The two video games feature a diverse cast

Jan 26, 2015 12:30 GMT  ·  By

Bioware's Dragon Age: Inquisition and Naughty Dog's The Last of Us, and more specifically the Left Behind downloadable content pack, were commended by GLAAD, formerly known as the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

The commendation was issued for the portrayal of LGBT characters, and not only that but for actually having some interesting ones among their casts.

The Last of Us' Left Behind DLC features some scenes showing the relationship between Ellie and her childhood friend Riley, during which the two express their feelings for each other. This isn't Naughty Dog's PS3 and PS4 action-adventure video game's first nomination, as it earned a similar one in 2013, for the gay hermit character Bill.

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"Though Ellie had previously mentioned the best friend she lost, Left Behind reveals that in their final days together, Ellie also confessed her true feelings for Riley after learning they would soon be separated, which Riley reciprocated."

"These scenes between them deepened Ellie's story even further and made the survivor's guilt she expresses later in the story all the more poignant," the article reads.

Bioware is no stranger to including LGBT characters in its game, being commended for three of the main characters in the recently released Dragon Age: Inquisition, who are either lesbian, gay or bisexual, and a transgender man in the support cast is also mentioned.

You can see the full list of 2014's most intriguing LGBT characters, including the ones in movies, where Oberyn Martell, the Red Viper from HBO's "Game of Thrones," makes an unsurprising appearance, on the GLAAD website.