Breaking – The new Queens of gaming have been crowned
Breakthrough media company Queens Gaming Collective aims to emancipate women from the male-centric gaming narrative, and it’s about time. ‘All the boys were terrified of us meeting… they were like what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immoveable object?’, says Alisa Jacobs, CEO and co-founder of Queens Gaming...
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Minecraft’s ‘Build the Vote’ readies young voters for US election
Minecraft is weighing in on the upcoming US elections, and its blocky recreation of the Capitol Building may inspire young gamers to vote for the first time. Getting young people to turn up to voting booths has been a notoriously difficult task in recent years. Fewer than half of Americans...
New in-game video series for NBA 2K urges Gen Z to vote
Teaming up with the ‘More Than A Vote’ campaign, basketball video game franchise NBA 2K is releasing a two-part electoral video message to encourage Gen Z to head to the polls. It seems like most tech companies and social media platforms are trying their hand at encouraging young people...
Is gaming’s industry shift making loot boxes even more controversial?
The controversy surrounding microtransactions in gaming is back, and – you guessed it – EA is at the forefront. There are a few constants in life: the sun will rise and fall, seasons will come and go, and EA will continue to cause a raucous in the gaming community...
The man opening the world’s eyes to the plight of refugees through gaming
Having spent 22 of his 24 years in a refugee camp, the inspiring Luyal Mayen is now educating the world on the plight of his people through his game Salaam. Luyal Mayen endured a brutal start to life. One of 680,000 displaced by a relentless civil war spanning decades in...
How Ampverse is bringing e-sports to the masses
Launched in 2019, Ampverse has already helped bring brands like Samsung and Garnier into the e-sports market, propelling the industry further into the mainstream. The e-sports industry continues to grow exponentially across the globe, with the Southeast Asian market generating over 4.4 billion USD in revenue last year alone. It’s...
Xbox remote play: the latest lockdown ploy to draw gamers in
Microsoft is about to launch an Xbox app update for iOS that will allow console owners to stream games directly to their iPhones. Microsoft is readying an update for its Xbox companion app that will soon allow digital titles to be played remotely on iPhone. Dubbed Remote Play, which is already available on the PC version of the Xbox app, this feature will physically turn on the Xbox from within the...
Microsoft’s Bethesda purchase cements gaming as world’s biggest entertainment industry
It’s difficult to find a silver lining to a global pandemic, but the gaming industry is winning big out of Covid-19. The economic fallout (no pun intended) caused by Covid-19 has shaken up entire industries and changed consumer behaviours drastically. People are spending more time than ever before within the confines of their own homes, and as the notion of a second lockdown is mulled over, digital...
Fall Guys developer creates a bidding war for charity
Brands and influencers are bidding for a chance to have their own custom skin added to Fall Guys, with over £300,000 being raised so far for gaming disability charity Special Effect. Fall Guys has enjoyed wild success since its launch early last month. It’s been purchased over 2 million times on Steam and has been downloaded by 8 million PlayStation Plus members. Much like other big multiplayer titles before it,...
How Flight Simulator could usher in a new era of cloud based games
Microsoft’s latest entry in its long-running Flight Simulator series has the entire world available to fly around in. It’s the start of cloud-based gaming. Being able to travel the world and fly over your own house inside a video game was an impossibility even just a few years ago. The processing and downloading power required to digitally store Earth in its entirety was simply not available, yet Microsoft’s newest...