The Stellar Blade demo was quietly added and then swiftly deleted from the PS5 PlayStation Store earlier today, with Sony redacting access for users who downloaded it.
PS5 Exclusive Stellar Blade Gets Adults-Only Rating for Nudity, Violence in Korea | Push Square
20.02.2024 - 00:41 / pushsquare.com / Sony
Upcoming PS5 exclusive Stellar Blade has been given an adults-only rating in Korea, where developer Shift Up is located. Considering the attention-grabbing headlines the game has been generating, it should come as no surprise this is due to apparent (or suggested) nudity and extreme violence.
There is no word yet on how Western bodies like PEGI and ESRB will rate the game, but we'd wager it'll align with this initial ruling. According to the Korean outlet This is Game, protagonist Eve appears to be naked while wearing specific costumes, and the violence depicted shows mutilation with plenty of blood. Cool!
Stellar Blade is due out on PS5 on 26th April and proudly pays homage to legendary Japanese action games that similarly feature scantily clad women as protagonists, like NieR: Automata and Bayonetta. Both of those series' found fervent, fiercely protective followings in the West; we're willing to go out on a ledge and predict that Stellar Blade will likely be a hit with fans of those games and for similar reasons.
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No way Sony will publish and A0 game on thia day at age, it's gonna be M
Korea are very strict on nudity in games so i doubt its anything explicit or strong.
Sony will pay them off like usual.
@DualWielding A M rated game is no different to an AO game in Korea. BG3 has full frontal nudity so this game will be fine.
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