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45 per cent of women employed in the UK game industry have said they have experienced barriers to career progression due to their gender, according to new research. Next Gen Skills Academy’s Gender Balance survey, in which 40 per cent of women in the UK game industry took part, also …

Alien: Isolation, The Last of Us: Left Behind, Assassin's Creed: Unity and Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry all up for accolade

The consequence of player decisions is a central theme to Square Enix’s upcoming Life is Strange, developer Dontnod has said. This is definitely a game for the Telltale and Heavy Rain fans,” creative director Jean Maxime Moris told VG247. We are putting a lot of effort into crafting a slower-paced …

Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead developer working on original IP

Games industry charity GamesAid has welcomed Green Man Gaming’s Tracey McGarrigan as its latest trustee. McGarrigan joined the games industry in 2010 as Sci-Fi-London.com’s games editor before subsequently joining GMG as head of global PR and communications. "I’m so proud to now be a trustee,” McGarrigan said. My legs are …

New survey analyses treatment of women in the workplace

While The Last of Us 2 will surely happen, an announcement in the near future now sounds very unlikely. With developer Naughty Dog working to get PS4 exclusive Uncharted 4 out in time to meet its 2015 release date, all other projects have now been put aside, the studio told …

A brand new next-gen only instalment of the Forza Motorsport series has been announced at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The game was announced alongside Ford’s new Ford GT, which assumes cover duties for the Microsoft game. Ford gets plenty of love in-game, too, with the likes …

Video streaming service Twitch is making the move into movie streaming. The service has teamed up with publisher Devolver Digital to offer a series of films and documentaries about video game culture. Viewers will also have the chance to interact with each film’s production crew via chat throughout the broadcast. …

Japanese publisher Square Enix is the only company that would agree to publish Dontnod Entertainment’s latest title with its female lead character unchanged. The French studio has released a new developer diary about its episodic new title, which sees players follow the story of a girl with the ability to …