Is 2022 the year gaming really does become for everyone?
We’re going to start the year off witha handful of pieces looking forward to 2022.
Sometimes we’ll just be thinking about things we’ve enjoyed and where they could lead.
Have a lovely new year all!
Gaming is, and should be, for everyone.
Slowly, though, change is coming.
Yes, plenty of games added rainbow badges, especially for Pride Month.
There’s more of this to come this year, from AAA titles to indies.
2022 sees the return of Aloy and Bayonetta, two immensely popular leading ladies.
And there’s the hotly anticipated God of War: Ragnarok that includes a Black Angrboda and aplus-sized Thor.
Better still, where all this representation converges is in character creators.
Beyond the set characters of developers' imaginations, games allow us to create ourselves.
And increasingly, character creators are becoming less and less restrictive.
In 2021 Monster Hunter Rise addedauthentic Black hairstyles, something Animal Crossing: New Horizons did in late 2020.
More and more games included pronoun options, including Forza Horizon 5.
Excitingly, that game also allowed for prosthetic limbs to represent the disabled community.
That’s all set to continue in some of the biggest releases of 2022.
OlliOlliWorld will allow skaters to be whoever they want to be.
