GTA Chinatown Wars Rated 18 For British Market

January 9, 2009 -

No surprise here.

The British Board of Film Classification has assigned an 18 rating to the upcoming Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.

No edits to the game were required, although the BBFC issued warnings that GTA Chinatown Wars "contains very strong language and drug references".

The game is scheduled for a March 20th release in the UK.

UPDATE: GameSpot notes that the 18 rating assigned to GTA Chinatown Wars is the first ever assigned to a DS game by the BBFC. The game's rating for the North American market is not yet listed on the website of the ESRB.

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Re: GTA Chinatown Wars Rated 18 For British Market

Submitted by Andrew Eisen on Fri, 01/09/2009 - 23:33.

Where is "over here"?

 

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Re: GTA Chinatown Wars Rated 18 For British Market

Submitted by Harry Miste on Sat, 01/10/2009 - 03:02.

Australia. My apologies for not pointing this out earlier.

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Re: GTA Chinatown Wars Rated 18 For British Market

Submitted by Andrew Eisen on Sat, 01/10/2009 - 03:49.

No problem.  Come to think of it, I should have been able to figure that out based on the M rating.  Far as I know, the OFLC is the only other body that uses M as a rating.
 
Anyway, I guess it's not too surprising that GTA Advance ended up with a "teen" rating (M 15+) as all the GTA games have that rating due to the fact that there's no 18 rating for games.  If they don't get the M, they don't get released.
 
 
 
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Re: GTA Chinatown Wars Rated 18 For British Market

Submitted by DarkSaber on Fri, 01/09/2009 - 20:44.

So wouldn't that be more of a news story than a GTA game being rated 18?

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Re: GTA Chinatown Wars Rated 18 For British Market

Submitted by BrandonL337 on Fri, 01/09/2009 - 19:23.

dun, Dun DUN

There have always been motherf*ckers, there will always be motherf*ckers, but what we can't do is let them control our motherf*cking lives. -John Oliver, December 1st, 2008

There have always been motherf*ckers, there will always be motherf*ckers, but what we can't do is let them control our motherf*cking lives. -John Oliver, December 1st, 2008

Re: GTA Chinatown Wars Rated 18 For British Market

Submitted by Derovius on Fri, 01/09/2009 - 12:02.

 Its only slightly less pointless than you, but thanks for posting.

Re: GTA Chinatown Wars Rated 18 For British Market

Submitted by DarkSaber on Fri, 01/09/2009 - 12:22.

Aw bless, you haven't even got past chapter 3 in the 'How To Be A Dick On The Internet' handbook. That's quite funny that you are about 4 years behind the rest of the internet when it comes to being a dick.

Slow learner or just mentally handicapped?

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