Diablo Immortal
Activision Blizzard UK Ltd-
PC - 02/06/2022
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features strong and sustained depictions of violence. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Role-playing game in which players explore the nightmarish realm of Sanctuary, in which angels and demons wage an endless war.
Content specific issues
This game features strong and realistic violence involving both human and fantasy characters. When characters are attacked, their health bars are reduced and blood effects appear. More powerful attacks result in characters exploding into chunks. These explosions are shown from a distance and are not particularly detailed.
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. The game also includes use of bad language ('bastard') and some horror elements, including sight of restrained characters in a dungeon screaming in pain and turning into corpses as another character absorbs their 'life essence'.
Demon's Tier+
Red Art Games-
PlayStation 5 - 31/05/2022
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 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
Role-playing game in which players take control of a hero who's on a mission to destroy demonic beings in the dungeons of King Thosgar.
Content specific issues
This game features mild violence. Enemies are pixelated fantasy characters that flicker when hit and then disappear when killed. The player’s characters are very small human-like figures, and their reactions to violence are the same. The enemy characters, which include demons and skeletons, may scare younger players, as may the large boss characters.
Mozart Requiem
Funbox Media Ltd-
PlayStation 4 - 30/09/2022
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Nintendo Switch - 21/10/2022
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
Detective game in which the composer, Mozart, must expose a conspiracy against his benefactor.
Content specific issues
An assailant strikes another character on the head using a piece of wood. The violence in this scene is realistic-looking. Other violence in the game is less realistic, or only implied.
Other issues
A card game is played but not in a gambling context.
Nexomon
PQube Limited-
Nintendo Switch - 31/12/2022
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PlayStation 4 - 31/12/2022
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PlayStation 5 - 31/12/2022
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 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
Sequel to Nexomon: Extinction in which players take on the role of a Nexomon trainer, catching, evolving and collecting over 300 Nexomon. Players assemble a Nexomon team to save their friends and the world.
Content specific issues
Gameplay features violence towards human-like and fantasy characters. Violence towards humans is mostly seen in the over-world and is very mild in nature, featuring characters bumping into each other. Violence and reactions to violence during turn-based battles are unrealistic in nature. Damage is indicated using health bars and there is no visible harm. The child-friendly visuals help to make the violence less disturbing.
Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord
PLAION GmbH-
PC - 02/09/2022
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PlayStation 4 - 02/09/2022
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PlayStation 5 - 02/09/2022
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Xbox One - 02/09/2022
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Xbox Series X|S - 02/09/2022
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features strong violence and sustained depictions of violence. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Role-playing strategy game, set in the fictional world of Calradia. The game takes place 200 years before Mount and Blade: Warband and shows the formation of the factions that appear in the previous game. Players build up a party of soldiers and perform questions as they seek to conquer Calradia.
Content specific issues
This game features strong and sustained violence, involving the use of a variety of weapons such as axes, swords, crossbows and lances. Violence is realistic looking and blood effects may occur during combat. When killed, bodies remain visible on the ground.
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
CE Europe Ltd.-
Nintendo Switch - 29/06/2022
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PC - 30/06/2022
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
DLC for the Japanese role-playing game in which players embark on missions to track down and defeat various monsters.
Content specific issues
This game contains frequent depictions of realistic looking violence towards fantasy characters. When creatures are struck, blood appears and they let out grunts of pain. In some cases, parts of their bodies, such as tails, can be removed, although there are no gore effects. When a significant amount of damage has been inflicted, the creatures begin to limp. When defeated, they fall to the floor where their body remains. The game also contains frequent depictions of non-realistic looking violence towards human-like and animal-like characters. Characters can be thrown large distances, both into the air and into objects such as rocks and trees. Human characters grunt in pain when they are attacked and some mild blood effects are shown, although there is no sight of injuries. Human characters tend to recover their balance before continuing the battle.
Other issues
This game offers players the opportunity to purchase in-game items, in the form of consumable items, weapons and cosmetic upgrades, 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. Some of the creatures in this game are likely to frighten young children, particularly some of the larger and more intimidating boss creatures.
MotoGP22
Milestone S.r.l.-
PlayStation 4 - 21/04/2022
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PlayStation 5 - 21/04/2022
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Xbox One - 21/04/2022
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Xbox Series X|S - 21/04/2022
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Nintendo Switch - 21/04/2022
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PC - 21/04/2022
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 3. Suitable for all ages.
Brief outline of the game
Motorcycle racing game in which players can select official riders from the MotoGP World Championship, or historical riders, or their own custom riders.
Content specific issues
Bikes can crash but riders are not shown to be injured.
Other issues
This game offers players the opportunity to purchase in-game items in the form of additional tracks and riders, as well as booster objects, 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.
Amnesia: Memories
Reef Entertainment Ltd-
Nintendo Switch - 20/09/2022
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
Visual novel game in which a woman suffering from amnesia must regain her memories.
Content specific issues
There is use of bad language ('bitch, 'bastard', 'piss' and 'shit').
Other issues
There is a scene in which a man is shown with a blade protruding from his chest, blood stains on his clothing, and trickles of blood coming from his mouth. During lengthy dialogue it is implied that he he has done this to himself, although the stabbing is not shown and there is no sight of the actual injury. The game also includes some moments of threat and some mild sexual references.
Evercade Morphcat Collection 1
Blaze Entertainment Ltd-
Evercade - 31/05/2022
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. Not suitable for persons under 7 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Collection of five modern games in retro style, from independent developer Morphcat Games. The games are: Micro Mages, Micro Mages - Second Quest, Böbl, Spacegulls and Super Bat Puncher Demo.
Content specific issues
Some of the games in the collection feature non-realistic violence towards fantasy characters, which react mildly to the violence and tend to explode or disappear. In some games, if the player's character is hit, there are small splashes of blood but these are also unrealistic in nature.
Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs - Royal Edition
Fashion Video Entretenimiento S.L.-
Nintendo Switch - 15/03/2022
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PlayStation 4 - 15/03/2022
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
Tactical turn-based role-playing game, in which a young prince has inherited a kingdom in ruins and must gather friends to go on a quest to restore the kingdom to its former glory.
Content specific issues
This game features frequent use of bad language, including 'shit', 'bloody', 'bollocks', 'ass' and 'screw you'.
Other issues
The game also features mild violence. When characters are hit, they flinch and points are deducted from their health bar. When defeated, characters fall to the ground and disappear.