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Bloodstained surfaces, corpses and bones can be seen at certain locations. Stronger depictions are seen during some story scenes, which show human characters being impaled, slashed or shot in the head, with accompanying blood spurts and bloodstains on characters’ faces. The Advisory 16 Classification Guidelines allow “realistic but not excessively graphic violence with depiction of blood”.\n\nThere are scenes that depict sexual references and suggestive images. Dialogue between characters may contain sexual innuendos. In one scene, female characters are seen in swimwear, with the camera focusing on their cleavage and buttocks. In another, male characters are seen adopting suggestive postures, such as gyrating their groin during a dance sequence. Under the ADV16 rating, depictions of “still or moving images which may be mildly suggestive” are permitted.\n\nThe dialogue contains crude language such as “asshole”, “bastard”, “bitch” and “dick”. 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Depending on the character class chosen, the player can use a variety of weapons and powers, such as swords, arrows, explosives and magical spells against humanoid and creature enemies. Quests can be undertaken while interacting with other characters to progress through the game. Defeating enemies rewards experience points and gold, which can be used to upgrade weapons and armour.\n\nBloodstains and corpses can be encountered during exploration, along with some depictions of graphic violence. Typical combat results in blood spurts, and some enemies explode in a large blood splatter upon being killed. The stronger depictions include a pack of wolves eating a man with his torn flesh visible, characters having their throats slit or being beheaded, and a man being repeatedly bashed, kicked and stabbed by a crazed mob with copious blood splashing onto surfaces. 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In the process of exploration, the player can pick up and use different weapons such as machine guns and rocket launchers for greater combat effectiveness.\n\nBlood spurts are frequently seen when enemies are damaged in combat. Some cutscenes contain more detailed depictions of violence, such as one scene which shows a man’s hand being severed, and another scene where a machine slices off a man’s arm and squashes him against a wall. However, these depictions are brief and the impact is mitigated by the pixellated graphics. Therefore, they would be appropriate under an Advisory 16 rating where the Classification Guidelines allow “realistic but not excessively graphic violence with depiction of blood.”\n\nThe game features some female characters who are dressed in outfits which expose their cleavage. 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When human-like enemies are struck, red blood splatter will occur, whereas slaying of creatures will result in green blood effects, with both instances leaving bloodstains on surfaces. There is an instance where players will encounter a corpse with a spear lodged in its body. 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When Prince Ghassan is kidnapped, Sargon embarks on a journey to the hostile city of Mount Qaf to rescue him.\n\nThe game is rated Advisory 16 (Suitable for 16 & Above).\n\nPlayed from a side-scrolling perspective, players can solve puzzles, complete quests and find hidden treasures during their exploration of the city. The protagonist wields dual blades, and a bow and arrow during fights. He can also perform special combat abilities on enemies such as human warriors, fantasy creatures and undead soldiers. Apart from melee weapons, some of these enemies can attack using explosives.\n\nThe game contains moderate depictions of violence and bloodshed during combat. When characters are struck, blood splatter typically occurs. Depictions of violence and stylised blood spurts are also presented in the story cut scenes and animations for Sargon’s special combat skills. These include scenes of a soldier being impaled by a trident, and characters getting stabbed in the chest and body. 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The player will learn and execute skateboarding techniques and tricks while skating across various environments.\n\nThe game is rated Advisory 16 (Suitable for 16 & Above).\n\nFrom a first-person perspective, the player controls the player character’s viewpoint and actions through motion, via the VR headset and motion controllers. Points are awarded when the player performs tricks and completes courses, while experience earned can be used to unlock items and gear upgrades.\n\nThe soundtrack contains coarse language and some sexual innuendo, including infrequent use of the expletive “f**k” and its variations, as well as milder swear words like “asshole”, “bitch”, “hoes” and “shit”. 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Set in 1972, it follows the exploits of protagonist Jesse Fox as he recounts his great escape from imprisonment, for a crime he didn’t commit.\n\nThe game is rated Advisory 16 (Suitable for 16 & Above).\n\nThe player will control Jesse from a top-down perspective to explore locations and complete objectives in order to progress through stages. Jesse must find and use items in order to heal injuries, replenish ammunition and health, solve puzzles and overcome obstacles. Typical combat gameplay requires the player to manoeuvre through levels patrolled by enemy guards, either bypassing them or knocking them out while avoiding detection. Experience earned can be used to level up and gain new abilities and perks.\n\nPixelated blood effects are frequently seen when characters are attacked by weapons, punches and kicks. Jesse can start bleeding when injured, leaving bloodstains on surfaces as a result. 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The ADV16 guidelines allow “realistic but not excessively graphic violence with depiction of blood”.\n\nA large enemy with a female-like physique appears nude, but its breasts are mostly obscured by its hair, concealing details. Depictions of “nudity without details, e.g. no nipples, genitalia or pubic region” can be permitted under the ADV16 guidelines."},{"_id":41,"Year":"2023","Title":"PSYCHIC 5 ETERNAL サイキック5 エターナル","Romanised_Title":"PSYCHIC 5 ETERNAL","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"CITY CONNECTION LTD","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Asia","Platform":"Nintendo Switch","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"25-07-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":42,"Year":"2023","Title":"THE KNIGHT WITCH - DELUXE EDITION","Romanised_Title":"THE KNIGHT WITCH - DELUXE EDITION","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"TEAM17","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Europe","Platform":"Sony Playstation 4,Sony Playstation 5,Nintendo Switch","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"17-04-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":43,"Year":"2023","Title":"JACK JEANNE","Romanised_Title":"JACK JEANNE","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"AKSYS GAMES","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"USA","Platform":"Nintendo Switch","Rating":"Advisory 16","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"23-05-23","Consumer_Advice":"Suitable for 16 & Above","More_Info":"‘Jack Jeanne’ is a visual novel that revolves around female protagonist Kisa Tachibana, who is given the opportunity to take a step towards fulfilling her dreams of becoming a performer by joining the prestigious Univeil Drama School. The school’s principal invites her to enrol in the all-boys institution under the condition that she must be selected as the lead for the school’s final annual performance while concealing her identity as a girl.\n\nThe game is rated Advisory 16 (Suitable for 16 & Above).\n\nThe story progresses through dialogue scenes comprising Japanese audio accompanied by English subtitles, and mostly still images with limited animation. At key points, the player will be presented with narrative choices to make. The player must also complete performance stages over the span of the game, which consist of rhythm mini-games requiring response to on-screen indicators by pressing controller buttons on cue.\n\nThere are still images of female characters in cleavage-revealing outfits. A female character is seen in various hot spring bath scenes, but there are no details of nudity as her body is obscured with her limbs or a towel, or partially submerged in the pool. Under the Advisory 16 rating, depictions of “still or moving images which may be mildly suggestive” are permitted.\n\nDuring the course of the game, the player will encounter textual references to violence, such as a character mentioning that she created dolls from sewing parts of corpses together, and characters engaged in sword-duelling. These depictions are in the context of the school’s theatre performances. Various scenes depict male students wearing female outfits, often due to them required to fulfil female roles in the theatre performances."},{"_id":44,"Year":"2023","Title":"FLASHBACK 2","Romanised_Title":"FLASHBACK 2","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"MICROÏDS/ MICROIDS STUDIO PARIS","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Europe","Platform":"Nintendo Switch,Sony Playstation 4,Sony Playstation 5,Xbox Series X/S","Rating":"Advisory 16","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"30-10-23","Consumer_Advice":"Suitable for 16 & Above","More_Info":"“Flashback 2” is an action platformer which revolves around Conrad Hart, an agent of the Galactic Bureau of Investigation. He and his allies must confront the Morphs, shape-shifting aliens which threaten to take control over all civilizations in the solar system.\n\nThe game is rated Advisory 16 (Suitable for 16 & Above).\n\nPlayed typically from a side-scrolling perspective, or the third-person perspective on occasion, the player character will explore a variety of environments while finding items and solving puzzles to complete a series of missions. Gameplay involves firing guns at humanoid, creature and robotic adversaries, engaging in dialogue with other characters, and making decisions which could affect the development of the narrative. Access cards grant entry to more areas while a motorbike jet can be used for traversal to key locations. To enhance progress, the player character can pick up medical kits to restore health, use a shield to deflect incoming attacks and dash to temporarily increase speed during combat. At certain points, the player can avoid battles by evading enemies.\n\nBodies can be encountered during exploration. Stronger portrayals of violence include a cutscene of a creature character which is shot through its chest, with blood spurts and a gaping wound seen in the aftermath. Other scenes depict characters getting shot, some of which result in bodily fluids spurting out or mechanical parts exploding in the air, before their bodies disappear shortly after impact. When the player character is struck or exposed to radiation, red flashes appear on the screen. These depictions are allowed under the Advisory 16 rating where the Classification Guidelines permit “realistic but not excessively graphic violence with depiction of blood”.\n\nMild coarse language like “hell”, “damn” and “ass” can be encountered during gameplay."},{"_id":45,"Year":"2023","Title":"TEARDOWN","Romanised_Title":"TEARDOWN","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"PLAION","Year_Released":"2024","Region":"Asia","Platform":"Sony Playstation 5","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"18-12-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":46,"Year":"2023","Title":"ADVANCE WARS™ 1+2: RE-BOOT CAMP","Romanised_Title":"ADVANCE WARS 1+2: RE-BOOT CAMP","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"NINTENDO","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"USA","Platform":"Nintendo Switch","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"21-04-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":47,"Year":"2023","Title":"CROSS TAILS","Romanised_Title":"CROSS TAILS","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"KEMCO","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Asia","Platform":"Sony Playstation 5,Nintendo Switch","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"12-06-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":48,"Year":"2023","Title":"PUZZLE BOBBLE EVERYBUBBLE!","Romanised_Title":"PUZZLE BOBBLE EVERYBUBBLE!","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"ININ GAMES/ TAITO","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Asia","Platform":"Nintendo Switch","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"23-05-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":49,"Year":"2023","Title":"SILENT HOPE","Romanised_Title":"SILENT HOPE","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"XSEED GAMES / SEGA","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Asia","Platform":"Nintendo Switch,PC","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"27-06-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":50,"Year":"2023","Title":"ZAPLING BYGONE","Romanised_Title":"ZAPLING BYGONE","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"TESURA","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Europe","Platform":"Sony Playstation 5","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"19-06-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":51,"Year":"2023","Title":"KIRBY'S RETURN TO DREAM LAND™ DELUXE","Romanised_Title":"KIRBY'S RETURN TO DREAM LAND™ DELUXE","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"NINTENDO","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Asia","Platform":"Nintendo Switch","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"14-02-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":52,"Year":"2023","Title":"BROKEN PIECES","Romanised_Title":"BROKEN PIECES","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"PERP GAMES","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Europe","Platform":"Sony Playstation 4,Sony Playstation 5","Rating":"Advisory 16","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"24-02-23","Consumer_Advice":"Suitable for 16 & Above","More_Info":"“Broken Pieces” is a psychological thriller adventure game which revolves around Elise, who finds herself on a small and seemingly abandoned town called Saint-Exil. As Elise searches the town for signs of human life, she gradually discovers a series of unsettling events and phenomena which belie its idyllic appearance.\n\nThe game is rated Advisory 16 (Suitable for 16 & Above).\n\nGenerally played from a third-person perspective, the player character will explore indoor and outdoor environments under various weather conditions while defeating enemies along the way. Progressing through the game involves the use of items and clues as well as interaction with the environment, such as the summoning of storms to fell trees and gain access to new areas.\n\nGhostly corpses and enemies can be encountered during exploration. There are some scenes of violence where the player character must use guns and magic to confront dark and menacing apparitions. Sustaining damage results in blots of blood appearing increasingly on the fringes of the screen until the player character is killed. These are appropriate under an ADV16 rating where the Classification Guidelines permit “depiction of frightening and disturbing sequences, or any abhorrent phenomena, whether natural or pertaining to the supernatural”.\n\nMild crude language such as “damn”, “shit” and “bastard” are uttered by characters and seen in the English subtitles."},{"_id":53,"Year":"2023","Title":"FERNBUS COACH SIMULATOR","Romanised_Title":"FERNBUS COACH SIMULATOR","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"AEROSOFT","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Europe","Platform":"Sony Playstation 5","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"15-02-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":54,"Year":"2023","Title":"WE LOVE KATAMARI REROLL+ ROYAL REVERIE","Romanised_Title":"WE LOVE KATAMARI REROLL+ ROYAL REVERIE","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT ASIA PTE LTD","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Asia","Platform":"Nintendo Switch,Sony Playstation 4,Sony Playstation 5","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"09-02-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":55,"Year":"2023","Title":"GIGANTOSAURUS DINO KART","Romanised_Title":"GIGANTOSAURUS DINO KART","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"OUTRIGHT GAMES","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Europe","Platform":"Nintendo Switch,Sony Playstation 4,Sony Playstation 5","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"01-02-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":56,"Year":"2023","Title":"GENESIS NOIR","Romanised_Title":"GENESIS NOIR","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"SERENITY FORGE","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Europe","Platform":"Nintendo Switch","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"01-02-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":57,"Year":"2023","Title":"EIYUDEN CHRONICLE: RISING","Romanised_Title":"EIYUDEN CHRONICLE: RISING","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"JUSTDAN","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Asia","Platform":"Nintendo Switch,Sony Playstation 5","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"13-03-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":58,"Year":"2023","Title":"MLB THE SHOW 23","Romanised_Title":"MLB THE SHOW 23","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Asia","Platform":"Sony Playstation 4,Sony Playstation 5","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"17-02-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":59,"Year":"2023","Title":"A SPACE FOR THE UNBOUND 心に咲く花","Romanised_Title":"A SPACE FOR THE UNBOUND","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"SOFT SOURCE PUBLISHING","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Asia","Platform":"Nintendo Switch,Sony Playstation 4,Sony Playstation 5","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"15-02-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":60,"Year":"2023","Title":"SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANETS: KRUSTY COOK-OFF - EXTRA KRUSTY EDITION","Romanised_Title":"SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANETS: KRUSTY COOK-OFF - EXTRA KRUSTY EDITION","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"NIGHTHAWK INTERACTIVE","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Europe","Platform":"Nintendo Switch","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"13-02-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":61,"Year":"2023","Title":"稀代兇賊の最期 - THE LEGEND OF TIANDING","Romanised_Title":"THE LEGEND OF TIANDING","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"SOFT SOURCE PUBLISHING","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Asia","Platform":"Sony Playstation 4,Nintendo Switch,Sony Playstation 5","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"08-02-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":62,"Year":"2023","Title":"MEGA MAN BATTLE NETWORK LEGACY COLLECTION","Romanised_Title":"MEGA MAN BATTLE NETWORK LEGACY COLLECTION","Also_Known_As":"ROCKMAN EXE","Publishers":"CAPCOM","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"USA,Asia","Platform":"Nintendo Switch","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"06-02-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":63,"Year":"2023","Title":"BLOOD BOWL 3","Romanised_Title":"BLOOD BOWL 3","Also_Known_As":"BLOOD BOWL III","Publishers":"NACON/ CYANIDE","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Europe","Platform":"Sony Playstation 4,Sony Playstation 5,Xbox One,Xbox Series X/S","Rating":"Advisory 16","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"13-01-23","Consumer_Advice":"Suitable for 16 & Above","More_Info":"‘Blood Bowl 3’ is a sports strategy game set in a fantasy world. War has disappeared in the Old World, with factions of different races instead resolving their differences in the Blood Bowl, a violent version of American Football. The player will control one of twelve factions in a bid to win matches and tournaments.\n\nThe game is rated Advisory 16 (Suitable for 16 & Above).\n\nThe player manages a team in turn-based matches against opponents across various game modes (single player or multiplayer campaign). Participants include humans, orcs, goblins, elves, dwarves and other fantasy humanoid species. Weapons such as blades, chainsaws, canons are used to attack opponents with melee and ranged strikes, in order to advance the ball forward to the opposing team’s end goal and prevent them from doing the same. \n\nGameplay frequently involves combat with blood splatter and cries of pain. Matches occur from a top-down perspective, but the camera will zoom in close to depict attacks executed by characters. Sprays of blood are visible when characters are struck and will leave bloodstains in the arena, but there are no explicit details of injury. Some scenes also depict violence, such as one where characters are seen impaled by swords, and another where body parts such as skulls and a severed hand can be seen. Overall, the depictions are contained under an Advisory 16 rating, where the guidelines permit “realistic but not excessively graphic violence with depiction of blood”."},{"_id":64,"Year":"2023","Title":"FIRE EMBLEM™ ENGAGE","Romanised_Title":"FIRE EMBLEM™ ENGAGE","Also_Known_As":"FIRE EMBLEM™ ENGAGE: DIVINE EDITION  , FIRE EMBLEM ENGAGE","Publishers":"NINTENDO","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"USA","Platform":"Nintendo Switch","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"03-01-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":65,"Year":"2023","Title":"LITTLE FRIENDS: PUPPY ISLAND","Romanised_Title":"LITTLE FRIENDS: PUPPY ISLAND","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"FIRESHINE GAMES","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Europe","Platform":"Nintendo Switch,PC","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"23-02-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":66,"Year":"2023","Title":"R-TYPE FINAL 3 EVOLVED","Romanised_Title":"R-TYPE FINAL 3 EVOLVED","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"JUSTDAN","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Asia","Platform":"Sony Playstation 5","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"10-03-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":67,"Year":"2023","Title":"DYSCHRONIA: CHRONOS ALTERNATE","Romanised_Title":"DYSCHRONIA: CHRONOS ALTERNATE","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"PERP GAMES","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Europe","Platform":"Sony Playstation 5,Others","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"09-03-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":68,"Year":"2023","Title":"CULT OF THE LAMB","Romanised_Title":"CULT OF THE LAMB","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"DEVOLVER DIGITAL","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Europe","Platform":"Nintendo Switch,Sony Playstation 5","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"27-03-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":69,"Year":"2023","Title":"F1 23","Romanised_Title":"F1 23","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"ELECTRONIC ARTS","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Asia","Platform":"Sony Playstation 4,PC,Sony Playstation 5,Xbox One,Xbox Series X/S","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"24-03-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":70,"Year":"2023","Title":"NEOGEO POCKET COLOR SELECTION VOL.2","Romanised_Title":"NEOGEO POCKET COLOR SELECTION VOL.2","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"SNK CORPORATION","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Asia","Platform":"Nintendo Switch","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"10-01-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":71,"Year":"2023","Title":"HIDDEN OBJECTS COLLECTION VOLUME 4","Romanised_Title":"HIDDEN OBJECTS COLLECTION VOLUME 4","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"FUNBOX MEDIA","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Europe","Platform":"Nintendo Switch","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"28-02-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":72,"Year":"2023","Title":"RHAPSODY: MARL KINGDOM CHRONICLES - 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Set on post-apocalyptic Earth, the protagonist, Aloy, travels to the west to discover the source of a mysterious signal and to find a way to restore Earth.\n\nThe compilation is classified M18 for sexual references. \n\nPlayed from a third person perspective, the player controls Aloy to explore new lands. Along the way, she fights humans from enemy tribes, machines and alien monsters. Defeating these enemies drop items or crafting materials which she can use to upgrade or craft her own weapons. Aloy starts with a basic bow and javelin, but as the game progresses, she can acquire more powerful bows, slingshots and launchers which can shoot various ammunition such as ropes, canisters and tripwires. \n\nCombat is frequent with a frenetic pace. Blood puffs are seen when Aloy and her human enemies are damaged by ranged or melee attacks. However, the blood does not stain the characters or the environment. The story scenes also contain some depictions of violence, such as characters being shot with arrows or impaled by spears, with some details of blood. \n\nSome of the story scenes contain references to same-sex relationships, where various characters mention their partners during conversations with the protagonist. The player may encounter a scene where two women affirm their romantic feelings for each other before embracing and kissing. The M18 Classification Guidelines permit “depictions of same-sex kissing and hugging.”"},{"_id":77,"Year":"2023","Title":"THE EDITOR - DEMO FOR GAMESCOM ASIA 2023","Romanised_Title":"THE EDITOR - DEMO FOR GAMESCOM ASIA 2023","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"DECATREE GAMES","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Asia","Platform":"PC","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"29-09-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":78,"Year":"2023","Title":"RIVER CITY: RIVAL SHOWDOWN - DEMO FOR GAMESCOM ASIA 2023","Romanised_Title":"RIVER CITY: RIVAL SHOWDOWN - DEMO FOR GAMESCOM ASIA 2023","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"ARC SYSTEM WORKS","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Asia","Platform":"PC,Nintendo Switch,Sony Playstation 4","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"27-09-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":79,"Year":"2023","Title":"GRANBLUE FANTASY: RELINK","Romanised_Title":"GRANBLUE FANTASY: RELINK","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"SEGA","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Asia","Platform":"PC,Sony Playstation 4,Sony Playstation 5","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"04-10-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":80,"Year":"2023","Title":"MYSTERY MASK: THE IMMORTAL SOUL - DEMO FOR GAMESCOM ASIA 2023","Romanised_Title":"MYSTERY MASK: THE IMMORTAL SOUL - DEMO FOR GAMESCOM ASIA 2023","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"QOOLAND GAMES","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Asia","Platform":"PC","Rating":"Advisory 16","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"17-10-23","Consumer_Advice":"Suitable for 16 & Above","More_Info":"‘Mystery Mask: The Immortal Soul - Demo for Gamescom Asia 2023’ is an open-world survival sandbox simulation game demo that follows a survivor of a tribal war. After gaining a mysterious mask that grants knowledge and power, the protagonist will utilise it to survive while trying to create a new tribe and flourish.\n\nThe game demo is rated Advisory 16.\n\nThe player will customise the protagonist’s gender and appearance at the beginning of the game. From a third-person perspective, the player then sets off to explore the wilderness, scavenge for resources (mining, logging, harvesting, etc), hunt wildlife and craft objects including tools, weapons, fixtures and buildings. Other tribal warriors can be encountered and can also be recruited to the player’s tribe.\n\nWild animals such as boars, deer, chickens and alligators can be hunted for meat and skin. When they are attacked, a brief blood splatter is seen, without any details of injury. Once killed, the player can then harvest the score with a butcher knife, with the animation showing the protagonist crouching over the carcass brandishing the knife and blood spurts seen. The carcass disappears once the process is complete. The Advisory 16 Classification Guidelines allow “realistic but not excessively graphic violence with depiction of blood”.\n\nIn the character creation screen, the body proportions and breast size of a female protagonist can be customised. The protagonist begins the game unclothed and nearly naked except for vines and tiny leaves concealing details of nudity. The Advisory 16 guidelines permit “Nudity without details, e.g. no nipples, genitalia or pubic region”."},{"_id":81,"Year":"2023","Title":"TREPANG²","Romanised_Title":"TREPANG2","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"TREPANG STUDIOS","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Europe","Platform":"Sony Playstation 5","Rating":"Mature 18","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"10-10-23","Consumer_Advice":"STRONG VIOLENCE AND COARSE LANGUAGE","More_Info":"‘Trepang2’ (stylised as 'Trepang²') is a first-person shooter where the player undertakes the role of an amnesic super soldier. Imprisoned and labelled as “Subject 106”, he escapes and embarks on a quest to find out the truth behind his origins and to exact vengeance on his captors.\n\nThe game is classified M18 for strong violence and coarse language.\n\nThe player will control the protagonist from a first-person perspective to traverse through various locations and engage in frenetic combat against enemy soldiers and monsters. Subject 106 can use firearms (pistols, shotguns, submachineguns and sniper rifles), explosives, melee attacks and various supernatural powers (superhuman strength and speed, cloaking, and slowing time) to defeat adversaries.\n\nThere are frequent depictions of strong violence. Combat is accentuated by screams of pain and large blood spurts when characters are attacked, leaving bloodstains on surrounding surfaces. Enemies can be dismembered, decapitated or blown up when killed by certain weapons, with bodies and body parts left on the scene. The M18 guidelines permit “depictions of realistic violence, such as killing, maiming or causing other serious injury to humanoid characters”.\n\nThere is use of strong expletives in the dialogue, including “motherf***er” and variations of “f**k”, as well as crude words such as “bastard”, “bitch” and “shit”. The M18 classification guidelines permit “frequent use of strong coarse language”."},{"_id":82,"Year":"2023","Title":"BATTLEJUICE ALCHEMIST - DEMO FOR GAMESCOM ASIA 2023","Romanised_Title":"BATTLEJUICE ALCHEMIST - DEMO FOR GAMESCOM ASIA 2023","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"ESDIGITAL GAMES","Year_Released":"2024","Region":"Asia","Platform":"Nintendo Switch,PC,Sony Playstation 4,Sony Playstation 5,Xbox One,Xbox One X","Rating":"Advisory 16","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"06-10-23","Consumer_Advice":"Suitable for 16 & Above","More_Info":"‘Battlejuice Alchemist – Demo For Gamescom Asia 2023’ is an action roleplaying game demo that revolves around Juice, an alchemist. Juice sets off on a quest to find out why hordes of demons and creatures have now taken over the wilderness.\n\nThe game demo is rated Advisory 16.\n\nThe player will control Juice from a top-down perspective to traverse through areas of the wilderness. Using an arsenal of alchemic flasks that grants various elemental attacks and abilities, Juice must overcome obstacles and defeat enemies comprising cultists, demons and creatures.\n\nCombat is highlighted by sound effects and explosions, accompanied by frequent depictions of red blood spurts that leave bloodstains on nearby surfaces. Defeated enemies typically explode in a large splatter of blood, without leaving any body parts behind. The ADV16 guidelines permit “realistic but not excessively graphic violence with depiction of blood”."},{"_id":83,"Year":"2023","Title":"L.O.L. SURPRISE!™ ROLLER DREAMS RACING","Romanised_Title":"L.O.L. SURPRISE! ROLLER DREAMS RACING","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"NIGHTHAWK INTERACTIVE","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Europe","Platform":"Nintendo Switch","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"20-10-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":84,"Year":"2023","Title":"ETRIAN ODYSSEY ORIGINS COLLECTION","Romanised_Title":"ETRIAN ODYSSEY ORIGINS COLLECTION","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"SEGA","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Asia","Platform":"Nintendo Switch,PC","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"24-02-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":85,"Year":"2023","Title":"SUPER MARIO RPG™","Romanised_Title":"SUPER MARIO RPG™","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"NINTENDO","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"USA","Platform":"Nintendo Switch","Rating":"General","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"23-10-23","Consumer_Advice":null,"More_Info":null},{"_id":86,"Year":"2023","Title":"FATE/SAMURAI REMNANT","Romanised_Title":"FATE/SAMURAI REMNANT","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"KOEI TECMO","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Asia","Platform":"Sony Playstation 4,Sony Playstation 5,Nintendo Switch","Rating":"Advisory 16","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"20-09-23","Consumer_Advice":"Suitable for 16 & Above","More_Info":"“Fate/Samurai Remnant” is an action roleplaying game set in Japan during the Edo period. The protagonist is Iori, the disciple of a swordsman, who gains the ability to command “Servants” – historical figures skilled in either magic or combat. With their aid, Iori aims to stop a magical ritual that threatens Japan.\n\nThe game is classified Advisory 16 (Suitable for 16 & Above).\n\nPlayed from a third person point of view, the player controls the protagonist or his main Servant, Saber, who uses a sword. Later in the story, other characters will become playable. Gameplay revolves around completing tasks which involve fighting either humans or monsters, and rewards weapon parts or items that can be used to strengthen their equipment. The narrative choices made by the player will affect the outcome of the game’s ending. \n\nCombat is frenetic, with characters using both melee weapons and magical attacks. Blood spurts are frequently seen when human enemies receive damage. Defeating them results in a final spray of blood and they collapse on the ground, with blood pooling around them. The cutscenes also contain some depictions of bloodletting when characters are impaled or slashed by swords. There is a cutscene where a character tries to punch his enemy and his hand is consequently severed by a magical attack, without any explicit details shown. Overall, the depictions of violence can be contained under Advisory 16 where the Classification Guidelines permit ““realistic but not excessively graphic violence with depiction of blood”.\n\nSome female characters can be seen in cleavage-revealing outfits. The player may get the opportunity to control a female warrior, whose bosom jiggles slightly during movement and combat. The Advisory 16 Classification Guidelines allow “still or moving images which may be mildly suggestive”."},{"_id":87,"Year":"2023","Title":"REMNANT II","Romanised_Title":"REMNANT II","Also_Known_As":"REMNANT 2","Publishers":"GEARBOX PUBLISHING","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Europe","Platform":"Sony Playstation 5","Rating":"Mature 18","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"28-07-23","Consumer_Advice":"Violence","More_Info":"Set in a post-apocalyptic Earth, “Remnant II” is an action-shooter game where players assume the role of a survivor who is tasked with traveling to different biomes to restore balance in the worlds and dismantle the Root that has been plaguing the Earth. \n\nThe game is rated M18 for violence. \n\nPlayed from a third-person perspective, players can explore the different environments in search of better equipment or crafting materials either solo or with a team. In these worlds, they will encounter enemies such as monsters, mutated animals and hostile human survivors. Players can equip themselves with melee and ranged weapons, such as swords and guns to fend off their enemies. \n\nDuring combat, blood splatter occurs frequently when characters are struck. While most enemies vanish upon defeat, some enemies will explode in a mist of blood and headshots may decapitate them. Players will also be required to shoot off and retrieve a corpse’s hand which can then be viewed in their inventory. The severed hand’s cross-section is visible, with some broken bones poking out of the stump. Violence is also depicted in some cut scenes where characters are impaled by enemies. Players can get burnt by a group of enemies that will set themselves on fire before attacking. At one point of the game, players have the option of attacking non-combatant humans in order to regain health after receiving an affliction that prevents them from healing normally. These depictions of violence are allowed under the M18 rating where the classification guidelines permit “depictions of realistic violence, such as killing, maiming or causing other serious injury to humanoid characters”.\n\nPlayers may encounter an enemy whose outfit exposes a bare breast. The game also contains some use of the expletive “f**k”, and swear words such as “shit”, “damn”, “goddamn”, and “asshole”."},{"_id":88,"Year":"2023","Title":"DREADOUT 2","Romanised_Title":"DREADOUT 2","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"SOFT SOURCE PUBLISHING / DIGITAL HAPPINESS","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Asia","Platform":"Nintendo Switch,Sony Playstation 4,Sony Playstation 5","Rating":"Mature 18","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"28-03-23","Consumer_Advice":"VIOLENCE","More_Info":"‘DreadOut 2’ is a horror adventure game inspired by Indonesian folklore. The story follows the protagonist Linda Meillinda, who is a high school student with an ability to sense and see ghosts. She takes on the responsibility to protect her hometown and mankind by fighting nefarious ghosts and creatures.\n\nThe game is classified M18 for violence.\n\nFrom a third-person perspective, the player controls Linda to explore various locations, engage other characters in conversation and undertake missions to progress the story. Gameplay often occurs in dark, surreal locations and dilapidated buildings, with combat encounters against hostile apparitions and entities or possessed humans. She will need to use the torchlight on her mobile phone to illuminate surroundings during exploration, and can utilise a special camera app on the same phone to shoot photos of ethereal ghosts, which also inflicts damage on them. Corporeal ghosts that are not as susceptible to the camera’s effects are mainly fought using melee weapons such as an axe or knife.\n\nThere are frequent depictions of realistic-looking violence and blood effects. During exploration, the player will traverse through bloodstained environments and encounter mutilated corpses. Copious blood splatters are produced when enemies are struck, and bloodstains can be seen on surfaces and characters’ clothing. The strongest sequences depict the repeated hacking, slashing and stabbing of human-like characters in the torso and head. The M18 guidelines allow depictions of “realistic violence such as killing, maiming or causing serious injury to humanoid characters”.\n\nSome enemies in the game appear to be topless or naked, but there are no details of nudity. The game’s dialogue lines contain mild crude language such as “bastard” and “hell”."},{"_id":89,"Year":"2023","Title":"THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE","Romanised_Title":"THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"NIGHTHAWK INTERACTIVE","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Europe","Platform":"Sony Playstation 5,Sony Playstation 4","Rating":"Mature 18","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"03-08-23","Consumer_Advice":"Violence and Gore","More_Info":"“The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” is a multiplayer survival horror game which revolves around the Slaughter family, a group of killers who seek to find and stop their guests from escaping.\n\nThe game is rated M18 for violence and gore.\n\nFrom a third-person perspective, players will take part in matches controlling either a killer from the Slaughter family or as one of the victims. The aim of matches is for the killers to hunt down the victims before they find the exit and escape. Killers can set up traps and use weapons such as knives and chainsaws to attack victims or collect blood from them. In contrast, to avoid detection by the Slaughter family, victims need to conceal themselves during traversal, such as by disarming noise-making contraptions or hiding in cupboards or behind furniture. They can also pick up useful items such as health boosts or objects to unlock exits. When threatening characters are in the vicinity, flashes of light appear on the fringes of the screen to forewarn the victims.\n\nBodies, severed body parts and bones can be encountered during exploration, along with some jump scenes where menacing characters suddenly appear to threaten and attack their victims. There are some graphic scenes of violence where characters can get impaled or slashed by knives and chainsaws, as well as have their necks slit, with copious bloodletting depicted and bloodstains left on surfaces and characters. Other scenes include a character getting stabbed repeatedly in the face with blood sputtering in the air, and another character getting hung on a meat hook which is pierced through his back. Such portrayals are appropriate under a M18 rating where the Classification Guidelines permit “depictions of realistic violence, such as killing, maiming or causing other serious injury to humanoid characters”.\n\nCoarse language, such as the expletive “f**k”, and mild swear words like “damn”, “shit” and “hell” are uttered by characters."},{"_id":90,"Year":"2023","Title":"UNDER THE WAVES","Romanised_Title":"UNDER THE WAVES","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"QUANTIC DREAM / PARALLEL STUDIO","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Europe","Platform":"Sony Playstation 5","Rating":"Advisory 16","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"07-08-23","Consumer_Advice":"Suitable for 16 & Above","More_Info":"Set in the North Sea during the 1970s, “Under the Waves” is an adventure game which revolves around Stan, a professional diver who encounters a series of mysterious events underwater while trying to find his way back to shore.\n\nThe game is rated Advisory 16 (Suitable for 16 & Above).\n\nGenerally played from a third-person perspective, the protagonist will swim or use a submarine to navigate dim and murky environments such as caves, wrecks and underwater foliage to complete a series of objectives. \n\nBodies, carcasses and apparitions can be encountered during exploration, along with resources which can be picked up to craft items like oxygen sticks, flares, and mines. There are some perilous scenes such as when the protagonist encounters an octopus, runs out of oxygen, or when his submarine’s structural integrity is compromised. Consequently, asphyxiation and mechanical failure can result in death, which is depicted by sounds of the protagonist gasping for air before it cuts to a termination notice that states he has passed away.\n\nCoarse language, such as the expletive “f**k”, is infrequently uttered by characters and seen in the English subtitles. This is appropriate under the ADV16 Classification Guidelines which permit “coarse language such as the use of the expletive ‘f**k’.” In addition, there is use of mild swear words like “shit”, “goddamn” and “hell”."},{"_id":91,"Year":"2023","Title":"MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN 2","Romanised_Title":"MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN 2","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Asia","Platform":"Sony Playstation 5","Rating":"Advisory 16","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"05-09-23","Consumer_Advice":"Suitable for 16 & Above","More_Info":"Set in New York City, “Marvel’s Spider-Man 2” is an action game which revolves around Spidermen, Peter Parker and Miles Morales. In their latest adventure, they must work together to safeguard the city by confronting a variety of old and new adversaries.\n\nThe game is rated Advisory 16 (Suitable for 16 & Above).\n\nPlayed from a third-person perspective, the player character will control either Peter or Miles in using their web-slinging abilities for traversal. Melee attacks, electrical pulses, projectiles and web-shots, whether used on their own or for harnessing environmental objects such as boulders, can be deployed to inflict damage on human and creature enemies. Web-shots can also be used to move things as a distraction to eliminate enemies stealthily. Experience points are gained from completing missions, which allows for purchases of skills and upgrades in gadgets and abilities.\n\nDuring combat, there are some scenes of moderate violence, with occasional depictions of blood or blood-like effects when the protagonist is hit by gunfire or when striking at certain enemies. Cinematic scenes contain stronger depictions, such as a character who is implied to be decapitated after his head is chomped upon with some bloodletting seen. Overall, these scenes are appropriate under the ADV16 Classification Guidelines which permit “realistic but not excessively graphic violence with depiction of blood.”\n\nThere is a scene where a female character verbally refers to her girlfriend, without any visual depictions of the relationship and further development on the topic.\n\nMild crude language such as “ass”, “crap” and “hell” are uttered by characters and appear in the English subtitles."},{"_id":92,"Year":"2023","Title":"SUPER BULLET BREAK","Romanised_Title":"SUPER BULLET BREAK","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"JUSTDAN","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Asia","Platform":"Nintendo Switch","Rating":"Advisory 16","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"09-06-23","Consumer_Advice":"Suitable for 16 & Above","More_Info":"‘Super Bullet Break’ is a strategy deck-building game where players assume the role of a master gamer entrusted with the task of saving the world of video games. Together with her allies, she must fight the rogue AI infecting her video games and restore them to their normal states.\n\nThe game is rated Advisory 16 (Suitable for 16 & Above).\n\nPlayers will work their way across a randomly generated isometric map and choose between the various pathways where they can collect items, take a rest, or battle robots and bugs. Players can strengthen and grow their battle decks by collecting female and animal characters called Bullets which are equipped with a variety of stats and effects. \n\nThe typical depictions of violence are mild. Combat is turn-based where players can select from a row of Bullets pulled randomly from their deck as they take turns with the enemy to attack. During combat, special effects and depleting health points will occur when enemies are struck. The enemy will disappear once slain.\n\nThe game features suggestive images of multiple female characters in revealing outfits that expose various parts of their chest and body. Some of the female characters are also portrayed in compromising positions that bring focus to their buttocks or cleavage. The images may typically appear onscreen upon acquiring the corresponding character card, but the player can review them from the main menu with pan and zoom controls. These depictions are allowed under the Advisory 16 rating where the classification guidelines permit “still or moving images which may be mildly suggestive e.g. scantily-clad women in bikinis or lingerie”."},{"_id":93,"Year":"2023","Title":"STARFIELD","Romanised_Title":"STARFIELD","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"BETHESDA","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Asia","Platform":"Xbox Series X/S","Rating":"Mature 18","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"04-09-23","Consumer_Advice":"DRUG USE AND SEXUAL REFERENCES","More_Info":"‘Starfield’ is a sci-fi action roleplaying game set during the year 2330 in the aftermath of wars between two powerful factions – the United Colonies and the Freestar Collective. The story follows the protagonist, a space explorer from the Constellation organisation, who embarks on a quest with various companions to find rare artifacts across the galaxy.\n\nThe game is classified M18 for drug use and sexual references.\n\nThe player controls the protagonist from either a first- or third-person perspective to explore locations across various planets, talk to characters and undertake a variety of missions. The player pilots a spaceship to fly between planets and can engage in space combat against other spacecrafts.  Progression through the game and defeating enemies award experience points and resources that the player can use to unlock and upgrade skills and equipment.\n\nEnemies comprise humans, aliens, creatures and robots, which are fought with futuristic projectile and energy weaponry. Blood splatters when characters are attacked, leaving temporary bloodstains on surfaces. During exploration, the player may encounter bloodstained areas, corpses and creature remains. Indiscriminately attacking non-adversarial characters and committing crimes can result in a bounty being placed on the player character.\n\nFictional narcotic or hallucinogenic drugs can be procured or crafted and used by the player character, which give a temporary enhancement to character statistics but also result in visual distortion effects. Use of drugs may also result in addiction that causes detrimental withdrawal side effects to the player character. Under the M18 guidelines, “there may be realistic depiction of drug or psychoactive substance abuse, if it does not promote abuse.”\n\nThrough selecting certain dialogue responses, the player can optionally develop romantic relationships between the protagonist and companions, including those of the same sex. This may culminate in marriage, as well as bed scenes implying intimacy where the scene fades to black, followed by suggestive dialogue alluding to sexual activity.\n\nThere is use of coarse language in the dialogue. These include variations of “f**k” and crude words such as “asshole”, “bastard”, “bitch” and “shit”."},{"_id":94,"Year":"2023","Title":"ANONYMOUS;CODE","Romanised_Title":"ANONYMOUS;CODE","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"SPIKE CHUNSOFT","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Europe","Platform":"Sony Playstation 4,Nintendo Switch","Rating":"Advisory 16","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"12-09-23","Consumer_Advice":"Suitable for 16 & Above","More_Info":"Set in Tokyo in 2037, ‘Anonymous;Code’ is a visual novel where the player assumes the role of a teenage hacker, Pollon, who receives the ability to travel back in time. With the help of his friends and a mysterious girl who is on the run, Pollon must use his new power to prevent catastrophes from becoming reality. \n\nThe game is rated Advisory 16 (Suitable for 16 & Above).\n\nGameplay mostly consists of reading through dialogue presented in visual novel style, with accompanying still images. The dialogues sequences do not have any action choices and character movement is limited. However, players can unlock different endings by either ignoring certain events or triggering their hacking ability which allows them to time travel.\n\nThe game contains some portrayals of violence made up of still images, with some details of the act in the dialogue text. Scenes depict a dead character with a slit throat, one other shot to death, and another implied to have bitten off his own tongue, with blood seen under their bodies. Other scenes of violence include images of a severed human hand and corpses in bloodstained clothes. The classification guidelines for Advisory 16 permit “realistic but not excessively graphic violence with depiction of blood.”\n\nThe game features suggestive images of multiple female characters in revealing outfits that expose various parts of their chest and body. There are also non-explicit sexual references to a syndicate circulating bootleg VR pornography, imagery of implied sexual activity, and crude sexual humour. In one cut scene, an embarrassed female character confesses to a male character that she is not wearing underwear. These are allowed under the Advisory 16 rating where the classification guidelines permit “still or moving images which may be mildly suggestive e.g. scantily-clad women in bikinis or lingerie” and “portrayal of implied sexual activity”.\n\nThe game contains the use of coarse language such as “f**k” and its variations, as well as crude words such as “bastard”, “bitch”, “goddamn”, “damn”, “bullshit” and “assholes”. This is permissible under the Advisory 16 rating, where the classification guidelines allow “coarse language such as the use of the expletive ‘f**k’”."},{"_id":95,"Year":"2023","Title":"ROBOCOP: ROGUE CITY","Romanised_Title":"ROBOCOP: ROGUE CITY","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"NACON/ TEYON","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Europe","Platform":"Sony Playstation 5,Xbox Series X/S","Rating":"Mature 18","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"16-10-23","Consumer_Advice":"Strong Violence and Coarse Language","More_Info":"Set in Detroit, “Robocop: Rogue City” is a first-player shooter which follows Robocop, a cyborg police officer. Along with his partner Officer Lewis, the two must confront a new menace that threatens the city. \n\nThe game is rated M18 for strong violence and coarse language.\n\nPlayed from a first-person perspective, the protagonist will explore various buildings and streets while finding and analysing evidence to complete a series of missions. Physical attacks, firearms, and objects in the environment can be used to inflict damage on enemies, and defeating them grants experience points that can be used to upgrade skills, weapons and armour. Side quests such as investigations can be undertaken while interacting with other characters to advance through the game.\n\nThere are graphic depictions of violence when the protagonist confronts human and robotic adversaries in frantic exchanges of gunfire and melee combat. These include scenes of characters getting punched and shot in the head, with blood and pieces of flesh splattering on the walls and ground, along with dismembered bodies seen in the aftermath. Such portrayals are heightened when time is slowed down during intense gunfire, with the bloodletting effects lingering longer in mid-air. When the protagonist incurs damage, a red indicator appears to highlight the direction of fire. The M18 Classification Guidelines allow “depictions of realistic violence, such as killing, maiming or causing other serious injury to humanoid characters”.\n\nThere is frequent use of strong coarse language such as the expletives “motherf**ker” and “f**k”, as well as crude language such as “shit”, “hell”, “bitch” and “asshole” uttered by characters and reflected in the English subtitles. Under the M18 Classification Guidelines, “frequent use of strong coarse language” is permitted.\n\nSome suggestive content can be encountered during gameplay. These include an investigation scene which depicts S&M equipment and a painting of a nude woman bounded by rope without explicit nudity seen. Other scenes depict a woman performing a pole dance for some men, female characters dressed in revealing attire and dialogue containing sexual innuendoes.\n\nThere are some drug references in the game which revolves around a fictional drug called “Nuke”. These include cutscenes of a character who gets killed after being forcibly given an overdose, and a character who is diagnosed to have consumed the drug after being scanned."},{"_id":96,"Year":"2023","Title":"MORTAL KOMBAT 1","Romanised_Title":"MORTAL KOMBAT 1","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"NETHERREALM STUDIOS","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Asia","Platform":"Nintendo Switch,PC,Sony Playstation 5,Xbox Series X/S","Rating":"Mature 18","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"11-07-23","Consumer_Advice":"STRONG VIOLENCE AND GORE","More_Info":"‘Mortal Kombat 1’ is a fantasy fighting game that follows a group of warriors who fight to save various realms from destruction. Liu Kang the God of Fire has restarted a new timeline and existence for all beings, but the new era of peace is threatened by an adversary.\n\nThe game is classified M18 for strong violence and gore.\n\nThe player can choose from a main roster of fighters to battle in various game modes against the AI or other players. Each character has their own set of fighting moves and supernatural powers, and will have a companion fighter to call upon for assistance during matches. Using a variety of punches, kicks, grapples and weapon strikes, the player needs to deplete the opponent’s health in order to win matches and progress through a tournament or the storyline.\n\nThere are frequent and strong depictions of violence and gore. Certain attacks may depict characters being impaled, dismembered or decapitated, or trigger an x-ray view of the opponent’s bones and skulls fracturing, or internal organs bursting from the impact of attacks. At the end of matches, the victor is given the opportunity to execute a gory finishing move called a ‘Fatality’ on the defeated opponent. These moves require the input of relevant button combinations within a short window of time, and will result in a cinematic scene showing characters being impaled, disembowelled, decapitated, dismembered or bisected. The player may encounter a mini-game in certain game modes, where a decapitated head may be presented to the player character to destroy, in order to progress. Story scenes also depict strong violence, such as characters being impaled in the eyes. These depictions are in a fantasy context, and the ‘Fatalities’ occur infrequently given the overall length of matches. The M18 guidelines allow for “depictions of realistic violence, such as killing, maiming or causing other serious injury to humanoid characters”.\n\nThe game dialogue contains the use of infrequent coarse language, such as ‘f**k’ and its variations. This is permitted under an M18 rating which allows the “frequent use of strong coarse language”."},{"_id":97,"Year":"2023","Title":"LIKE A DRAGON INFINITE WEALTH","Romanised_Title":"LIKE A DRAGON INFINITE WEALTH","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"SEGA","Year_Released":"2024","Region":"Asia","Platform":"Sony Playstation 4,Sony Playstation 5","Rating":"Mature 18","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"03-11-23","Consumer_Advice":"Violence and Coarse Language","More_Info":"Set in Japan and Hawaii, “Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth” is an open world action game which follows former yakuza Ichiban Kasuga and Kiryu Kazuma. Together with their party members, they join forces to fight criminal gangs and find Ichiban’s long-lost mother.\n\nThe game is rated M18 for violence and coarse language.\n\nPlayed from a third-person perspective, the player will explore various environments, interact with characters and complete quests to advance through the game. During turn-based combat, the player can lead a party of up to four members who can use physical attacks, firearms, explosives and other tools against foes, while learning different jobs to access new attacks and abilities. Defeating opponents rewards experience, cash and items. Bonds amongst party members can be enhanced through side activities such as playing minigames, and by fighting together.\n\nCombat frequently occurs as the protagonists confront various enemies such as thugs, delinquents and yakuza, and depicts characters who are shot, impaled and bludgeoned with copious bloodletting portrayed. Stronger depictions of violence occur in story scenes, such as a character who is tortured and implied to have his fingers shot one by one with blood spurts seen, and a body found with the victim's limbs nailed to a wall and a machete partially seen to be impaled through his chest. The M18 Classification Guidelines allow “depictions of realistic violence, such as killing, maiming or causing other serious injury to humanoid characters”.\n\nSome suggestive content can be encountered during gameplay. These include a minigame where the player can spend time and money to interact with pole dancers at a night club. The pole dancers are seen donning bikinis and low-cut shorts to perform on stage with gyrations and other suggestive movements. Other suggestive references include depictions of characters dressed in titillating attire and dialogue containing sexual innuendoes without explicit details. These are appropriate under a M18 rating where the Classification Guidelines allow “still or moving images which may be sexually titillating (but does not contain nudity), e.g. scantily-clad women shown in a manner that is sexually suggestive, but not excessive or gratuitous”.\n\nFrequent use of coarse language such as the expletives “f**k”, as well as crude language such as “damn” and “shit” and “hell”, are reflected in the English subtitles. Under the M18 Classification Guidelines, “frequent use of strong coarse language” is permitted."},{"_id":98,"Year":"2023","Title":"THE WALKING DEAD: SAINTS & SINNERS - CHAPTER 2 : RETRIBUTION","Romanised_Title":"THE WALKING DEAD: SAINTS & SINNERS - CHAPTER 2 : RETRIBUTION","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"SKYDANCE INTERACTIVE/ SKYDANCE INTERACTIVE","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Europe","Platform":"Sony Playstation 4,Sony Playstation 5","Rating":"Mature 18","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"08-11-23","Consumer_Advice":"Strong Violence and Gore","More_Info":"Set in New Orleans, “The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution” is virtual reality, first person shooter revolving around the Tourist, a survivor of the zombie apocalypse who finds himself caught in a conflict between competing groups of survivors.   \n\nThe game is classified M18 for strong violence and gore. \n\nFrom a first-person perspective, the protagonist explores the city and fights both zombies and hostile humans. The protagonist starts with a knife and gun but can pick up better weapons along the way such as a chainsaw, shotgun and machete.   \n\nCombat is frenetic as the protagonist fights waves of enemies. Dismemberment and decapitation are frequently depicted with copious blood splatter and some details of injury (eg. innards, bones and flesh) when enemies are shot or slashed. The protagonist can inflict post-mortem damage onto corpses, such as for the purpose of extracting the organs of a zombie to smear onto his own limbs so as to hide from other zombies. Severed heads and limbs can be collected into the inventory, and later thrown as distractions. As such, the game is more appropriate at a M18 rating where the Classification Guidelines permit “depictions of realistic violence, such as killing, maiming or causing other serious injury to humanoid characters.”\n\nThe game also contains frequent use of the expletives “f**k” and “motherf**ker”. The M18 Classification Guidelines allow “frequent use of strong coarse language.”"},{"_id":99,"Year":"2023","Title":"HITMAN: WORLD OF ASSASSINATION","Romanised_Title":"HITMAN: WORLD OF ASSASSINATION","Also_Known_As":"HITMAN: WORLD OF ASSASSINATION SIGNATURE EDITION","Publishers":"IO INTERACTIVE A/S/ IO INTERACTIVE A/S","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Europe","Platform":"Nintendo Switch 2,Sony Playstation 5","Rating":"Mature 18","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"17-08-23","Consumer_Advice":"Violence and Drug Use","More_Info":"“Hitman: World of Assassination’ is a stealth-action game which revolves around Agent 47, a professional assassin who is tasked to eliminate powerful targets in various exotic locations around the world.\n\nThe game is rated M18 for violence and drug use.\n\nPlayed typically from the third-person perspective, or the first-person perspective in VR mode, the protagonist will navigate a variety of indoor and outdoor environments to complete a series of missions across several countries. Gameplay involves the use of stealth techniques such as taking on disguises, evading guards and security cameras, hiding unconscious or slain victims, and collecting information to reach and eliminate target enemies. Adversaries and other human characters can be killed using a mixture of direct and covert ways. These include strangulation, electrocution, gunfire, poisoning, explosions, melee attacks with blunt and edged weapons and throwing them off buildings. Experience points are rewarded for eradicating critical targets, headshots and killings which are done covertly or made to look like accidents.\n\nDuring assassinations, the protagonist can brutally kill his victims and dispose their bodies. These include throwing a character off a church tower before he gets impaled on its spire, stabbing a pen into a character’s eye, manipulating an operating machine to stab a character multiple times with blood wounds shown, and pushing a character into an Iron Maiden device with no details seen. Other scenes of violence depict the disposal of bodies using environmental tools such as a woodchipper, a grape-presser and a furnace. These result in bloodied flesh splatters or the burning of bodies being portrayed. Generally, characters are also seen getting slit, stabbed or shot at, which results in blood spurts and blood pooling underneath their bodies. When the protagonist incurs damage, a red indicator appears to highlight the direction of fire. These are contained under the M18 Classification Guidelines which permit “depictions of realistic violence, such as killing, maiming or causing other serious injury to humanoid characters”.\n\nThere are also some scenes of characters snorting cocaine and smoking cannabis joints. Cocaine blocks can be used as a blunt weapon or thrown into a giant fan at a disco, which causes it to disintegrate into dust and affect other people nearby. Cannabis joints may also be utilised to overdose and knock out targets. Other drug references include characters handling drugs in a facility and conversing about illicit substances and their effects. The M18 Guidelines state that “there may be realistic depiction of drug or psychoactive substance abuse, if it does not promote abuse”.\n\nCoarse language, such as the expletive “f**k”, and mild swear words like “shit”, “hell” and “damn” are uttered by characters and seen in the English subtitles."},{"_id":100,"Year":"2023","Title":"THE WALKING DEAD: DESTINIES","Romanised_Title":"THE WALKING DEAD: DESTINIES","Also_Known_As":null,"Publishers":"GAMEMILL ENTERTAINMENT/ FLUX GAME STUDIO","Year_Released":"2023","Region":"Europe","Platform":"Nintendo Switch,Sony Playstation 4,Sony Playstation 5","Rating":"Mature 18","Decision":"Approved","Decision_Date":"27-11-23","Consumer_Advice":"VIOLENCE AND GORE","More_Info":"‘The Walking Dead: Destinies’ is a survival horror game based on ‘The Walking Dead’ TV series. Set in a post-apocalyptic America overrun by a zombie outbreak, main protagonist Rick Grimes and several other survivors struggle to stay alive against the roaming hordes of undead and hostile human survivors. \n\nThe game is classified M18 for violence and gore.\n\nOver the course of the game, the player will control Rick and other characters from a third-person perspective to progress the narrative by completing mission objectives. The player character must manage camp supplies and scavenge for resources, and leverage on the abilities of various characters to survive. The protagonists will be tasked to make crucial decisions, or to mediate or side with one of two parties during conflicts, which may affect how the storyline develops.\n\nWhile traversing through locations, the player can come across bloodstained surfaces, corpses and severed human limbs. Zombies are frequently encountered and must be defeated with melee (bats, katanas, knives, axes) and ranged weapons (crossbows, shotguns, revolvers, rifles), as well as grenades and explosives. Human enemies will also be fought against at certain points of the game. Blood splatters when enemies are shot, pummelled, stabbed or slashed. Some attacks will dismember or decapitate enemies, such as stomping on the heads of fallen enemies, repeated weapon blows or gunshots to the head or limbs. Explosives can blow apart multiple enemies, sending body parts flying about and staining surrounding surfaces with blood. “Depictions of realistic violence, such as killing, maiming or causing other serious injury to humanoid characters” can be allowed under the M18 guidelines.\n\nThere is infrequent use of the expletive “f**k” and its variations, as well as crude words such as “asshole”, “bastard”, “bitch” and “shit”. The M18 classification guidelines permit “frequent use of strong coarse language”."}],"_links":{"start":"/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=d_fb51c5304f64d01f5839ee7208f853ea","next":"/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=d_fb51c5304f64d01f5839ee7208f853ea&offset=100"},"total":1271}}