With June officially kicking off, many games and gaming companies are doing there part to create visibility for LGBTQ+ gamers everywhere. Here are all the amazing videogame Pride Month events to be on the lookout for!
Chess.com
Knight pieces will be replaced by a small effigy of Sir Ian McKellen
Overwatch 2
Commemorative RuPaul skin for Doomfist
Fortnite
Lifting their inexplicable ban, gay people will be finally allowed to play the free battle royale game for the month of June
Indie games
What’s that?
Call of Duty
“GAY” will be written on the wall in bullets by sixth grader Connor Murphy
RIOT Games
Riot plans to pay tribute to any gay employees by outing them to their friends and families unprompted
GameStop
In a clever name change, GameStop will be rebranding as LQBTQ+Stop
Tears of the Kingdom
Shigeru Miyamoto will tweet a crude doodle he drew of Link and Ganondorf spooning each other