Queer game development has proliferated through the 2010s and 2020s, particularly with the launch of indie platforms like itch.io and Bitsy; we also now have a handful of AAA releases with “gay central characters”, and one with a trans protagonist (Tell Me Why). Their fingerprints are everywhere in modern gaming. Gay and trans fingerprints are everywhere in modern gaming, full stop. The future does look positive for queer game development, and for the art that will be made and enjoyed in the coming years. Only then can we push past the placid face of big gaming companies, and excavate their continuing complicity in a violent history of queer suppression.

Source: The Times December 26, 2023 08:05 UTC