24 Feb
Rocksteady founder Sefton Hill has confirmed to IGN that Batman: Arkham Knight will be the studios first entry in the Batman Arkham series to receive an “M for Mature” rating. The ESRB has yet to publish a description for the game explaining why the game received the rating. “From our point of view, we never wrote […]
16 Jan
Hatred has been rated “Adults Only” by the ESRB, the ratings board for the United States and Canada. “Well, I’m not quite convinced why Hatred got AO rating while it lacks any sexual content, but it’s still some kind of achievement to have the second game in history getting AO rating for violence and harsh […]
12 Oct
Microsoft is banning all ESRB Mature and PEGI 18 titles from the Windows 8 Marketplace
The stigma of an “Adults Only” rating – and the subsequent ban many top retailers have on all products that achieve said rating – have kept most publishers from producing anything that could go beyond “M for Mature”. It’s a stigma that Patricia Vance, President of the Entertainment Software Ratings Board, wants to see diminish.