"So when are we gog to see that gay protagonist a AAA game? Not for a while, I spect, bee of fears that ’ll impact sal." - Ubisoft's Lucien Soulb
Contents:
- RABOW SIX SIEGE GETS S FIRST GAY OPERATOR, FLOR
- WHY THE GAMG INDTRY PLANS TO KEEP GAY CHARACTERS ON THE SIL
- UBISOFT LEAD WRER ASKS: WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY VIO GAME PROTAGONISTS?
RABOW SIX SIEGE GETS S FIRST GAY OPERATOR, FLOR
Rabow Six Siege’s next ntent update, Operatn Crimson Heist, will troduce the game’s first gay operator. Master thief Flor has four explosive dron that n e major havoc — and a weddg rg, bee he lov his hband. This stylish crimal will arrive to the game March 2021. * ubisoft gay *
He’s also the game’s first gay character. And if you actually pay attentn to Gridlock's words, you'll see that my boy is gay. "Solidary as a theme was obv for , " said Antoe Gay, UbiProud Global Co-Lead.
Pri is a mment all year long and, the US, our teams support ont-le anizatns that share our valu like Trans Lifele, Gay Gamers, Out and Equal Workplace Advot, and Qweerty Gam. Homosexualy and transgenrism are both nsired a crime the regn.
WHY THE GAMG INDTRY PLANS TO KEEP GAY CHARACTERS ON THE SIL
We have seen an crease vlent hate crim across the provce and cy – om the terror attack London which took the liv of three generatns of a Mlim fay, to our own cy, where a gay man was recently btally asslted jt outsi of Hanlan’s Pot, a beach wh a long Queer history. A rponse piece on Kotaku reads, "It n feel like a slap the face, particularly if you were playg Kassandra as gay, to have her embrace domticy, a heterosexual relatnship, and motherhood. "So when are we gog to see that gay protagonist a AAA game?
"- Lucien Soulban, lead wrer at Ubisoft Montreal, reckons that 'll be a while before we get to ntrol any gay characters AAA gam.
Talkg wh Ubisoft's Richard Dansky, Soulban noted that we ntue to see "mid-30s stubbly-beard brown-haired whe guy wh a raspy voice" protagonists AAA gam for fear om publishers that gam wh gay characters won't sell. "When are gog to get a gay/lbian AAA hero(e) who isn’t a one-off joke? "Eher we’ll see a ba-and-swch like the origal Metroid wh Sam Aran where we’ll fd out damn near after the fact (PS: And Dumbledore was gay), or ’ll e out of left field wh Rockstar, Valve, Nghty Dog or Telltale, perhaps.
UBISOFT LEAD WRER ASKS: WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY VIO GAME PROTAGONISTS?
AAA gam have dabbled a ltle gay protagonists over the last -- see the Mass Effect seri for one of the most recent big exampl -- but 's obv that we're still not really there. I’ll also be stickg to characters that are intifiably human, so no gay aliens or sexy monsters here.
Leonardo da Vci - Assass’s Creed: BrotherhoodFriend, nfidant, and ocsnal quartermaster to lead assass Ez, the real-life Leonardo da Vci is portrayed as a gay man the Assass’s Creed seri, based on historil evince om numero sourc that backs the claim. In fact, Ubisoft have effectively nfirmed that their eratn of da Vci is ed gay, while there is some bate among mak pla that women are of no romantic tert to him, and later engag a relatnship wh his mentee Salaì, once aga backed by historians. Ez himself is supportive of the uple; Leo isn’t exactly open wh his sexualy, which is unrstandable given the time perd, but he isn’t subject to homophobia over the urse of the game and feels like an thentic gay character.