{"id":7072687,"date":"2026-10-02T09:23:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7072687"},"modified":"2026-10-02T09:23:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:23:21","slug":"gta-vi-predictably-gets-a-mature-esrb-rating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7072687","title":{"rendered":"GTA VI Predictably Gets a Mature ESRB Rating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <em>GTA VI<\/em> ESRB rating appeared on the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/concept\/10000730\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PlayStation Store listing<\/a> for the game and, as with <em>Grand Theft Auto <\/em>games, the new one will be getting a Mature and 17+ recommendation. The page also offered a few descriptors noting what to expect. It confirmed that \u201cin-game purchases,\u201d be it actual DLC or microtransactions, will be present in the title. This notice hasn\u2019t appeared on some <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4gTN2S4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">other product pages<\/a> as of time of writing.[Thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resetera.com\/threads\/grand-theft-auto-vi-has-been-rated-esrb-m-r18-pegi-18.1648459\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Resetera<\/a>!]<\/p>\n<p>All of the ESRB content descriptors associated with the <em>GTA VI <\/em>rating tend to match past ones. They are \u201cblood and gore, intense violence, mature humor, nudity, strong language, strong sexual content, and use of drugs and alcohol.\u201d As the official site hasn\u2019t updated yet, we don\u2019t have the rating summary that offers any specific examples of situations involving those topics in-game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"siliconera-plus-box\" style=\"border: 2px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 48px 24px; border-radius: 6px; margin:24px 0; background:#f9fafb; text-align:center;\"><strong style=\"color: rgb(11, 11, 11); font-size: 28px; line-height: 1;\">Go Ad-Free With Siliconera+<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(11, 11, 11); margin: 20px auto; display: block; width: 500px; max-width: 100%;\">View the site with no ads, be able to provide direct feedback about what we cover, and be automatically entered into our monthly PC game giveaway.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.siliconera.com\/welcome-to-siliconera-plus\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"white-space: nowrap; appearance: button; margin: 0px; font-family: Montserrat; background-color: rgb(189, 0, 11); color: rgb(249, 250, 251); display: inline-flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; font-weight: 700; height: 50px; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1; border-radius: 6px; padding: 15px 25px; text-decoration: none;\">Join Siliconera+<\/a><\/div>\n<p>If you check the official ESRB site, you\u2019ll find that Mature ratings for new and old <em>Grand Theft Auto <\/em>games is nothing new and the <em>GTA VI <\/em>warnings match past ones. For example, <em>GTA V <\/em>had \u201cblood and gore, intense violence, mature humor, nudity, strong language, strong sexual content, and use of drugs and alcohol\u201d as its content descriptors too. That also featured the \u201cin-game purchases\u201d notification. However, as a result of that featuring <em>GTA Online<\/em>, it also had \u201cUsers Interact\u201d assigned to it.<\/p>\n<p><em>Grand Theft Auto VI\u00a0<\/em>will come to the PS5 and Xbox Series X on November 19, 2026 and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.siliconera.com\/gta-vi-cover-art-appears-ahead-of-pre-orders\/\">pre-orders are open<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We may earn a commission if you purchase from certain links.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.siliconera.com\/about-us\/\">Learn more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GTA VI ESRB rating appeared on the PlayStation Store listing for the game and, as with Grand Theft Auto games, the new one will be getting a Mature and 17+ recommendation. The page also offered a few descriptors noting what to expect. 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