Star Wars Outlaws' Rating Hints At A 40-Year First For The Franchise

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With being released later this year, the game is already being rated in some regions. Massive Entertainment's open-world adventure title will introduce a brand-new character, Kay Vess, as she explores the galaxy's criminal underworld, focusing on shady dealings with syndicates rather than the conflict between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance that is often covered around this point in the franchise's timeline.

As spotted by Redditor Ajxtt, Korea's Game Rating and Administration Committee rated the PlayStation 5 version of as 19+. The reasons mentioned are "", and "" Further icons shown in the "" section display references to drug use, and language, although it's more likely that this language could be considered mild in the US, and the «drugs» would be a fictional sci-fi chemical, which wouldn't be considered such an issue with US ratings.

If is rated 19+ in Korea, it does raise the question of what age rating it will get in other countries. Recent titles such as and the series were rated 12+ and 15+ in Korea, respectively. Both received T-for-Teen (13+) age ratings in the US. With this in mind, it's possible that a 19+ rating could equate to a M-for-Mature (17+) rating in America, which would be a first in the franchise's decades-long history.

The Reddit thread speculated that the mini-game with in-game betting is the Sabbac card game shown in ' first trailer. It's worth noting that US game ratings aren't usually as strict with depictions of gambling within games, and tend to give M ratings to titles that contain more violence, drug use, sexual content, or strong language.

With language and drug use shown in the content icons for Korea's Game Rating and Administration Committee rating, it's possible that Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment could be showing a much darker side to the universe. An exploration into the criminal underworld would certainly be the perfect opportunity to experiment with making an M-rated title, but it's unlikely that Disney would