The scene described above is exponentially more obvious and crude.Īnd it’s coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X in 2021. The developers of Cyberpunk 2077 discovered this last year when they had to defend an in-game image of a trans model who appeared alongside the words, “mix it up” in early marketing materials. In 2020, few video game fans would praise a title that includes blatant transphobia and surface-level stereotypes about transgender people. Picture the YouTube cut-downs of these scenes and subtitled screenshots making their way across Twitter, Facebook and Reddit. Now imagine the reaction of the Twitch chat. I mean, whatever.” He turns to another and says, “Well, hello, mid-op.” And then a third: “Hey, you need to keep taking your hormones!” And then he pulls out a crowbar and beats one of them to death. The streamer’s character walks up to one of these NPCs and says, “Hello, sir. The tight clothing highlights obvious crotch-level bulges. Chest hair pokes out from some of their shirts, and under layers of dramatic makeup, a few jawlines are dusted with stubble. They’re all broad-shouldered with cut biceps, and they’re wearing an assortment of wigs, crop tops, mini skirts, lace stockings and bikini bottoms. It’s nighttime in the game and the streamer, playing as a middle-aged man, approaches a group of people standing outside of a club.
You’re watching a Twitch streamer play through parts of the game in early access, showing off beautifully detailed real-world settings and NPCs living everyday lives in a bustling city. Imagine there’s a marquee game coming out next year from one of the coolest AAA video game studios in the world, and its first round of marketing has just gone live.
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