Tag: Xbox Series X/S

  • 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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  • The Gunk

    Developer: Image and Form GamesPublisher: ThunderfulRelease Year: 2021Platform: Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: Action AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, voice acting/ motion capture, Narrative themes, intersectionality You play as Rani, a scavenger who has arrived on an alien planet with her partner Beck. As you search for treasure you discover that the planet’s various biomes have been…

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  • Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator

    Developer: Strange ScaffoldPublisher: Strange ScaffoldRelease Year: 2021, 2022 (Switch)Platform: Switch/Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: Strategy SimulationTaxonomy: Development Taking place in the far dystopian future, in an alien economy based entirely around the harvest and sale of bodily organs, you must contend with the cutthroat nature of an organ market. interviews and other media scholarship Return to…

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  • Slime Rancher 2

    Developer: Monomi ParkPublisher: Monomi ParkRelease Year: 2022Platform: Win/Xbox Series X/SGenre: Adventure, SimulationTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, Black NPCs Journeying to Rainbow Island, a mysterious land brimming with ancient technology, rancher Beatrix LeBeau discovers unknown natural resources and new slimes. 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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  • Overwatch

    Developer: Blizzard Entertainment, Iron GalaxyPublisher: Blizzard EntertainmentRelease Year: 2016/2019 (Switch)Platform: PS4/Switch/Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/S Genre: FPSTaxonomy: Playable Black characters; fandom / community / reception, Set sixty years into the future of a fictionalized Earth, humans developed Omnics, robots with AI. To combat the threat and restore order, the United Nations formed the Overwatch, an international…

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  • Onsen Master

    Developer: Walking Oni GamesPublisher: Whitehorn GamesRelease Year: 2022Platform: Switch/Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: Simulation, StrategyTaxonomy: Development A dark cloud has sprung over the island of Izajima and its effects weigh heavily on the inhabitants. In this management sim you play as Mu, you must fill the shoes of your missing sensei, the great “Onsen Master”, by…

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  • Hyperdot

    Developer: Tribe GamesPublisher: GlitchRelease Year: 2020Platform: Linux/Mac/PS4/PS5 /Switch/Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: ActionTaxonomy: Development You control a dot in a circular arena where you must dodge a variety of enemies until time runs out. Testing your skills in over 100 trials, you must dodge everything. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List

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