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The ESRB's "Adults Only" ratings symbol. The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), the content rating board for games released in North America, has issued an "Adults Only" (AO) rating for 24 released video games. AO is the highest rating in the ESRB system, and indicates that the organization believes that the game's content is suitable ...
An ESRB representative stated that the Board uses the AO rating when warranted, even due to violence, and that in most occasions, publishers would edit the game to meet the M rating to ensure wide commercial availability instead of keeping the AO rating.
Many age based content ratings denote content deemed suitable only for adults, and are often identified or defined as "Adults Only": Adults Only (AO); assigned to video games by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) List of AO-rated video games; a list of games given the "Adults Only 18+" rating by the ESRB
There are seven ratings provided by the ESRB; Early Childhood, Everyone, Everyone 10+, Teen, Mature and Rating Pending. Each rating is represented with their own symbol. Show comments
The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has launched a new ad campaign to let parents know that a.) Video game boxes have big black letters on them and b.) Those letters mean something to ...
The AO rating is the only rating that is legally restricted (except in the United States). The ESRB Retail Council “Ratings Education and Enforcement Code” requires that AO-rated games are not supplied to minors, and that M-rated games are not supplied to customers under the age of 17 unless accompanied by a parent or guardian. [6] EC
The same rating system is used for television and motion pictures in Brazil. ESRB Canada USA: E E10+ T M AO RP: This was adopted in 1994 in the United States, most of Canada, and Mexico. The E10+ rating was first used in early 2005. Games rated RP (Rating Pending) do not yet have a rating. Legally enforced in Ontario and Manitoba. EC: Germany 0 ...
It gained a large following prior to its release for its overtly sexual and gory content, and received one of the first-ever "Adults Only" (AO) ratings from the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), also becoming the first game to receive the rating for its violence. Reviewers of the beta version of Thrill Kill considered it fun but ...