Mobile firm reveals that women are spending more than men on new strategy title Elvenar
Read More »EA’s Moore: Gamergate has helped industry diversity
EA COO Peter Moore has spoken openly about the representation and treatment of women in the games industry. In an interview with Fortune, Moore praised what he perceives as the increasing number of opportunities for female developers. EA itself now counts former Naughty Dog alumna Amy Hennig among its ranks …
Read More »Female football stars get FIFA 16 cover role in US, Canada and Australia
US, Canadian and Australian copies of FIFA 16 will feature prominent female footballers on the cover. The women’s game features in EA’s title for the first time this year. Reflecting this, Portland Thorns pair Alex Morgan and Christine Sinclair will feature on the US and Canadian covers respectively while the …
Read More »E3 2015: Female lead for Horizon: Zero Dawn made Yoshida ‘nervous’
PlayStation tested with several marketing and focus groups before reveal
Read More »E3 2015: Bethesda aiming for ‘aspirational’ female characters in BattleCry
Executive producer Rich Vogel says studio was keen to make sure its female cast didn’t look like strippers
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Syndicate expected to have playable female lead
Ubisoft responds to last year’s backlash, new Assassin’s Creed title due to be unveiled today
Read More »Console editions of Minecraft adding default female character this week
Minecraft’s default female character Alex will be added to console versions of the game later this week, Mojang has revealed. Owners of PlayStation and/or Xbox editions of the game will receive the Alex skins as a free update this Wednesday, according to a post by Mojang’s Owen Hill on the …
Read More »It costs more to play as a female in mobile games
Fewer games than you think offer free playable female characters by default A 12 year-old has discovered that it costs gamers more money to play as female characters than male characters in the most popular iPhone games. The Washington Post has run an article by 12 year-old Madeline Messer in …
Read More »Blizzard ‘trying hard’ to add diversity to Overwatch
New character Zarya "a step in the right direction" as consumers call for more varied casts in video games
Read More »Carbon Digital launches mentoring scheme for female games devs
Founder of Video FX specialist offering advice and support
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