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Here’s What The ESRB Has To Say About Dead Island

It’s no surprise that Deep Silver’s zombie title is getting an M-rating. The certificate just handed to it by the ESRB is still a little interesting for the bits of details it gives up from the game, from dialogue to gameplay features.

From the listing, we get these details:

• Bats, knives, axes, shotguns, rifles all are weapons.

• Headstomps available in melee (we kind of knew this).

• Alcoholic beverages can be acquired/consumed to increase damage, but the screen will blur.

• One mission involves the recovery of illegal drugs for a character suffering from withdrawal.

• References to incest and child molestation (in dialogue only).

• Usage of words such as “fuck” and “shit.”

Dead Island releases Sept. 6

ESRB Slaps Zombie Action/RPG Dead Island With a Mature Rating [RipTen]

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    Ad

    Monday, July 18, 2011 at 10:33 AM

    • References to incest and child molestation (in dialogue only).

    So banned in Australia, I guess :\

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    thorn

    Monday, July 18, 2011 at 10:36 AM

    lol it wont be banned by the time september rolls round if the classification board agrees on r18+ games the meeting is held in a few days cant wait to see a positive outcome i sure hope people filled their submissions in

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      PrettyTones

      Monday, July 18, 2011 at 10:48 AM

      I’m sure they’ll use the ‘NOPE, need more feedback from the public’ excuse again. #pessimismFTW

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        Reoh

        Monday, July 18, 2011 at 1:18 PM

        Yeah I have a theory about that. Once they finally give in and do this they won’t have a job anymore because the last stupid thing will have been corrected.

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    Shepard

    Monday, July 18, 2011 at 10:51 AM

    filled in, wish i was as positive as you are tho.

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    Nestama

    Monday, July 18, 2011 at 12:16 PM

    I wonder how Dead Island dodged our censor-ray gun…

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    giort08

    Monday, July 18, 2011 at 12:51 PM

    also guys, if for some reason it does get banned, just import it….I had no trouble getting a recently RC game into the country. Hell, a friend of mine at work managed to get the Kollectors Edition into the country (through amazon, no less)

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    MrT

    Monday, July 18, 2011 at 1:56 PM

    If anyone is curious, here it is on the classification site…

    http://www.classification.gov.au/www/cob/find.nsf/d853f429dd038ae1ca25759b0003557c/0dde1f63e9becfc7ca2578be005d985d?OpenDocument

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