News Valorant studio head tells toxic players to "play something else, we won't miss you" "If you want to make evil statements under the guise of s**t talk, you aren't welcome here." 31 May 2024 Vikki Blake 13 comments
News Activision Blizzard has been accused of discriminating against "old white guys" "Activision placed profits over people by terminating the older, higher paid executives". 6 Jan 2024 Vikki Blake 104 comments
News UKIE diversity initiative #RaiseTheGame launches its new Empower Up Toolkit "Empower Up is suitable for all games companies, wherever they are on their EDI journey." 26 Nov 2023 Vikki Blake 9 comments
News Starfield's pronoun-removal mod has been banned by NexusMods "Frankly, we are not sad to see them go." 17 Sep 2023 Vikki Blake 137 comments
News Women in Games' next conference asks "what's being done to disrupt norms and bring fairness for women?" "There are still challenges facing women in games and esports, and women and girls playing games online." 16 Sep 2023 Vikki Blake 73 comments
News Here's why some players plan to boycott Final Fantasy 16 "It would seem like the best way to send a message to Square would be to vote with your wallet." 17 Jun 2023 Vikki Blake
News One in 10 female gamers feel suicidal about the abuse they receive playing online "We can't keep watching these numbers keep happening." 27 May 2023 Vikki Blake 180 comments
News Activision and Riot class-action settlement payments have been detailed Activision makes five to six figure payments to "hundreds" of staff who "could assert a claim". 7 May 2023 Vikki Blake 42 comments
News Ukie's Impact campaign aims to "showcase and celebrate" disabled and neurodiverse games industry professions Nominees must be "vocal, visible, and open about their disability or neurodiversity". 29 Apr 2023 Vikki Blake 13 comments
News Women in Games CEO warns "we are going backwards as an industry" "None of this is okay, none of this should be happening!" 8 Apr 2023 Vikki Blake 88 comments
News GDC 2023 attendees were reportedly subjected to abuse, assault, and drink spiking UPDATE: GDC responds. 28 Mar 2023 Vikki Blake 45 comments
News Mundfish apologises after racist cartoons were discovered in Atomic Heart "We apologise if using the vintage cartoon or music has caused hurt or insult." 26 Feb 2023 Vikki Blake 131 comments
News This is how women are really treated in competitive multiplayer games "The greatest difficulty of these games is not the gameplay - it's the culture." 4 Dec 2022 Vikki Blake 67 comments
News Riot launches Rising Stars, a new women's League of Legends tournament "All players who participate in esports should be made to feel included and welcome." 6 Nov 2022 Vikki Blake 6 comments
News Ukie's RaiseTheGame launches Access November to "inspire the games industry to make games more accessible" The campaign also wants to "champion representation of disabled and neurodiverse people in games". 5 Nov 2022 Vikki Blake 2 comments
News EA says it "will do better" after its first Behind The Sims Summit "did not fairly represent" players "Black Simmers deserve to feel seen in all that we do." 23 Oct 2022 Vikki Blake 48 comments
News Real Virtual Beauty aims to "increase diversity and representation of female characters in games" "We hope that together, we can make real beauty a reality in digital worlds." 24 Sep 2022 Vikki Blake 29 comments
News Women in Games' new guide hopes to tackle gender underrepresentation and "dysfunctional work cultures" "Integrating practical steps in every area to bring about gender equality is not just fair, it is achievable." 20 Aug 2022 Vikki Blake 17 comments
News World of Warcraft: Dragonflight removes gendered language from the character creation screen And there may be pronoun choices coming, too. 17 Jul 2022 Vikki Blake 16 comments