Tag: PS3

  • Def Jam: Icon

    Developer: EA ChicagoPublisher: EARelease Year: 2007Platform: PS3, Xbox 360Genre: Action, FightingTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters, Black NPCs, Fandom/Community/Reception, Voice Acting/Motion Capture Battles are fought using 30 characters based on Def Jam artists such as Redman, Ghostface Killah, Ludacris, Sean Paul and more, each with a different style. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List

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  • Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry

    Developer: UbisoftPublisher: UbisoftRelease Year: 2013 (DLC) 2014 (Stand Alone)Platform: PS3, PS4, Stadia (2021), Switch (2019 Compilation), WIN, Xbox 360, Xbox OneGenre: Action AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters, Black Cultural Traditions, Narrative Themes, Politics/Ideology/History, Voice Acting/Motion Capture, Mechanics, Intersectionality In this game you assume the role of Adéwalé, a former slave who is trained as an assassin…

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  • Assassin’s Creed: Liberation

    Developer: UbisoftPublisher: UbisoftRelease Year: 2012, 2014 (Remake), 2019 (Remaster)Platform: PS3, PS4, PS Vita, Stadia(2021), Switch, WIN, Xbox 360, Xbox OneGenre: AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters, Black NPCs, Black Cultural Traditions, Narrative Themes, Politics/Ideology/History, Voice Acting/Motion Capture, Mechanics, Intersectionality Set in 18th-century Colonial America, You play as Aveline, an Afro-French Assassin and the first female protagonist in…

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  • Madden (Franchise)

    Developer: EAPublisher: EARelease Year: 1988, 1990 – PresentPlatform: 3DO, Amiga, Android, Arcade, BlackBerry PlayBook, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, Game Gear, GameCube, Genesis, iOS, Mac, Mega Drive, MS-DOS, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 64, Nintendo DS, PS, PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5, PSP, PS Vita, Saturn, Super NES, Wii, Wii U, WIN, Xbox, Xbox 360,…

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  • MLB: The Show

    Developer: San Diego StudioPublisher: San Diego StudioRelease Year: 1997 – PresentPlatform: PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5, PSP, PS Vita, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SGenre: SportsTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters, Voice Acting/Motion Capture, Black NPCs, Black Cultural Traditions, Narrative Themes, Robust Character Creation System, Fandom, Community/Reception, Mechanics In this game you control an entire team or a…

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  • NBA 2K (Franchise)

    Developer: Sega Sports, 2K GamesPublisher: Sega Sports, 2K Games Release Year: 1999 – PresentPlatform: Android, Dreamcast, GameCube, iOS, Mac, PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5, PSP, Stadia, Switch, Wii, WIN, Wii U, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SGenre: SportsTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters, Voice Acting/Motion Capture, Black NPCs, Black Cultural Traditions, Narrative Themes, Robust Character Creation…

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  • NBA Jam

    Developer: Acclaim Entertainment, MidwayGamesPublisher: Acclaim Entertainment, MidwayGamesRelease Year: 1993-2011Platform: 32X, Android, Arcade, Atari, Jaquar, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, Game Gear, Nintendo 64, PS, PS2, PS3, Sega CD, Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn, SNES, Wii, WIN, Xbox, Xbox 360Genre: SportsTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters, Voice Acting/Motion Capture, Black NPCs, Black Cultural Traditions, Narrative Themes,…

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  • Grand Theft Auto V

    Developer: Rockstar Games, Rockstar NorthPublisher: Rockstar GamesRelease Year: 2013Platform: PS3, PS4, WIN, Xbox 360, Xbox OneGenre: Action AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters, Black NPCs, Voice Acting/Motion Capture, Politics/Ideology/History, Narrative Themes, Anti-Blackness/Regressive Characterizations, Mechanics, Fandom/Community, Reception Grand Theft Auto V is an open world game set in Los Santos, a sprawling sun-soaked metropolis struggling to stay afloat…

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  • Afro Samurai

    Developer: Bandai NamcoPublisher: Bandai NamcoRelease Year: 2009Platform: PS3, Xbox 360Genre: Action AdventureTaxonomy: Development, Playable Black Characters, Black Cultural Traditions, Narrative Themes, Voice Acting/Motion Capture Loosely based on the manga and anime series, Afro Samurai is a 3D brawler with platforming elements where you follow Afro Samurai, a master swordsman, as he fights to become the…

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  • 50 Cent: Blood in the Sand

    Developer: Swordfish StudioPublisher: THQ/Vivendi UniversalRelease Year: 2009Platform: PS3, Xbox 360Genre: Third Person Shooter, ActionTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters, Black NPCs, Voice Acting/Motion Capture, Black Cultural Traditions, Anti-Blackness/Regressive Characterizations Set in an urban warzone, after 50 Cent and G-Unit perform a rap concert, they are robbed of their cash, paid in a diamond skull, which is stolen…

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