StarCraft II given Adults Only rating in South Korea

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StarCraft II given Adults Only rating in South Korea

Posted Apr 17th 2010 11:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: Culture, RTS, Starcraft II

StarCraft II is perhaps the biggest upcoming PC game of all time, especially in South Korea where it's pretty much the country's national sport. Now, in a shocking move, the Korea Times reports that the sci-fi RTS sequel has been hit with an Adults Only rating by the country's rating board.

The ratings board apparently objected to the game's "level of violence, foul language and depiction of drug use." Oddly StarCraft II got a over-15 rating based on test versions sent to the board by developer Blizzard last year. However, Blizzard wanted the board to reevaluate the game's rating to get it down to an over-12 level. While Blizzard has 30 days to appeal the rating, a Blizzard Korea spokesperson stated they have not yet decided what their next move is with the new Adults Only rating. If they choose to edit StarCraft II, the article claims it could push the game's release in that country to 2011.

[Via Kotaku]

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Tags: blizzard, blizzard-entertainment, south-korea, starcraft-2, starcraft-ii-beta, Starcraft2

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

It deserved it, Starcraft is like cocaine, once you get hooked, you can't stop. If it can cause people to die, then the AO rating is necessary.Posted at 11:54AM on Apr 17th 2010 by Cheesus Crust (Steam=AliShaikh94)(XBL=AliShaikh)(PSN=Cheesus00Crust)

in Korea it makes sense. In NA ppl arent that addicted to Starcraft that they still play SC1 as much, Korea however, to them its, "dont need no oxygen, give me starcraft".Posted at 2:39PM on Apr 17th 2010 by IvanP91

Yeah, it's rather obvious what the real reason is, and why nothing Blizz does is going to change it.
Korea is about the only place I know of that has buildings, and even bootcamps, dedicated SOLELY to playing Starcraft.

They're the ones who do 400+ actions a minute (clicks)
They could zerg rush you with protoss
By the time you built a spawning pool and 2 zerglings, they'd have Carriers.
By the time you click your gatherer to move towards a crystal deposit, they're already taking over the other bases.Posted at 8:37PM on Apr 17th 2010 by devilsei