Squid Game video game rated in Australia but don't get your hopes up

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This sounds closer to the other squid game, Splatoon, to be honest

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The Australian ratings board has recently classified a computer game titled Squid Game Quiz... but don't get your hopes up for an ambitious video game adaptation of the recent Netflix hit. 

The classification for Squid Game Quiz slipped under the radar earlier this week, and like most ratings, it's fairly barebones. Moreover, the few details it does contain could hardly be more different from Squid Game, a psychological thriller that's equal parts battle royale and scathing anti-capitalist critique.

And we haven't even gotten to the real giveaway: the notoriously strict Australian ratings board has rated Squid Game Quiz G for General, implying content "very mild in impact." Even if you haven't seen Squid Game, you probably know it by reputation at this point, and there's no question that the impact of its content is much more than very mild. After all, it takes a lot of impact force to blow up somebody's head. You could argue that a simple quiz game may not be that graphic in and of itself, but if this was an official Squid Game game, you'd think its rating would be cranked up a few notches just by association. 

We don't know what Squid Game Quiz really is, assuming it actually exists and will one day be a playable computer game, but it's definitely not what you'd probably picture upon hearing the words "Squid Game video game". 

You may be watching the hit show all wrong due to a Squid Game translation error. 

Austin Wood
Austin Wood
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Austin has been a game journalist for 12 years, having freelanced for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports Illustrated, and more while finishing his journalism degree. He's been with GamesRadar+ since 2019. They've yet to realize his position is a cover for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a lot of news and the occasional feature, all while playing as many roguelikes as possible.