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LGBTQ gamers nearly 20%, but representation lacks, report says

Ellie (Ashley Johnson), left, and her girlfriend, Dina (Shannon Woodward), are two prominent queer characters in the acclaimed blockbuster game “The Last of Us Part II.” Approximately 17% of active video game players are LGBTQ+, but less than 2% of games on major consoles and personal computers include queer characters, according to a report from GLAAD. (Photo: Naughty Dog)
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‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ getting release date from Rockstar after years of fans clamoring: report
according to Bloomberg.A trailer is expected to be released in December, just as Rockstar Games is celebrating it’s the 25th anniversary.The new game will be the first “GTA” release since the massively successful “Grand Theft Auto V” came out in 2013.That game, a multi-platform phenomenon, has sold over 185 million copies second only to Minecraft, which has sold over 300 million since its release in 2011.GTA V is available for users to play using PC, Playstation, and Xbox, where players can play either the story mode or the online mode format where your character is inside an open world with the ability to drive fly, and sail around the map while completing missions, heists and business dealings.Over the years, the GTA online community has been plagued with hackers, who “grief” or intentionally disrupt the gameplay for other players, something the developers have tried to combat, but to no avail.In 2018 a Georgia man was sued by Take-Two Interactive after claiming it lost $500,000 because the man developed a cheating system that “allows a player to “alter” the games of those they’re competing against.The new game will be set in a fictionalized version of Miami and South Florida, while featuring a man-woman duo, with the latter being the first female protagonist of the series.This new installment will also reportedly cut back on the crude, and potentially offensive jokes about minority groups, that were made popular in the previous games.Reports of the milder language have sparked a debate among the fans, with some complaining they are taking away the jokes, and are leaving behind the violent gameplay, because players can drive over non-playable characters (NPC) shoot and kill police officers, and rob convenience
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Just 1% of Netflix subscribers use this perk
Netflix’s 250 million subscribers may think of the company primarily as a TV and movie streaming service, 99 percent of them are missing out on a major perk.In recent years, Netflix has branched out into the video games industry.The company has acquired a number of gaming studios, including industry titan Night School Studios, which developed the Oxenfree games.Oxenfree 2 was developed exclusively for Netflix, and yet the streaming platform’s games push is yet to be picked up by subscribers in earnest.In fact, while every Netflix subscription comes with a games library accessed via the Netflix mobile app, it’s unclear how many subscribers even know that the games exist.The library of more than 70 games can be found in the “Mobile Games” row on the Netflix app home screen.It includes award-winning titles including Immortality, Kentucky Route Zero and Before Your Eyes, all of which can be downloaded to mobile and played at no extra cost to subscribers.There are also games to complement popular shows, including ones inspired by Squid Game, Black Mirror and reality TV.But the games feature is little-used, with a report from CNBC revealing just 2.2 million Netflix subscribers — about 0.88 percent — play one of the streamer’s games daily.The stats indicated retention was a problem, with more than 70 million subscribers having downloaded a game at some point and mostly failing to become repeat users.That could be because, while viewers can watch a few minutes of a TV show or movie to get a taste, games require a download and larger time investment.Netflix continues to throw money and resources at the endeavour, with the number of games on the app having tripled in the past year.According to Co-CEO Greg Peters, the streaming
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