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Unplayable content (i.e., “locked out”), if it is pertinent to a rating, must also be disclosed.</li> </ol> <p>The video is reviewed by at least three trained raters, who recommend a Rating Category, Content Descriptors, and Interactive Elements. The raters’ recommendation is then evaluated and confirmed, sometimes following a parity review to maintain consistency across rating assignments with similar content. A Rating Summary is then finalized, detailing the factors that led to a game’s rating. Finally, the rating is issued to the publisher, which either accepts it as the final rating or chooses to revise the game’s content and resubmit it, at which point the rating process starts again.</p> <p>After release, testers may also play-test the game to verify that the content disclosure was complete.</p> <h2>Digital Games</h2> <p>Digital games are rated using a process developed by the <a href="https://www.globalratings.com/">International Age Rating Coalition (IARC)</a>.</p> <p>Prior to release developers fill out a questionnaire that quickly assigns the game or app’s Rating Category, Content Descriptors, and Interactive Elements. Games and apps rated via the IARC process do not have Rating Summaries.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The IARC system enables us to monitor rating assignments, test product upon release to ensure those ratings were properly assigned, and promptly adjust the ratings when necessary.</span></p> <h2>Downloadable Content (DLC)</h2> <p>In most cases, the rating assigned to a game also applies to its DLC. 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