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Halloween: The Game Gets Denied a Rating in Yet Another Country

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Halloween: The Game Gets Denied a Rating in Yet Another Country

It's not only fans in Australia who will have to sit on the sidelines and watch others play Halloween: The Game when it launches on Sept. 9. In Japan, Halloween: The Game won't be available on PlayStation, as it has been denied a rating from the Computer Entertainment Rating Organization (CERO) required for all mature game releases on the PS Store.

For a game to launch in Japan, it needs a domestic rating from CERO. If CERO refuses to rate a game, companies will have to work around this and instead try to obtain a rating from the International Age Rating Coalition (IARC), which makes it possible for games to be sold digitally when CERO denies a rating. However, even that option won't make Halloween: The Game available for PS5 users in Japan.

Thanks to its IARC rating, Halloween: The Game will be available on Xbox and PC. Regarding the PlayStation release, in March 2022, Sony changed its policies so the PS Store in Japan would accept IARC-rated games. However, CERO ratings were still required for physical releases or for digital releases rated 18+. Since Halloween has been deemed a mature game in Japan due to its "visceral violence and nudity," it requires a CERO rating in order to launch on the PS Store.

"We have determined that regulating the content to achieve compliance would significantly compromise the worldview of the original film, and would also prevent us from providing the gameplay experience that players expect," the official Halloween: The Game account shared on X.


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