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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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Gothic Metroidvania ‘Venture to the Vile’ Pushed to May 22 Release

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We’ll be waiting a little while longer for developer Studio Cut to Bits’ gothic Metroidvania Venture to the Vile. Originally slated to launch on PC via Steam on May 7, the game has now been pushed a couple of weeks to May 22. The PlayStation release of Venture to the Vile is still expected later this year.

In a press release, Venture to the Vile producer Masao Kobayashi explains the decision to delay the release, stating that while Studio Cut to Bits is made up of industry veterans, this is the first time that the team has released a game as indie developers. As such, the team encountered a few hurdles leading up to the original release date.

“We all love Venture to the Vile and want to make sure we are delivering the best possible game we can for our players. For this reason, we have decided to delay our game by two weeks. I’m sorry to those who have been anticipating our game but I assure you it is going to be worth the wait.”

Venture to the Vile centres on the town of Rainybrook, where an unknown darkness is taking over, transforming anything and anyone it touches. Fortunately for you, you seem to be unaffected by this presence. However, your friend Ella is nowhere to be seen. You must brave the horrors and find her.

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