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With the line between what players and acceptable and offensive seemingly blurring, James Batchelor asks how devs can ensure they design characters without controversy
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 »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 »NetherRealm promises realistic women for Mortal Kombat X
Developers says it is redesigning female characters to make them less disproportionate that previous iterations
Read More »Dontnod: Main character gender is ‘irrelevant’
Life is Strange developers says sex shouldn't matter when it comes to "creating a good story"
Read More »Claiming female leads don’t work is nonsense: Here’s why
Consumers are clamouring for women protagonists in their entertainment, and they’re accepted by all, including people who play games
Read More »Square Enix only publisher to approve female lead for Life is Strange
Dontnod reveals other publishers demanded male character for upcoming episodic game
Read More »Blizzard aiming for diversity with Overwatch line-up
Characters in WoW studio's new FPS designed to make all players feel "equally represented"
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