ESRB Clarifies Heavy Rain “M” Rating

Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) of USA has detailed its reason for giving Heavy Rain an “M for Mature” rating. Expect sexual encounters and nudity. Full description from ESRB:

“The game contains sexual content and nudity. Shower cutscenes may depict a male character’s bare butt; if players control the female character, her breasts and buttocks are also briefly visible. A more prolonged instance of nudity occurs during a female character’s investigation of a seedy club owner: After getting him alone in a room, the player-character is asked to strip; at gunpoint, she dances topless in front of the man. The game also contains a prompt-based love scene (kissing and rubbing) in which players match on-screen cues to angle characters’ mouths, remove shirts and blouses, unhook bras, and lower to the floor; a woman briefly appears topless amidst the dark shadows and heavy breathing—actual sex is never depicted as the camera fades to black.”

Heavy Rain is a PS3 exclusive and will release on Feb 23 2010 (US) and Feb 26 (EU).