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').
Space Trash Scavenger
Paradox Interactive-
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.
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Sweep the Board!
SEGA of America, Inc.-
Nintendo Switch - 25/04/2024
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
Party game, based on the anime 'Demon Slayer', in which players fight against each other and team up to defeat demons.
Content specific issues
This game features use of bad language, including 'shit', 'piss' and 'bastard'.
Other issues
The game also features mild violence, without blood or injuries.
Golazo! 2
Meridiem Games SL-
PlayStation 5 - 01/03/2024
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Nintendo Switch - 01/03/2024
Ultros
Maximum Entertainment Ireland LTD-
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'.
Eiyuden Chronicle - Hundred Heroes
505 Games S.p.A-
PlayStation 5 - 23/04/2024
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PlayStation 4 - 23/04/2024
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Nintendo Switch - 23/04/2024
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Xbox One - 23/04/2024
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Xbox Series X|S - 23/04/2024
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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.
Slave Zero X
U&I Entertainment Limited-
Nintendo Switch - 26/04/2024
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PlayStation 5 - 26/04/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features graphic violence towards fantasy characters, bloody violence in an arcade setting, and use of strong language. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Action platform game in which a swordsman merges with a humanoid robot, known as a Slave, in order to fight back against an attempt by an evil tyrant to use the Slaves to enforce his will on humanity.
Content specific issues
This game features graphic violence against fantasy robot characters, which sometimes explode into showers of blood and body parts. Violence during general gameplay includes unrealistic arcade-style reactions and exaggerated blood effects. The game also features use of strong language ('fuck').