Dying Light: The Beast has been censored in Japan to comply with CERO, Japan's ratings board (nice spot, Automaton).
The next instalment in Techland's zombie-filled horror series will launch in Japan with less gore and no nudity. Not only has CERO assigned Dying Light: The Beast a CERO-Z rating, the top classification, but the game has received the highest possible subclassification within this rating.
The depiction of internal organs has been removed, the models of infected females have been modified, depictions of dismemberment and nudity have also been completely removed.
Automaton notes that the Steam version of Dying Light: The Beast will also launch with these changes in Japan, despite PC games generally not requiring a CERO rating to release in the region.
CERO is notoriously stringent about mature content, and Dying Light: The Beast is far from the first game to be toned down for a Japanese release.
For instance, the Japanese version of Baldur's Gate 3 censors the genitalia of its cast with fig leaves, and removes some of the game's violent scenes, particularly ones involving torture. Sex scenes are also changed to simple fade-to-black moments, much to the dismay of players in the region....
