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Hennig helped lead creation of the acclaimed adventure franchise at Naughty Dog until joining EA to work on Visceral Games’ untitled Star Wars title
Read More »Valve sued over alleged transgender discrimination
Dota 2, Half-Life and Portal creator Valve has been struck with a $3.1 million lawsuit from a former staff member who claims she was discriminated against for being transgender. The anonymous litigant was reportedly called ‘it’ by her supervisor following sex reassignment surgery in 2012, resulting in a ‘hostile work …
Read More »Valve sued for $3m over alleged discrimination of transgender employee
Former translator claims she was referred to as ‘it’ and fired after complaining that Dota 2 developer and Steam owner exploited fans offering translation services for free
Read More »Applications for BAFTA Breakthrough Brits close next week
20 up-and-coming creators across games, TV and film will be given a 12-month programme of career development support, including mentoring from experts in their fields
Read More »Final Fantasy XV director: ‘It was modernise or die for the series’
Hajime Tabata recalls that development team was inflicted with ‘Final Fantasy disease’ and he had to tell them: ‘We’re not special. Wake up’
Read More »Mojang teams up with NetEase to develop custom Minecraft for China
Franchise creator agrees to license Pocket and PC versions for region
Read More »Kojima Productions to keep new studio under 100 staff
Founder Hideo Kojima jokes about the importance of a good kitchen at studios based on EA DICE’s ’40 microwaves’
Read More »Facebook acquires VR audio firm Two Big Ears, releases Spatial Workstation for free
Suite of tools for authoring 3D and 360-degree sound rebranded as Facebook 360 Spatial Workstation
Read More »Blizzard artist turns kid’s Overwatch drawing into polished concept art
Fans of upcoming character-based shooter are now campaigning for the inclusion of ‘Birst’ in the game
Read More »Oculus blocks Rift game workaround, creator responds by bypassing DRM completely
Revive previously allowed players to run any Rift exclusive on HTC Vive, with latest version removing the need to legitimately own games
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