Tag: Xbox 360
-
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…
-
Black College Football: BCFX: The Xperience
Developer: Nerjyzed EntertainmentPublisher: Aspyr MediaRelease Year: 2006Platform: Win, Xbox 360Genre: SportsTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, Mechanics, Development, fandom/community/reception, Black cultural traditions A college football game that takes place on a series of HBI (Historically Black Institutions) campuses. Also includes two rhythm mini-games that depict the halftime show and the drum line challenge. interviews and other media…
-
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 professor and convicted felon, Lee Everett…
-
Prototype 2
Developer: Radical EntertainmentPublisher: ActivisionRelease Year: 2012Platform: PS3/PS4/WIN/Xbox 360/Xbox OneGenre: Action Adventure, Simulation Taxonomy: Playable Black characters; voice acting/ motion capture You play as U.S marine Sergeant James Heller, who seeks revenge on Alex Mercer after the death of his family during a new outbreak of the Blacklight virus which has granted you superpowers. interviews and…
-
Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death
Developer: ZootifyPublisher: 505 GamesRelease Year: 2013Platform: WIN/Xbox 360Genre: Action AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black characters Marlow Briggs has never shied away from danger or trouble. Facing his ultimate challenge, after crash landing in Central America, he has an industrial evil to defeat, all while being bound to an ancient Mayan Death Mask. interviews and other media scholarship…
-
Left 4 Dead 2
Developer: ValvePublisher: ValveRelease Year: 2009Platform: Linux/Mac/Xbox 360/WINGenre: FPS, Survival HorrorTaxonomy: Playable Black characters Set during the outbreak of an apocalyptic pandemic, focusing on four new survivors, they fight to escape hordes of zombies. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
-
Left 4 Dead
Developer: Valve SouthPublisher: ValveRelease Year: 2008Platform: Mac/Win/Xbox 360Genre: FPS, Survival HorrorTaxonomy: Playable Black characters An outbreak of a highly contagious pathogen, “Green Flu”, led to zombification throughout the world. Four immune survivors make their way towards safety against hordes of the infected. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
-
Def Jam: Icon
Developer: EA ChichagoPublisher: 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
-
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…
-
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 the series. Aveline takes on 3 roles…