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‘Silent Hill 2’ Remake Gets ESRB Rating

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Thanks to the ESRB, we’re getting closer to the eventual release of Bloober Team’s Silent Hill 2. The Entertainment Software Ratings Board has posted their rating for the upcoming remake, which as you’d expect, gets a Mature rating for “Blood and Gore, Language, Sexual Themes, Violence.”

Spotted by VGChartz, the listing for Silent Hill 2 on the ESRB website gives a summary of the game, as well as detailing what constitutes the game’s M rating. Of note is the description of some of the environments, which “depict large bloodstains and/or intestines/organs on walls, floors, and surrounding bodies.” Silent Hill 2‘s cutscenes also pile on the disturbing stuff, including characters being impaled, a character suffocated to death with a pillow, and enemies with body parts sewn together.

The nods to sexuality in the original Silent Hill 2 appear to also be back. Though the entry doesn’t list the infamous Pyramid Head abusing the Mannequin scene, we do get “characters pole-dancing in strip-club settings”, along with the instances of suggestive dialogue that was the case in the original game.

For those not in the know, receiving an ESRB rating is typically one of the last steps a game goes through before release. All of the content that’s to be included in the game has to be in the version of the game that’s submitted to the ratings board. Furthermore, in order for the game to be made available on Steam or the PlayStation Store, it has to get a rating that’s within the platform’s guidelines (no Adults Only rating).

In other words, the game is one step closer to being released. The question of when is still to come, obviously.

Silent Hill 2 is currently in development for PC via Steam and the PlayStation 5.

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Upcoming “Unholy Alliance” Update for ‘Cult of the Lamb’ Adds Local Co-op and More [Teaser]

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Cult of the Lamb players will be getting more free goodies later this summer with the Unholy Alliance update. Coming August 12, the update introduces a brand new playable character in the Goat, which coincides with the game allowing local co-op.

With the Unholy Alliance update, the entire Cult of the Lamb campaign will be playable in local co-op. Players will also be able to enjoy special 2-player versions of existing mini-games, such as Fishing and Knucklebones, as well as choose from a selection of weapons, tarot cards, curses, and corrupted relics as your cooperative crusades progress.

The Lamb and Goat can also swap weapons, deal extra damage when fighting back to back, and even deliver a critical hit when their attacks are in sync. Good news for those who prefer to stay alone in their corner: they will be able to benefit from various new powers.

In addition to the addition of cooperative play, the Unholy Alliance expansion adds several tarot cards, relics, buildings, fleeces, character traits and quests, as well as the addition of new secrets to discover.

More information on the update will be released as the launch date creeps closer. Cult of The Lamb is available now on PC via Steam, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, and the Nintendo Switch.

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