{"id":136244,"date":"2024-06-18T09:06:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T09:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/news\/?id=7byvco78"},"modified":"2024-06-18T09:06:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T09:06:41","slug":"upcoming-regional-age-ratings-in-australia-and-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2024\/06\/18\/upcoming-regional-age-ratings-in-australia-and-south-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming regional age ratings in Australia and South\u00a0Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/upcoming-regional-age-ratings-in-australia-and-south-korea.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Apple is committed to making sure that the App&nbsp;Store is a safe place for everyone \u2014 especially kids. Within the next few months, you\u2019ll need to indicate in App&nbsp;Store&nbsp;Connect if your app includes loot boxes available for purchase. In addition, a regional age rating based on local laws will automatically appear on the product page of the apps listed below on the App&nbsp;Store in Australia and South&nbsp;Korea. No other action is needed. Regional age ratings appear in addition to Apple global age&nbsp;ratings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A regional age rating is shown if Games is selected as the primary or secondary category in App&nbsp;Store&nbsp;Connect.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>15+ regional age rating:<\/strong> Games with loot boxes available for purchase.<\/li>\n<li><strong>18+ regional age rating:<\/strong> Games with Frequent\/Intense instances of Simulated Gambling indicated in App&nbsp;Store&nbsp;Connect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>South Korea<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A regional age rating is shown if either Games or Entertainment is selected as the primary or secondary category in App&nbsp;Store&nbsp;Connect, or if the app has Frequent\/Intense instances of Simulated Gambling in any category.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>KR-All regional age rating:<\/strong> Apps and games with an Apple global age rating of 4+ or&nbsp;9+.<\/li>\n<li><strong>KR-12 regional age rating:<\/strong> Apps and games with an Apple global age rating of 12+. Certain apps and games in this group may receive a KR-15 regional age rating from the South&nbsp;Korean Games Ratings and Administration Committee (GRAC). If this happens, App&nbsp;Review will reach out to impacted developers.<\/li>\n<li>Certain apps and games may receive a KR-19 regional age rating from the GRAC. Instead of a pictogram, text will indicate this&nbsp;rating.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple is committed to making sure that the App&nbsp;Store is a safe place for everyone \u2014 especially kids. Within the next few months, you\u2019ll need to indicate in App&nbsp;Store&nbsp;Connect if your app includes loot boxes available for purchase. In addition, a regional age rating based on local laws will automatically appear on the product page [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple-developer-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}