Massively.com: The Elder Scrolls Online receives Mature rating

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The Entertainment Software Rating Board has given Elder Scrolls Online a Mature rating for "Blood and Gore, Sexual Themes, Use of Alcohol, and Violence," ZeniMax posted on its Facebook page.

The studio is none too happy about the decision, stating, "The ESRB advised us that it has given The Elder Scrolls Online a Mature rating. While we may disagree with the ESRB's determination, we do not plan to challenge the rating, and we are unwilling to change the game's content to achieve a different rating. The game we have created is the one we want our fans to be able to play."

ZeniMax said that the ruling has forced the studio to put the Mature rating and age gates on the ESO site, trailers, and ads.

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This is not surprising being the past 2 Elder Scrolls have gotten the M Rating. Not sure why however.

Maybe for Skooma? (drug use)

I get the shakes just think about skooma.

Does it being rated M change anything for our guild's direction? I know we're family friendly and looking for a game for all to dive into, but rated M seems to have a wide range of things that fall into it (some offensive, some less so depending on the person). 

No Trinak. Elder Scrolls has traditionally gotten the M rating however usually its because of alcohol and drug use (Skooma) and violence. We're not looking at an Age of Conan situation here.