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Spider Man: Miles Morales

Developer: Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software
Publisher: Insomniac Games
Release Year: 2020, 2022 (WIN)
Platform: PS4/PS5/WIN
Genre: Action Adventure
Taxonomy: Playable Black characters, Black cultural traditions, Voice acting/ motion capture;, Narrative themes, politics/ ideology/ history; Black NPCs, Intersectionality

Set in Harlem this game focuses on Miles Morales’ struggles to balance his life as a teenager and his duties as the second Spider-Man, when the is threatened by a fierce power struggle.

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