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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.
Grasshopper Manufacture has dropped its first major update on Steam for their bloody sci-fi action title ROMEO IS A DEAD MAN. Entitled “ROMEO IS CHANGED, MAN”, the update adds a Costume Change feature, which just so happens to include a collaboration with Devolver Digital’s Hotline Miami, and a Photo Mode. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series players can expect the update in the very near future.
The Hotline Miami collaboration with ROMEO IS A DEAD MAN allows players to try on Jacket’s “Chicken Mask” and the Biker’s “Full-face Helmet” while destroying Rotters and snapping photos to show off your stylish mayhem. Additionally, for those who haven’t yet snagged the game on Steam, you can do so with a 20% discount during the Steam Summer Sale. And on top of that, a new bundle with Hotline Miami is also available with a 10% discount.
To access the new costumes, clear the game and save your data. Then, head over to Romeo’s room on the Space-Time Ship to unlock the Costume Change feature. From there, you can deck yourself out in the two Hotline Miami setups, cycle through three different masks (the OG “Dead Gear L.E.D.”, the later-game “Dead Gear – Luminous”, and the “Dead Gear – Horned” inner mask) or swap between eight jackets (including your existing jacket) to customize Romeo however you like.
As for the Photo Mode, you can access this new feature from the pause menu, granting you full control to adjust the camera, tweak color correction, manipulate depth of field, and slap on custom frame art to capture your finest action moments.
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