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GLAAD says games are failing LGBTQ players | This week's gaming news

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The report highlights three critical truths: Representation matters a lot to LGBTQ players, the remaining gaming audience largely welcomes these themes, and new generations of gamers are only becoming more open to queer content. The rumors have centered on major releases like Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Starfield, but according to The Verge ’s Tom Warren, the first titles scheduled to make the leap are Hi-Fi Rush and Pentiment. It feels like the industry is saturated with games that weren’t made for me, and there’s an immense joy that comes with discovering a new title that speaks to my own life or lets me play in a world that doesn’t involve traditionally straight-male power fantasies.

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