dialogue includes use of bad language, including 'prick', 'bitch', 'shit', 'bastard', 'screw' and 'ass'. There are references to alcohol.
Rise of the Ronin
Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe-
PlayStation 5 - 22/03/2024
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 encouragement of gambling.
Brief outline of the game
Role-playing game, set in 1850s Japan, in which players create either male or female Ronin protagonists. Players choose who they ally with and forge bonds with various characters as they take part in several key battles and historical events.
Content specific issues
This game contains depictions of graphic violence towards human characters. When characters are hit, they can be dismembered or decapitated, with high levels of blood. The game also allows players to visit gambling dens where they can play the game Odds and Evens, making bets on their choices by purchasing tokens with an in-game currency. Tokens you have won can then be exchanged for prizes.
Other issues
This game contains depictions of suicide and references to suicide.
GRAVEN
Fulqrum Publishing Ltd.-
PC - 22/01/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features sustained depictions of violence. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
First-person action puzzle game, in a medieval fantasy setting, in which an exiled priest goes on a quest to hunt down heretical sects.
Content specific issues
This game contains sustained scenes of violence towards both human-like and fantasy characters. While physical reactions are minimal and unrealistic, moderate blood effects are shown and fantasy characters can be dismembered.
Other issues
The game also includes use of bad language ('bastard').
Terracotta
Tesura Games-
Nintendo Switch - 12/01/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 7 because it features non-realistic looking violence towards characters which, although human, are not very detailed. Not suitable for persons under 7 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Action puzzle game, set during the Chinese Qin Dynasty, in which the soul of a farmer is transported into the body of a terracotta warrior and must rescue the cursed spirits of his fellow warriors.
Content specific issues
This game features non-realistic violence. Enemies cannot be directly attacked but can be stunned by redirecting the arrows they fire at you. If the player's character is hit, the screen flashes red. When the player's character runs out of points, they kneel down and a 'game over' screen is shown. Enemies flash red when hit and kneel down stunned.
Disney Dreamlight Valley: A Rift in Time
Gameloft S.A.-
Nintendo Switch - 05/12/2023
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PC - 05/12/2023
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PlayStation 4 - 05/12/2023
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PlayStation 5 - 05/12/2023
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Xbox One - 05/12/2023
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Xbox Series X|S - 05/12/2023
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 3. Suitable for all ages.
Brief outline of the game
Expansion for 'Disney Dreamlight Valley' in which players can explore a new map, meet new characters, and use new tools.
Content specific issues
No rating issues.
Other issues
Players are able to purchase an in-game currency, with which they can buy various cosmetic items.
Stellaris Nexus
Paradox Interactive-
PC - 12/12/2023
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 7 because it features violence against humans that is not shown but is implied. Not suitable for persons under 7 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Turn-based multiplayer strategy game, set in space, in which players choose a faction and leader and then plot and battle their way to galactic dominance.
Content specific issues
This game features mild violence, which is always between and directed at space ships. Some of the alien races in the game are human-like in nature, so violence towards them is implied, although direct reactions are never seen. Violence is shown from a distance and does not feature much detail, with ships exploding in the same manner.
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.
SOUTH PARK: SNOW DAY!
THQ Nordic-
PC - 26/03/2024
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PlayStation 5 - 26/03/2024
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Xbox Series X|S - 26/03/2024
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Nintendo Switch - 26/03/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features use of strong language. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Comedy adventure game in which players join with up to three friends, in a four player co-op, and battle their way through the snow-piled town of South Park on a quest to save the world and enjoy a day without school.
Content specific issues
Dialogue includes frequent use of strong language ('fuck'), as well as milder terms, including 'shit', 'pussy', 'asshole', 'bastard', 'bitch', 'piss' and 'dick'. There is also use of discriminatory terms, including the word 'gaylord' and a slogan on a T-shirt which says "Pray the gay away”.
Other issues
The game also features scenes of moderate violence. Physical reactions are unrealistic, with flashing effects on impacts and damage indicated using numbers. Once a character's life meter is exhausted, they lie on the ground. There is no sight of wounds, although some blood is shown. Cinematic scenes include sight of townspeople who have frozen to death, although the images are in the usual simple animated style of South Park. The game also includes some verbal sexual references, non-sexual nudity, and references to alcohol and drugs.
Outcast - A New Beginning
THQ Nordic-
PC - 15/03/2024
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PlayStation 5 - 15/03/2024
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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.
Resident Evil 4 Gold Edition
CE Europe Ltd.-
PC - 09/02/2024
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PlayStation 4 - 09/02/2024
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PlayStation 5 - 09/02/2024
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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.
God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla
Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe-
PlayStation 4 - 12/12/2023
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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').