Yesterday, the console war took a giant step towards peace. Helldivers 2 made the jump from PlayStation 5 to Xbox, and more excitingly, for the first time ever, the Gears of War series was made playable on PlayStation via the Reloaded remaster.
One region, though, unfortunately, suffered the consequences of Gears of War's extreme gore. In June, it was confirmed that the PS5 version of Gears of War: Reloaded had been shelved in Japan due to "blood and intense violence," with the cancellation blamed on "regional rating restrictions and platform policies."
But, while those hoping to play the PlayStation 5 version of Gears of War: Reloaded are suffering, those playing on Xbox have received a strange reprieve, with the new version of the game implementing much of the gore that was originally censored in the Xbox 360 version.
The Xbox 360 version of Gears of War in Japan was heavily censored. Explosions from the shotgun were muted, as were kills with the chainsaw, and severed limbs were often blacked out. This was due to the Japanese ratings board CERO's classification system, which didn't look too kindly on excessive gore.
Strangely, however, while the Japanese PS5 version of Gears of...
