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Japan has taken a step forward in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. A state of emergency has been declared by the government of Shinzo Abe in seven of the 47 prefectures of the archipelago, including Tokyo and Osaka. As a result, many companies have to stop their activity, including the CERO organization.
Updated by iGamesNews, May 4 at 1:06:00 p.m.
As expected, CERO reopens May 7, despite the extension of the state of emergency in Japan until May 31. The organization has implemented new measures to facilitate teleworking and to protect its employees who have to go on site.
The article below was originally published on April 4.
Like PEGI in Europe or ESRB in North America, CERO is responsible for evaluating and assigning an age classification to all games released on consoles in Japan. A mandatory step for a game to be marketed on the archipelago. However, the process is temporarily paralyzed due to the actions taken by the Japanese government today: "Since the testers come to our offices to evaluate the games, it is not possible for our team and for the testers to work from home. For this reason, all our operations including the tests will be suspended until to May 6 ", can we read in the CERO press release, relayed and translated by Gematsu.
A situation that should not have any impact on short-term releases, since the games are usually classified by CERO several months before their release. But for games that aim to be released in the second half of 2020, this temporary inability to receive a classification could lead to postponements, all the more if the government extends the state of emergency, for the time scheduled until May 6. In Japan, COVID-19 has infected nearly 3,900 people and caused 92 deaths, with a clear increase in cases for several days.
Source: Gematsu
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