Horror Game “Siren” Rated by the Korean Game Rating Board

Those who grew up gaming on the PS2, chances are you’ve heard of the horror game “Siren” or “Forbidden Siren” developed by Project Siren back in 2003. It seems Sony might be bringing the franchise back in some, as it has been rated by the Korean Game Rating Board.

You can check the filing out here, though a huge part of what exactly this is remains a mystery. While the description is similar to the PS2 classic, it’s not specified if this is a re-release, a remake or some other thing.

The description reads as follows (via Google Translate):

A horror adventure game set in the isolated Japanese village of Hanuda. * Excessive violence – When attacking zombies with weapons, red blood stains are excessively displayed. * Excessive disgust and fear – Zombies that suddenly appear and eerie sounds continuously cause fear and disgust. Therefore, in accordance with Article 21 of the Act on the Promotion of the Game Industry and Article 7, Paragraph 4 of the Rating Classification Regulations, the game has been rated “Not available to minors.”

For reference, the original Siren has been available for the PS4 since 2016, it’s strange that this rating surfaces today and with not a lot of info. Could this be a remake? Adding further fuel to the fire, just this August, we ran a report on how Sony first-party studio Firesprite is making a dark horror game from “an established IP.” One of our guesses in that report? The studio is making a new Siren game.

The Siren franchise which debuted back in 2003, saw a follow up titled Siren 2 in 2006, and the last game was called Sire: Blood Curse which was released in 2008 for the PS3. Not only that, but there was even a horror film based on the game released in Japan back in 2006, which coincided with the game’s release.

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