There’s no doubt that when Days Gone releases on PlayStation 4 it is going to be a big release. The extended trailer shown at the PlayStation E3 2017 Showcase looked good and appears to show that the game is more than your standard Zombie Survival game. That being said, the name of the Gang in Days Gone, the Mongrels is certain to raise some eyebrows down here in New Zealand.

Most of the world won’t bat an eyelid at our Protagonists choice of affiliation to a gang called Mongrel but down here in New Zealand it has the potential to be polarising. Why I hear no-one ask? Well that’s because here in New Zealand there is a well established street/bikie gang known as the Mongrel Mob.



To date there has been little made of the name choice in Days Gone but that could all change when the game gears up for release and submits itself for a rating with the New Zealand Classification Board. A look at the current design of the in-game patch does have some similarity, with the logo on the patch appearing to contain what looks to be a Dog that isn’t too far removed from the real gang logo. It may get through without a hitch but the censors depending on their mood may just decide that the “Mongrels” in Days Gone could just hit a little too close to home in Aotearoa. If that is the case it’s not beyond the realm of possibility that a name change to the gang patch in-game is requested in order to obtain a rating. That being said it could well be deemed that an R18 classification is enough to get the game across the line.

If a name change is requested the question would then become whether or not the change is made to the game worldwide.

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