Tag: PS4
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Jay and Silent Bob: Mall Brawl
Developer: Interabang EntertainmentPublisher: Media Indie ExchangeRelease Year: 2021Platform: PS4/Switch/Win/Xbox OneGenre: Action, FighterTaxonomy: Development Jay and Silent Bob have been tasked with sneaking into a mall and sabotaging a television game show. After completing their mission they must evade security and escape the mall. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Hex Gambit
Developer: One Man Left StudiosPublisher: Blowfish StudiosRelease Year: 2020Platform: Mac/PS4/PS5/Switch/Win/ Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: StrategyTaxonomy: Development This is a competitive turn-based board game for 1-4 players. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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God of War: Ragnorak
Developer: Sony InteractivePublisher: Sony InteractiveRelease Year: 2022Platform: PS4/PS5Genre: Action AdventureTaxonomy: Voice acting/motion capture; Narrative themes; fandom/community/reception In this installment of the series Kratos and his son, Atreus, must journey to each of the Nine Realms (fighting Norse gods and monsters along the way) in search of answers that can help prevent the end of the…
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God of War (2018)
Developer: SIE Santa Monica StudioPublisher: Sony InteractiveRelease Year: 2018Platform: PS4/WinGenre: Action AdventureTaxonomy: Voice acting/motion capture; Narrative themes; fandom/community/reception After defeating the Olympian gods, Kratos lives with his son Atreus in Midgard. Traveling on a journey to honor his late wife’s last wish to scatter her ashes, along the way, they meet friends and foes until…
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EarthNight
Developer: CleaversoftPublisher: CleaversoftRelease Year: 2019Platform: Mac/PS4/PS5/Switch/WinGenre: PlatformerTaxonomy: Playable Black characters; Black NPCs; Voice Acting/motion capture; Black Cultural Traditions; mechanics; Narrative themes As dragons have taken over Earth, humanity has fled to space. With that, you must help Stanley and Sydney skydive back to Earth while careening across snake-life dragons above the planet. interviews and other…
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Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
Developer: Arkane StudiosPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksRelease Year: 2017Platform: PS4/Win/Xbox OneGenre: Action AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters, Voice acting/motion capture This standalone DLC which takes place in the coastal city of Karnaca after the events of Dishonored 2. You play as the former assassin Billie Lurk who reunites with her mentor to kill the mysterious entity known as…
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Battlefield 1: Harlem Hellfighters
Developer: EAPublisher: EARelease Year: 2016Platform: PS4/Win/Xbox OneGenre: FPSTaxonomy: Playable Black characters; Black NPCs, Narrative themes; politics/ideology/history; fandom/community/reception Overseeing a member of the unit recounting their assignment to the French Army in advance of official U.S particpation in WW1, the Hellfighters defend against an Imperial German attack. DLC that was exclusive to pre-orders and certain special…
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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 and who found freedom as a pirate. He’s…
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Apex Legends
Developer: Respawn EntertainmentPublisher: EA GamesRelease Year: 2019Platform: Android/iOS/PS4/PS5/Switch/WIN/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: Battle Royale, FPSTaxonomy: Playable Black characters; Fandom/community/reception Apex is an online multiplayer battle royale game featuring squads of three players using pre-made characters called “Legends”. New seasons add characters, weapons, and cosmetics, along with different game events and elements. interviews and other media scholarship…
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Afro Samuari 2: Revenge of Kuma
Developer: Redacted StudiosPublisher: Versus EvilRelease Year: 2015Platform: PS4/WinGenre: Action AdventureTaxonomy: Black cultural traditions Afro’s adoptive brother, the bear-headed rival who was defeated in the original story and presumed dead, regains his strength and looks for revenge. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List