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Read More »Vote in the UK General Election and win gaming prizes with the Gamechangers Giveaway
Industry veteran Craig Fletcher becomes Liberal Democrat MP candidate: “I will be a champion for the industry if I am elected to Parliament”
"Avoiding a no deal Brexit is critical but I believe any kind of Brexit is bad for the UK games industry"
Read More »Obsidian has been ‘very careful’ not to ‘lecture’ players, says The Outer Worlds co-director
"We’ve been very careful - I’ve been very careful"
Read More »Australian Greens pledge 4 million Australian dollars for video games industry
"The average Australian gamer is now indistinguishable from the average Australian."
Read More »Brianna Wu plans to run for congress
Game developer and pioneering equality campaigner Brianna Wu has said she is assembling a team in preparation for running for congress in 2018. Wu confirmed to VentureBeat that while no campaign has officially been launched, she has every intention of running for the US House of Representatives. While an image …
Read More »UKIE and TIGA outline their Brexit positions
The UK’s two big video games trade bodies have reacted to Britain’s shock decision to leave the EU. UKIE’s statement The UK has voted to leave the European Union after an historic EU Referendum on Thursday. Leave won by 52% to 48% for the Remain campaign, with an overall voting …
Read More »Brexit: The reaction
MCV asked on Twitter how the industry felt about Britain’s decision to leave the EU. Seeing as our Twitter feed yesterday seemed to suggest that the country would vote to stay by a ratio of about 9,000,000,000-to-1, it’s not really a shock that most people are concerned. UKIE head Jo …
Read More »The UK games industry faces up to Brexit
Britain has, by a very narrow margin, voted to leave the EU – and video games companies across the country are waking up to a potentially huge challenge. Just last week MCV revealed that the sector was very much in favour of remaining. UKIE’s most recent survey found that only …
Read More »Apple forces dev to remove title from App Store’s Games category over war theme
Palestinian indie creator Rasheed Abueideh reveals suggestion that Liyla and The Shadows of War should be described as ‘News or Reference’ app
Read More »New Canadian PM says society must stand up to Gamergate
Canada’s new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has proudly declared himself a feminist and cited Gamergate as an example of a movement that clearly” must be stood up to. Yes, Yes. I am a feminist. Proud to be a feminist,” he said in an unbroadcast section of a recent TV interview, …
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