Games market 2023 Pride Month assemble

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Businesses have become more active in recognising special months, such as Pride, which takes place in June in the United States, as the video games industry has made more attempts to be diverse and inclusive.

An ongoing list of initiatives that assist, promote, and acknowledge LGBTQIA+ designers and customers has been compiled by GamesIndustry.biz.

If your company is hosting a Pride Month activity or event, please contact us at news@gamesindustry.biz to let us know.

Blizzard Entertainment:

For the first time ever, Overwatch 2 will celebrate Pride Month. After logging into the shooter, users will receive symbols and name cards recognising the LGBTQIA+ characters. The company also released a story featuring its protagonists who are of different genders.

Customers can also purchase merchandise with a Pride theme; the proceeds will benefit the National Centre for Transgender Equality.

“With our very first Overwatch 2 Pride event, we knew that we wanted to commemorate the variety that makes the world worth defending,” the company said. Simply said, Pride in Overwatch 2 has just begun. We’ll have more to reveal as the much deeper tradition of the Overwatch universe develops over the upcoming seasons and years.

Crystal Dynamics:

In fact, Crystal Dynamics has made public the details of their Pride Month activities this year.

The video game firm will undertake a month-long fundraising campaign for the It Gets Better Project as part of its activities.

It will feature a panel discussion with many LGBTQIA+ studio personnel on June 28. They will celebrate the LGBTQIA+ characters they think are best represented in video games. The club will also offer career advice to those looking to enter the video game industry.

Rock M. Sakura, a competitor on RuPaul’s Drag Race, and Crystal Dynamics will collaborate on June 30. Her charity stream will benefit the It Gets Better Project.

Darkpaw Games

This year, Darkpaw Games is celebrating Pride with fresh Everquest 2 content. Users can also obtain the free familiars with monthly themes from the market.

Up to July 9, users will be able to download the fresh content.

Iron Galaxy:

Throughout Pride Month, Iron Galaxy, a games studio, will sponsor a number of initiatives.

The studio will hold a panel on June 15 as part of its ongoing effort to hire people with a wider range of skills. The presentation will feature testimonies and personal narratives from the LGBTQIA+ employee resource group at Iron Galaxy. It is possible to register for the free talk here.

The studio’s video game development float will participate in the Pride Parade in Chicago on June 25.

Microsoft:

Xbox Game Studios has announced a fresh partnership with GLAAD. The firm hopes to expand the representation of LGBTQIA+ people in video games and Xbox employees through the relationship.

There will also be many carefully chosen video game lists starting in June. Users can find these games in the LGBTQIA+ neighbourhood video games collection as well as the collection of transgender and non-binary neighbourhood video games. Users may also look forward to streaming, content, and more during Pride month.

Queer Games Bundle:

The Queer Games Bundle, which is back for a third year, offers more than 450 video games, tabletop video games, books, and other items from close to 300 publishers.

The cumulative report noted, in part, that “gay people are being told all over the [US] that they are not allowed to look as they want, receive the healthcare they need, or maybe be discussed in schools. Queer artists’ works are being contested and removed from public spaces. The importance of promoting LGBT art has never been greater.

Riot Games:

Riot Games is keeping up with its tradition of recognising Pride Month in its video games. New icons, emotes, titles, and older content from past years are all available to users. Additionally, the video game business promised that all of this would be provided without charge to players.

Sega:

The Kaleidoscope Trust will be the beneficiary of a charity fundraising event held by Sonic publisher Sega and Sega Pride from June 22 to June 30.

The charity event will feature many banners and be streamed on its main Twitch channel.

Additionally, Kaleidoscope employees will be included in the streams to answer questions about their jobs and talk about the value of the organisation. Sega will also use social media to spread the word about the charity event.

Sybo:

In fact, Sybo’s Subway Surfers has unveiled its largest Pride Month promotion to date.

It Gets Better Project, Copenhagen Pride, Gay Gaming Pros, and other organisations are partners with the company.

It will also include LGBTQIA+ players from the global Subway Surfers community in-game contacts and social media posts.

“Using in-game content to celebrate Pride is merely the tip of the iceberg. We’re excited to work with the Gay Gaming Pros to help talented, aspiring video game professionals advance their careers, as well as the It Gets Better Project to spread their important message, said Sybo CEO Gredal Nrvig.

Jerk:

Twitch, a streaming service, will once again display a variety of LGBTQIA+ banners throughout the month.

Every time they go live, they are inspiring and unapologetic. We’re coming together to celebrate LGBTQIA+ banners and the ways they foster community throughout Pride month, it said.

In the US, UK, and Ireland, viewers can see Twitch highlighting banners.

Ustwo Games:

A number of efforts and efforts for the month have really been revealed by designer Ustwo. The LGBTQIA+ startup MindOut has benefited from funding provided by the video gaming industry. David Fernández Huerta, a studio employee, will be interviewed on Pride’s inclusion in Alba: A Wildlife Adventure.

The company has also gifted copies of Gender Euphoria by Laura Kate Dale to every employee. This book contains personal essays written by trans, non-binary, and intersex authors.

Zynga:

In reality, Zynga has teamed with the charitable organisation It Gets Better Project.

Zynga and Take-Two will each donate $50,000 to the cause. The It Gets Better Project has been supporting and connecting LGBTQIA+ adolescents globally since 2010.

Interviews with employees of diverse genders and sexual orientations are part of Zynga’s event. Numerous video games will also feature content and events centred around Pride.

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