Tag: Switch

  • 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

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  • An Airport for Aliens Currently Run By Dogs

    Developer: Strange ScaffoldPublisher: Strange ScaffoldRelease Year: 2021Platform: Switch, WIN, Xbox One, Xbox X|SGenre: AdventureTaxonomy: Development, Playable Black Characters, Narrative Themes In a universe where you and your fiancee are the last two human beings left, you are in an airport run by dogs where a series of deep multiple-choice conversations with your fiancee occur. In

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  • Afterparty

    Developer: Night School StudioPublisher: Night School StudioRelease Year: 2019Platform: Linux, Mac, PS4, Switch, WIN, Xbox OneGenre: AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters Milo and Lola, lifelong friends and recent college graduates, find themselves in Hell. With the only way out of Hell being to outdrink and out-party Satan himself, they must prove their ability and obtain seals

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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

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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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  • Dandara

    Developer: Long Hat HousePublisher: Raw FuryRelease Year: 2018Platform: Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, PS4, Switch, WIN, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SGenre: PlatformerTaxonomy: Development, Playable Black Characters, Intersectionality, Politics/Ideology/ History, Narrative Themes, Mechanics In a bizarre universe where the oppressed are on the brink of oblivion, Dandara has awoken to reshape the world. The world is gravity-bending

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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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  • Validate: Struggling Singles in Your Area

    Developer: Veritable Joy StudiosPublisher: Veritable Joy StudiosRelease Year: 2022Platform: Linux, Mac, Switch, WIN, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SGenre: Visual NovelTaxonomy: Development, Playable Black Characters, Black Cultural Traditions, Politics/ Ideology/History, Intersectionality, Black NPCs Set in the Jersey City area, a cast of 13 singles navigate the realities of love and life. Mature themes. interviews and other

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