Tag: PS4
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Sonic (Franchise)
Developer: SegaPublisher: SegaRelease Year: 1991-PresentPlatform: Android, Arcade, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, iOS, Java ME, macOS, Mobile phones, Windows, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5, PSP, PlayStation Vita, Genesis, Game Gear, Sega CD, Saturn, DreamcastMaster System, 32X, Pico, Leapster, LeapFrog Didj, Wii, Wii U, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox…
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El Paso, Elsewhere
Developer: Strange ScaffoldPublisher: Strange ScaffoldRelease Year: 2023Platform: PS, Win, XboxGenre: FPS, HorrorTaxonomy: Black Cultural Tradition, Black NPCs, Development, Fandom/Community/Reception, Intersectionality, Mechanics, Narrative Themes, Playable Black Characters, Politics/Ideology/History, Voice Acting/Motion Capture Neo-noir shooter where you play as James Savage and fight vampires and werewolves to save prisoners from your ex, Draculae, the lord of the vampires.…
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Dead Island 2
Developer: Dambuster StudiosPublisher: Deep SilverRelease Year: 2023Platform: PS4, PS5, Win, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/SGenre: ActionTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, Voice Acting/Motion Capture, politics/ideology/history, intersectionality, Black NPCs, Anti-Blackness/ regressive characterizations Several months after the events of Dead Island, Los Angeles is put under full quarantine and you play as one of six survivors with distinct survival…
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Crime Fighters
Developer: KonamiPublisher: KonamiRelease Year: 1989, 2021 (PS4 & Switch)Platform: Arcade/PS4/SwitchGenre: FightingTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, Black NPCs Side-scrolling fighter set in an urban landscape. More than a dozen women have been kidnapped by the crime syndicate, the player is then tasked with rescuing the women and bringing down the syndicate. interviews and other media scholarship Return…
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The Walking Dead: Michonne
Developer: TellTale Games, Skybound EntertainmentPublisher: TellTale Games, Skybound Entertainment Release Year: 2016Platform: Android/iOS/Mac/PS3/PS4/WIN/Xbox 360/Xbox OneGenre: Point and Click AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, voice acting/ motion capture, politics/ideology/history, narrative themes, Black NPCs, intersectionality Haunted by her past, coping with unimaginable loss and regret, you will discover what took Michonne away from Rick, Ezekiel, and the rest…
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The Walking Dead (Series)
Developer: TellTale Games, Skybound EntertainmentPublisher: TellTale Games, Skybound EntertainmentRelease Year: 2012, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2020 (Switch)Platform: Android/iOS/Kindle Fire/Mac/Ouya/PS3/PS4/PSVita/Switch/Win/Xbox 360/Xbox OneGenre: Point and Click AdventureTaxonomy: Anti-Blackness/regressive characterizations, Playable Black characters, Voice Acting/Motion Capture, politics/ideology/history, narrative themes, Black NPCs, intersectionality An episodic series that traces the lives and relationships of university professors and convicted felon, Lee Everett…
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The Sims (Franchise)
Developer: EAPublisher: EARelease Year: 2000-2023Platform: Android/BlackBerry 10/Blackberry Curve/Game Boy Advance/GameCube/iOS/iPod/Mac/N-Gage/Nintendo 3DS/Nintendo DS/PS2/PS3/PS4/PSP/WIN/WIN Phone/Wii/Xbox/Xbox 360/Xbox OneGenre: SimulationTaxonomy: Playable Black characters; Black NPCs; fandom / community / reception, significant Black cultural mods, robust character creation system, intersectionality Creating virtual people, “Sims”, who can live in a variety of different worlds. In this simulation you are charged with…
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The Journey Down
Developer: SkyGoblinPublisher: SkyGoblinRelease Year: 2010, 2014, 2017Platform: iOS/Linux/Mac/PS4/Switch/ WIN/Xbox OneGenre: Point and Click AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, voice acting/motion capture, politics/ideology/history, narrative themes, Black NPCs, intersectionality Bwana and his trusted sidekick Kito struggle to make ends meet at their gas station in a corner of Kingsport Bay on the outskirts of St Armando. They are…
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Tacoma
Developer: FullbrightPublisher: FullbrightRelease Year: 2017Platform: Linux/Mac/PS4/Win/Xbox OneGenre: AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, voice acting/ motion capture; Narrative themes; mechanics, Intersectionality Set abroad a high-tech space station, Tacoma, in 2088, you are tasked to recover the station’s AI and find out why the station was abandoned by the crew. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Swimsanity
Developer: Decoy Games LLCPublisher: Decoy Games LLCRelease Year: 2020Platform: PS4/Switch/WIN/Xbox OneGenre: ShooterTaxonomy: Development Playing as a hero named Mooba, you use a variety of unique power ups and weapons to fight and survive in an aquatic world. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List