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VIDEO GAMES: Pioneering LGBTQ+ game “The Last of Us” May Get a Remake

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The Last of Us

Could a remake of The Last of Us be on the way? Or a new Uncharted game? According to a new report in Bloomberg, both could be on the cards. The report focuses on Sony’s Visual Arts Service group, an internal team who assist other Sony studios with their projects. A number of developers from the group decided they wanted to create a new independent development unit with the intention of developing Sony’s most successful franchises. Their first project? A remake of The Last of Us for the PlayStation 5, Naughty Dog’s 2013 game that’s become their most widely acclaimed … Read more

VIDEO GAMES: “A Long Journey to an Uncertain End” Gets Gender Diversity Right

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A Long Journey to an Uncertain End

Like so many games, A Long Journey to an Uncertain End begins with character creation. But, unlike many games, this one actually gets it right. Over the years, character creation tools have changed and improved to better reflect the diversity of the tens of millions of people that play games every day. If a game wants us to be ourselves, we need the tools to achieve this. Yet there remain some limitations. Many games still assign character traits based on gender, for instance. Most recently, Cyberpunk 2077 has offered more extensive options when it comes to allowing us to pick … Read more

Read Only Memories: Neurodiver Is A Vibrant, Queer Cyberpunk Fantasy World

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Read Only Memories: Neurodiver

Exploring memories is a major theme of much sci-fi media, but it’s at the core of Read Only Memories: Neurodiver, the forthcoming cyberpunk game from LGBT-focused developer MidBoss. In this world of Neo-San Francisco memories are malleable. Like a hard drive, files can become corrupt, defragmented, or completely overwritten. And with the help of an Esper, forgotten memories can be recovered – for better or worse. That computer analogy is fitting for a cyberpunk world of machines and androids, humans and animal hybrids. It’s the same world as the developer’s previous game, 2064: Read Only Memories, and follows a similar … Read more

Video Games That Broke New Ground for LGBTQ+ Representation

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The Sims lesbian couple

It’s LGBT History Month, so we’re here to give you a quick lesson in gaming history with eight queer video games you really should know about. LGBT+ representation in games has definitely picked up steam in recent years, with indie developers in particular offering fun, authentic and thought-provoking queer games. But since the 80s the LGBT+ community have been visible in video games – even if you haven’t heard of them… Caper in the Castro For many years, Caper in the Castro was thought to be lost. Originally released in 1989, it is widely considered to be the first LGBT+ … Read more

VIDEO GAMES: Splatoon 3 to Ditch Gender Binary

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Splatoon 3

Nintendo Direct gave us our first glimpse at the newly announced Splatoon 3, including its character customisation options. It’s the latest in Nintendo’s online shooter series that sees cartoon squid kids battling it out in teams to squirt as much ink as possible over the battlefield using some wild weaponry. In previous games, you were forced to choose between boy or girl for your Inkling (or Octoling) character, though in Splatoon 2 you could at least change your gender later on. Now, it appears you can simply select a ‘style’ for your squid or octopus kid. Two styles are available … Read more

VIDEO GAMES: Forthcoming Lesbian Fantasy Game By a QSF Member – And There’s mermaids!

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FEVER Game - Chloe Spencer

Chloe Spencer, one of Qweerty’s microgrant recipients and a QSF member, recently unveiled her itch.io page for her upcoming game, FEVER— and also, started posting about the different love interests! Victoria Blanchett was the first romantic interest unveiled today. Victoria is a character currently betrothed to another man, but because she’s so overprotective of her twin sister Melanie, decides to accompany the player on her journey. On the surface, she seems prim and proper, but the developer teases that there ​may ​be another side to her. FEVER is a fantasy survival horror RPG/dating simulator focused on a group of pirates who are … Read more

Mass Effect Video Game Removed Multiple Queer Storylines Because Fox News

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Mass Effect

The action role playing video game Mass Effect 2 was one of the most critically acclaimed games in the era it came out. Over a decade later, though, we’re learning that the game’s storyline could have included LGBTQ characters having same-sex romantic relationships. Two designers that worked on the game revealed that there would have been at least two playable roles in the storyline that would have allowed for same-sex relationships. The storylines were ultimately nixed, though, mainly because no one wanted to deal with the ensuing backlash that would have come from FOX News. Mass Effect 2 was the second installment of … Read more

VIDEO GAMES: ‘Destiny 2’ Guardians Saint and Osiris are Gay and in Love

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Destiny 2 Guardians Saint and Osiris

Robert Brookes, the narrative designer behind Bungie’s popular video game Destiny 2, has put to rest discussion on gaming forums about the relationship between two of the game’s Guardians, Saint-14 and Osiris. Writes Paul Tassi for Forbes: “The clues started being dropped less subtly this season when Osiris was finding notes Saint had hidden in his ship, and Saint started referring to him as ‘my fiery phoenix.’ Then I was pointed to dialogue in the season where the Drifter made remarks about the pair of them being together, and then it hit me that yeah, maybe if you break time … Read more

VIDEO GAMES: Call of Duty Offers Non-Binary Option

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Are you non-binary? Have you always dreamt that, one day, you could serve Ronald Reagan and join the American military-industrial complex and carry out war crimes? If that sounds pretty neat to you, then now’s your chance. In Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, players now have the option to – in a first for the series’ single-player mode – choose their gender, which includes a non-binary option. It comes after early reveals of the video game in August by publisher giant Activision revealed that users eager to play as imperialist war-hungry killers could list their custom character’s gender … Read more

Kickstarter: Alpha Hole Prison Videogame

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Alpha Hole Prison

Y Press Games, the company that always delivers crowdfunding rewards on time, has a gay space prison dating sim raising funds on Kickstarter. The adults only visual novel Alpha Hole Prison stars a lost Earth astronaut sentenced to life in a notorious men’s prison.  Miguel’s only hope for survival is to find a strong boyfriend to protect him.  Several good aliens are available for him to choose from.  If he doesn’t pick someone, he’ll become the prey of the vicious cannibal Viz-Goth.  There are five inmate love interests and one guard.  Major side characters also offer Miguel the chance for intimacy.  In the end, will Miguel accept his … Read more