The Game Rating and Administration Committee (GRAC), the South Korean video game age rating board, has rated the highly anticipated upcoming game Death Stranding 2: On the Beach.
As detailed on the board’s website, which we have machine translated, the title is described as “an adventure game about delivering parcels across a post-apocalyptic world and connecting cities to save humanity.” It’s a premise that shouldn’t come as any surprise if you’re familiar with the first game, Death Stranding, as it seemed obvious from the first reveal that this sequel will follow it quite closely.
The game was deemed not suitable for minors, with the board citing “excessive violence” with “red blood”, “excessive vulgar language, profanity, and swearing” plus “direct drug use” in the form of smoking and drinking.
Games generally tend to receive age ratings when they are quite close to release, though this is far from a guarantee that Death Stranding 2 will come out soon. Even so, director Hideo Kojima recently posted some <a data-analytics-id=«inline-link» href=«https://x.com/Kojima_Hideo/status/1887099335873298897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1887099335873298897%7Ctwgr%5E69806024c4716cbd2f3b4a8ab0e18b4b2238e4b8%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.videogameschronicle.com%2Fnews%2Fas-kojima-teases-a-new-trailer-death-stranding-2-has-been-rated%2F» target="_blank" data-url=«https://x.com/Kojima_Hideo/status/1887099335873298897?ref_src=» https: referrerpolicy=«no-referrer-when-downgrade» data-hl-processed=«none»>teases to X / Twitter
that seemed to suggest that a new trailer was in the works.In one post he stated that it had been a year since he last edited something, presumably a game trailer, and described listening to potential songs to include. He followed this with a picture of a screen showing the text “A Hideo Kojima Game”, likely the title card from the trailer he is making.
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