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‘Silent Hill 2’ Remake Gets ESRB Rating
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.
GSC Game World will be bringing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl fans the first expansion next month when “Cost of Hope” launches on August 20. The release will coincide with a new 2.0 update for the game. The devs will release more info on the expansion and the update in the coming weeks.
In Cost of Hope, players once again step into the role of Skif — the protagonist of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl — as a mysterious PDA signal draws him into events unfolding alongside the main game’s story. Players will explore uncharted locations, encounter unexpected allies and enemies, discover powerful weapons, and experience a new story. With dozens of hours of content, your choices will shape the future of the Zone in this major new chapter of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. saga.
Launching in line with Cost of Hope will be a “massive” Update 2.0 for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Available as a free update to all owners of the game, the update will upgrade the game to a new version of Unreal Engine 5, as well as bring a variety of new content and improvements.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl will launch for PC via Steam, the Epic Games Store and GOG.com, the Xbox Series and PlayStation 5.