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Improving diversity will make the games industry more successful, argues Ubisoft Reflections’ MD Pauline Jacquey. Jacquey wants to see the industry introduce new genres, styles and heroes, which will help widen the number of consumers who buy games, and in turn improve the diversity of those that make them. The …

You thought the last NX rumour was a beauty? Well get a load of this. As spotted by Nintendo Life, Digitimes reports that the first production for Nintendo NX components has now been pushed back to early 2017, having originally been pencilled in for the middle of 2016. The reason? …

In February last year, Ready at Dawn released its most ambitious project yet: The Order: 1886. The California-based studio had a strong reputation after creating a series of excellent PSP games, and this PS4 title saw it step into the home console world. However, although The Order was a beautiful …

The VR version of time-bending shooter Superhot will be an Oculus Rift exclusive, at least for the time being. The game will use the yet-to-be-released Oculus Touch controllers. It has also been confirmed that simply moving will cause time to move forward, so players will be required to stand still …

Animosity towards Beamdog for including a transgender character in Baldur’s Gate. Hate campaign against former Nintendo employee Alison Rapp. Overwatch’s Tracer butt pose. Valve being sued over alleged transgender discrimination. Tensions over gay and black characters at defunct Lionhead. Paradox having to take down a mod that removed Stellaris’ racial …

A new network has been founded to encourage a more diverse workforce in the UK games industry. Called BAME in Games, the firm is an advocacy group designed to encourage a more diverse work force within games and the entertainment market at large. BAME stands for of Black, Asian and …

The new Sold Out began life in February 2014 after being spun out of publisher Mastertronic. It has since made a name for itself as a safe pair of hands for digital games to come to physical retail, releasing hits such as Team17’s The Escapists and Zombie Army Trilogy from …

Speaking at Unite Europe, senior product planner Alex Teodorescu-Badia told a room full of developers that Microsoft will continue to advocate ‘openness’ in UWP. UWP has sparked heated backlash from the development community over its alleged closed nature, with Epic Games co-founder Tim Sweeney condemning the platform to ‘death’ unless …

$185m pledged to video games since crowdfunding platform began

Etemad and Jago join Microsoft, Sumo hires Lionhead art director and KamaGames opens a UK office. Microsoftstrengthens Xbox comms team The Xbox UK communications team has two new members. Roxana Etemad has been appointed as communications manager, reporting to head of communications for devices Paul Almond. Etemad spent five years …