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Halo 5: Guardians first in series to secure Teen rating

Halo 5 has not been slapped with a Mature content warning by the ESRB, for the first time in the core series' history.

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Halo 5: Guardians has been rated T for Teens by the ESRB, the main US games classification body.

As noted by Gamespot, it's the first time the core shooter series has been rated below M for Mature - although some of the spin-offs have received more family-friendly classifications.

According to the ESRB's description, Halo 5 earned its T rating for blood, mild language and violence. It doesn't sound particularly different from the organisaiton's assessment of past halo games, to be honest; has Halo changed, or has the ESRB relaxed a bit?

PEGI has not yet rated Halo 5. It handed out 16+ ratings to Halo 4 and Halo 3.

Halo 5: Guardians launches exclusively for Xbox One on October 27.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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