List of black video game characters
This is a list of black video game characters. The 2009 study "The virtual census: representations of gender, race and age in video games." published by the University of Southern California showed that African Americans appear in video games in proportion to their numbers in the real world, but mainly in sports games and in titles that reinforce stereotypes.[1]
Please note: about half of the characters listed aren't black. Some are assumed to be black based on their game appearances, but are really various other races. For further details read game biographies.
Characters
- 50 Cent of 50 Cent: Bulletproof and 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand[2]
- Adam Hunter of Streets of Rage
- Afro Samurai of Afro Samurai
- Alyx Vance of Half-Life 2 (mixed Black-Asian decent)[3]
- Anthony Higgs of Metroid: Other M
- Augustus Cole of Gears of War[4]
- Aveline de Grandpré of Assassin's Creed[5]
- Axel Foley of Beverly Hills Cop
- Ayme of Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
- Balrog of Street Fighter[4]
- Barret Wallace of Final Fantasy VII[2]
- Big Smoke of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Birdie of Street Fighter (black only in the Alpha series)
- Black Baron of MadWorld[6]
- Blacker Baron of Anarchy Reigns
- Black Panther, appeared in various games; see Black Panther (comics)#Video games
- Blade, appeared in various games; see Blade (comics)#Video games
- Bo Jackson, appeared in various games; see Bo Jackson#Video games
- Boman Delgado of Rival Schools: United by Fate[4]
- Brad Garrison of Dead Rising[6]
- Bruce Irvin of Tekken
- Bryan Roses of Killer Is Dead[6]
- Carl "CJ" Johnson of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas[2]
- Catalina of GTA: San Andreas
- Charles Milton Porter of BioShock 2: Minerva's Den
- Christie Monteiro of Tekken
- Clementine of The Walking Dead
- Coach of Left 4 Dead 2[6]
- Cyborg, appeared in various games; see Cyborg (comics)#Video games
- Cyrax of Mortal Kombat
- Crying Wolf of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
- Daisy Fitzroy of BioShock Infinite
- Daley Thompson, three Ocean Software games; see Daley Thompson#After athletics
- D'arci Stern of Urban Chaos[7]
- Darrius of Mortal Kombat
- David Anderson of Mass Effect[6]
- Dee Jay of Street Fighter[4]
- Demoman of Team Fortress 2
- Disco Kid of Punch-Out!!
- Doc Louis of Punch-Out!!
- Donald Anderson (DARPA Chief) of Metal Gear Solid[6]
- Doomfist of Overwatch
- Drebin 893 of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots[4]
- Dudley of Street Fighter[4]
- Eddie Hunter (aka Skate, aka Sammy Hunter) of Streets of Rage 2
- Eddy Gordo of Tekken[6]
- Elena of Street Fighter[2]
- Eli Vance of Half-Life[8]
- Emmett Graves of Starhawk[4]
- Ermen Palmer of No More Heroes
- Fortune of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty[9]
- Fran of Final Fantasy XII[8]
- Franklin Clinton of Grand Theft Auto V[6]
- Funky Student of Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
- Garcian Smith of Killer7[7]
- Grace of Fighting Vipers
- Heavy D! of The King of Fighters[4]
- Henry and Sam of The Last of Us[6]
- Iris of Pokémon Black and White[6]
- Irving Lambert of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
- Isaac Washington of The House of the Dead: Overkill
- Jacob Taylor of Mass Effect[7]
- Jacqui Briggs of Mortal Kombat
- Jade of Mortal Kombat
- James Heller of Prototype[2]
- Jax of Mortal Kombat[6]
- Jim Chapman of Resident Evil Outbreak
- Josh Stone of Resident Evil 5[6]
- Julius Erving (aka Dr. J) of One on One: Dr. J vs. Larry Bird[6]
- Kai of Mortal Kombat
- Kendl Johnson of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Kenneth J. Sullivan of Resident Evil
- Kid Quick of Punch-Out!!
- Knox of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
- LaShawn and Kahlil of Bébé's Kids
- Laurence Barnes (aka Prophet) of Crysis[7]
- Lee Everett of The Walking Dead[6]
- Liam Kosta of Mass Effect: Andromeda
- Lincoln Clay of Mafia III
- Lisa Hamilton of Dead or Alive
- Lieutenant Alphanso Adams of Spec Ops: The Line
- Louis of Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2[6]
- Lucian of League of Legends[7]
- Lúcio of Overwatch
- Lucius Fox, appeared in various video games; see Lucius Fox in other media#video games
- Lucky Glauber of The King of Fighters[4]
- Luke Cage (aka Power Man), appeared in various games; see Luke Cage#Video games
- Mace Windu of Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles and Lego Star Wars[6]
- Mad Jack of Heavy Rain[6]
- Madd Dogg of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Marcus Holloway of Watch Dogs 2
- Marina of Splatoon 2
- Mark Kimberley of Shenmue[6]
- Mark Wilkins of Resident Evil Outbreak
- Marvin Branagh of Resident Evil
- Master Raven of Tekken
- Master Sergeant Matthew "Coops" Cooper of ARMA 2
- Matt of Until Dawn
- Michael Jackson, appeared in various games; see Michael Jackson-related games (Michael Jackson's health and appearance)
- Michael Jordan in Michael Jordan in Flight and Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City
- Michael LeRoi of Shadow Man (video game)
- Mike Tyson, appeared in various games; see Mike Tyson in popular culture#In video games[6]
- Mr. Sandman of Punch-Out!!
- Maya of Killer Instinct
- Mohammed Avdol of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven
- Nabooru of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Nadine Ross of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
- Nathan Copeland of No More Heroes[6]
- Nick Fury, appeared in various games; see Nick Fury in other media#Video games[6] (Not always black.)
- Nilin of Remember Me[5]
- OG Loc of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Oil Man of Mega Man Powered Up[6] (Only black in Japan.)
- Potemkin of Guilty Gear
- Raven of Tekken[7]
- Riju of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Riley Abel of The Last of Us
- Rochelle of Left 4 Dead 2[2]
- Rodin of Bayonetta
- Roland of Borderlands[7]
- Romeo of Halo 3: ODST
- Sam B of Dead Island[3]
- Sazh Katzroy of Final Fantasy XIII[2]
- Sean Johnson of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Sean Matsuda of Street Fighter III
- Sergeant Cormack of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
- Sergeant Foley of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Sergeant Major Avery Junior Johnson of Halo[7]
- Shadow Man of Shadow Man[7]
- Shaquille O'Neal (aka Shaq), appeared in various games; see Shaquille O'Neal#Video games
- Sheva Alomar of Resident Evil[2]
- Shinobu of No More Heroes and No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle[7]
- Staff Sgt. Griggs of Call of Duty
- Storm, appeared in various games; see Storm in other media#Video games[4]
- Tanya of Mortal Kombat
- Taurus of Interstate '82
- Three Dog of Fallout 3
- Tiger Jackson of Tekken 3
- T.J. Combo of Killer Instinct[4]
- Tom Johnson of Shenmue[6]
- Torque of The Suffering
- Twinrova of The Legend of Zelda
- Twintelle of Arms
- Tyler Miles of Fahrenheit[6]
- Urbosa of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Vanessa Lewis of Virtua Fighter
- Victor Vance and his brother Lance Vance, of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Vivienne, of Dragon Age: Inquisition
- War Machine, appeared in various games; see War Machine in other media#Video games
- Wonder-Black of The Wonderful 101[6]
- Yelena Fedorva of Mass Effect 3
- Zach Hammond of Dead Space
- Zack of Dead or Alive[6]
- Zasalamel of Soul[2]
See also
- List of black animated characters
- List of black superheroes
- Lists of black people
- Race and video games
References
- ↑ "Video Game Minority Report: Lots Of Players, Few Characters". Science Daily. University of Southern California. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Hester, Larry (26 June 2012). "The 10 Best Black Characters In Video Games". Complex. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- 1 2 Narcisse, Evan (29 March 2012). "Come On, Video Games, Let’s See Some Black People I’m Not Embarrassed By". Kotaku. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Narcisse, Evan (20 February 2013). "This Is How We Get More Black People In Video Games". Kotaku. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- 1 2 Clauson, Jonathan R. (20 January 2014). "The State of Black Video Game Characters". Inquisitr. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Holmes, Jonathan (15 October 2013). "Let's look at Tropes Vs. Black Guys in Videogames". Destructoid. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Carr, Krystal (16 February 2014). "12 Black Video Game Characters That Kick Ass!". SheAttack. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- 1 2 "Why are Black Game Characters Failing the Audience?". Edge. 8 February 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ↑ Buckley, Michaela (12 April 2013). "The scarcity of black characters in video games". ScrewAttack. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
External links
- The Power of Play: The Portrayal and Performance of Race in Video Games at Harvard University
- Games with black protagonists at MobyGames
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