Tag: PS5
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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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Subnautica: Below Zero
Developer: Unknown Worlds Entertainment, Shiny Shoe LLCPublisher: Unknown Worlds Entertainment, Shiny Shoe LLCRelease Year: 2021Platform: Mac/PS4/PS5/Switch/WIN/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: Action Adventure, Survival Taxonomy: Development; Playable Black characters, Voice acting/ motion capture Taking place two years after the first game, scientist Robin Ayou travels to 4546B to learn the circumstances of the death of her sister,…
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Spider Man: Miles Morales
Developer: Insomniac Games, Nixxes SoftwarePublisher: Insomniac GamesRelease Year: 2020, 2022 (WIN)Platform: PS4/PS5/WINGenre: Action AdventureTaxonomy: 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…
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SEASON: A Letter to the Future
Developer: Scavengers StudioPublisher: Scavengers StudioRelease Year: 2023Platform: PS4/PS5/WinGenre: Adventure Taxonomy: Development, Playable Black characters, voice acting, Black NPCs, Intersectionality Estelle leaves her isolated home for the first time to create a record of the world for the next generation before a mysterious cataclysm wipes everything away. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Overwatch 2
Developer: Blizzard Entertainment, Iron GalaxyPublisher: Blizzard EntertainmentRelease Year: 2022Platform: PS4/PS5/Switch/Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: FPSTaxonomy: Playable Black characters; fandom / community / reception The Overwatch heroes are called up once more to fight the second uprising of AI in a second Omnic Crisis. Squad based first person shooter. 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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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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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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Aerial_Knight’s Never Yield
Developer: Aerial KnightPublisher: HeadUp GamesRelease Year: 2021Platform: Android/iOS/Linux/Mac/PS4/PS5/ Switch/Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: 3D Sidescroller, PlatformerTaxonomy: Development, Playable Black characters, Black cultural traditions, Narrative themes; mechanics; politics/ideology/history Set in Detroit, you play as Wally, a man trying to escape with his family’s stolen treasure which grants him special abilities. Mechanically you perform acrobatic moves such as…
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DEATHLOOP
Developer: Arkane StudiosPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksRelease Year: 2021Platform: PS5/Win/Xbox Series X/SGenre: FPSTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters; Black NPCs; Voice Acting/motion capture; Black Cultural Traditions; mechanics; Narrative themes Set in an alternate world resembling the 1960s, it takes place over the course of a single repeating day on the island of Blackreef. You play as Colt, an assassin…