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Violence
Bad Language
Gambling
In-Game Purchases
Release Dates & Platforms:
  • PlayStation 4 - 26/01/2024
  • PlayStation 5 - 26/01/2024
  • Xbox One - 26/01/2024
  • Xbox Series X|S - 26/01/2024
  • PC - 26/01/2024

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, use of strong language, and encouragement of gambling.

Brief outline of the game

Japanese role-playing game, set after the events of previous instalments in the series, in which a former Yakuza member travels to Hawaii with the intention of starting afresh.

Content specific issues

This game features scenes of graphic violence, usually during cutscenes rather than gameplay, including sight of multiple characters being stabbed and sliced with a sword, resulting in copious blood sprays. Violence during gameplay is less realistic, with damage indicated using numbers and reductions in health bars. There is use of strong language ('fuck'), as well as milder terms including 'piss', 'bitch', 'shit' and 'bastard'. The game also contains depictions of simulated gambling in the form of both traditional and non-traditional casino games. Players can enter a district in the game in which they are able to visit casinos and play various games of chance. These include Poker, Blackjack, Mahjong, Oicho-Kabu and Koi-Koi.

Other issues

This game offers players the opportunity to purchase in-game items, in the form cosmetics and consumables packs, which can be bought with real world currency. Some parents or carers may want to be aware of this. 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:
  • PC - 18/10/2023

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 sci-fi adventure game, 'The Expanse', comprising a new chapter in the saga in which Avasarala must juggle diplomacy, warfare, and her own family to defend the planet from impending danger.

Content specific issues

This DLC contains frequent use of strong language, including 'fuck' and 'cocksucker', as well as milder terms such as 'shit' and 'bastard'. The base game includes depictions of graphic violence towards human characters. For example, in one scene the player's character sneaks behind an enemy character, pushing them into the firing line of a turret. The gunfire destroys their upper body and leaves only their legs and entrails behind.

Other issues

The game also contains depictions of alcohol and tobacco use. The player can choose to drink alcohol and smoke cigars with fellow crewmates.

Violence
Bad Language
Release Dates & Platforms:
  • PlayStation 5 - 19/01/2024

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

Remastered version of the action adventure sequel in which players try to survive in a post-apocalyptic world following the spread of a deadly disease.

Content specific issues

This game features scenes of graphic violence, including sight of dismemberment and disembowelling, with blood, gore and injury detail. There are also scenes of torture, featuring vulnerable and defenceless characters. The game also includes use of strong language ('fuck'), as well as milder terms, such as 'dick' and 'shit', and discriminatory terms such as 'dyke'.

Other issues

The game also contains depictions of illegal drug use, in the form of characters smoking marijuana, and scenes of a sexual nature, including nude characters engaging in intercourse, although their genitals are not visible.

Violence
Release Dates & Platforms:
  • PlayStation 5 - 08/12/2023

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.

Brief outline of the game

Narrative shooter game in which players take on the role of a Fire Captain who responds to a catastrophic incident in an offshore Quantum Research Facility. A mission to evacuate the staff becomes a journey across the cosmos.

Content specific issues

This game features strong violence, with realistic reactions and sight of blood. When characters are shot at close range, this can cause decapitation, with copious blood sprays and injury detail.

Other issues

The dialogue includes mild bad language, such as 'crap'.

Violence
Bad Language
Release Dates & Platforms:
  • Nintendo Switch - 17/11/2023
  • PC - 17/11/2023
  • PlayStation 4 - 17/11/2023
  • PlayStation 5 - 17/11/2023
  • Xbox One - 17/11/2023
  • Xbox Series X|S - 17/11/2023

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

Role-playing horror game, in which players take on the role of Rick from the TV series, The Walking Dead. Players fight against zombies, relive iconic moments from the first four series of the show, and decide whether to make the same choices as Rick or to forge their own path.

Content specific issues

This game features frequent graphic violence towards human-like characters. Weapons, including axes, swords and shotguns, can result in dismemberment and decapitation. Blood and gore effects occur when characters are struck. Explosives can also be used, which may blow enemies into bloody chunks. There is infrequent use of strong language ('fuck'), as well as use of discriminatory terms.

Other issues

The game also includes scenes of strong horror, including sight of a room filled with dead bodies hanging from nooses.

Violence
Release Dates & Platforms:
  • PC - 20/03/2024
  • PlayStation 5 - 20/03/2024
  • Xbox Series X|S - 20/03/2024

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 and scenes of violence towards vulnerable and defenceless characters.

Brief outline of the game

Survival horror game, a re-imagining of the first instalment of the franchise originally released in 1992, in which Emily Hartwood goes looking for her missing uncle with help from private investigator, Edward Carnby. Arriving at Derceto Manor, a home for the mentally unwell, they encounter strange residents, portals to nightmarish worlds, dangerous monsters, and ultimately a plot of rising evil and its followers.

Content specific issues

This game contains scenes of graphic violence towards human characters. One scene shows a large creature killing multiple humans in a brutal and violent manner, including sight of characters being eaten, torn in half, and crushed by the creature, with heavy blood and gore present. Gameplay combat is generally directed at fantasy creatures, which produce spurts of blood when hit and which can also be decapitated. Their corpses remain on the ground and can be further mutilated after death. There are also some examples of strong and realistic violence towards humans in cutscenes, such as a character being stabbed in their eye and a character being shot in the leg. There is a cutscene in which a young girl is hanged as part of a sacrificial ritual. The girl is shown hanging from a noose and struggling in the background before suddenly becoming limp before the scene cuts away.

Other issues

The game has a dark and unnerving atmosphere, with jump scares and hallucination sequences. There are also references to, and depictions of, suicide. The player's character can be made to take their own life, by shooting, if spotted by a particular enemy. The screen turns black just before the gunshot is heard.

Bad Language
Sex
Drugs
Release Dates & Platforms:
  • Nintendo Switch - 08/12/2023

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 scenes of sexual activity, encouragement of use of alcohol, and use of strong language.

Brief outline of the game

Puzzle game in which players take on the role of the new floor manager at a bar staffed by female hostesses who are made of slime and who serve drinks in an unusual manner.

Content specific issues

The player must mix cocktails for female hostesses to dispense to bar customers. The hostesses, who are made of slime, first consume the drinks, and then express the liquid from their breasts. The hostess characters become increasingly inebriated as they consume the drinks and then engage in sexual activities, both alone and with each other. The game also includes use of strong language ('fuck').

Violence
Bad Language
Release Dates & Platforms:
  • PlayStation 5 - 27/10/2023

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 against vulnerable and defenceless characters, and use of strong language.

Brief outline of the game

Virtual reality horror game in which players explore an abandoned amusement park, uncovering the park's grisly history.

Content specific issues

This game features graphic violence towards vulnerable and defenceless human characters. For example, one scene features a restrained person being tortured, with sight of the character screaming in pain as they are stabbed and hit and their bones broken, after which they are set on fire. There is close-up sight of the injuries caused to the character. Violence during gameplay features blood effects when characters are hit. The game also features frequent use of strong language ('fuck' and 'motherfucker').

Other issues

The game features frequent jump scares and other horror images, including grisly sight of skeletal remains and a mutilated corpse.

Violence
Bad Language
Release Dates & Platforms:
  • PlayStation 5 - 27/10/2023
  • Xbox Series X|S - 27/10/2023
  • PC - 27/10/2023

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, violence against vulnerable and defenceless characters, and use of strong language.

Brief outline of the game

Survival horror game in which a string of ritualistic murders have taken place in the town of Bright Falls, Washington. Saga Anderson, an FBI agent, is sent to investigate the killings and finds herself tangled up in a supernatural story written by Alan Wake.

Content specific issues

This game features graphic violence. The use of shotguns can result in dismemberment while live action cutscenes include sight of a ritual ceremony in which a heart is cut out and another scene in which a restrained individual is shot in their head. Dialogue includes use of strong language ('fuck').

Other issues

The game also includes verbal references to suicide, although suicide is not shown, and scenes of threat, including jump scares and characters being chased.

Violence
Bad Language
In-Game Purchases
Release Dates & Platforms:
  • PlayStation 4 - 10/11/2023
  • PlayStation 5 - 11/11/2023
  • PC - 11/11/2023
  • Xbox Series X|S - 11/11/2023
  • Xbox One - 11/11/2023

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, violence against vulnerable and defenceless characters, motiveless killing of innocent characters, and use of strong language.

Brief outline of the game

Sequel to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, in which Captain Price and Task Force 141 face-off against the ultranationalist war criminal Vladimir Makarov as he tries to extend his grasp across the world. The game contains a single player campaign, multiplayer battles, and a zombie game mode.

Content specific issues

This game features strong and realistic violence, including blood spurts from bullet impacts. Shotgun blasts at close range may result in more graphic injuries, including decapitation and dismemberment with copious blood. Incendiary weapons can result in characters being engulfed in flames, with sight of burned bodies afterwards. There is a scene in which multiple innocent characters are executed in a stadium, and it is possible for defenceless prisoners in a jail to be shot. The 'zombie mode' includes copious dismemberment and decapitation with large amounts of blood. The dialogue includes occasional use of strong language ('fuck').

Other issues

This game offers players the opportunity to purchase in-game items, in the form of an in-game currency ('Cod Points'), which can then be exchanged for in-game 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.