News Kotaku's gamers of the year, 2020

[Miles]

The Gamers Of The Year, 2020 http://dlvr.it/RpdQH9

As many year-end articles will remind you—not that you needed reminding—2020's been rough. That made it harder than usual to pick specific people for our annual list of influential game-players. Anyone who brought a smile to a friend, a loved one, or even a stranger this year by playing a game with them did a wonderful thing.

In years past, we’ve highlighted pro gamers, speedrunners, modders, hackers, and even those two guys who discovered that No Man’s Sky didn’t really launch with multiplayer.

This year, we’re highlighting four people who combined playing games with activism in their hopes of making the gaming world—or really, just the world overall—a better place.

Entries for our honorees have been written by freelancer Robin Mosley and Kotaku senior reporter Nathan Grayson.

The Gamers Of The Year, 2020

As many year-end articles will remind you—not that you needed reminding—2020's been rough. That made it harder than usual to pick specific people for our annual list of influential game-players. Anyone who brought a smile to a friend, a loved one, or even a stranger this year by playing a game...

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I'll save ya the click since it's a Kotaku Article by Stephen Totilo, who is known to insert his political bias and agenda into everything they write like most kotaku authors.

Amira “Xmiramira” Virgil
for "innovator who pushed to make Black visibility in the Sims community a priority"

Danielle “EbonixSims” Udogaranya
for "trailblazer and designer who helped put Black UK Simmers on the map"

Tanya “Cypheroftyr” DePass
for "advocate for diverse games who rallied support for racial justice"

Hasan Piker
for being "leftist streamer who turned Twitch into a destination for political coverage"