I work in the game industry. Have done so for more than 30 years now.
Black, gay and female main characters aren’t DEI, nor are they woke.
They make money.
Games companies simply realised they can make more money, if they target a wider audience than just self-important incel white cucks who never matured beyond a 13 year-level, still living in their parent’s basements larping as streamers making an income so pitiful they couldn’t afford to buy the big offers anyway.