Duolingo hits GDC again to recruit game devs to make gamified mobile apps
Duolingo, the maker of popular language-learning apps, might seem out of place at the Game Developers Conference. But the company is showing up once...
Bonnie Ross leaves 343 Industries after 15 years
Bonnie Ross, the head of Halo developer 343 Industries, announced today she’s leaving the company. Her role will be split into three as Microsoft...
Halo studio boss reveals the 3 pillars of why Xbox is thriving
Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division is finishing the year strong. Unlike the 2020 holidays, the company isn’t only relying on new hardware to carry its...
The DeanBeat: DICE Summit shows the inspirational highs and depressing lows of gaming
Shawn Layden led off this week’s DICE Summit with an inspirational speech about the need to focus on quality games, the rise of accessibility...
Halo steward Bonnie Ross accepts the Hall of Fame award at the DICE Awards
Bonnie Ross, the corporate vice president at Microsoft and head of 343 Industries, received the Hall of Fame award at the DICE Awards. Ross...
Master Chief’s guardian, Bonnie Ross, talks about Halo and diversity
Even Master Chief, the hero of the Halo universe, needs a guardian. And Bonnie Ross, Microsoft’s corporate vice president and head of 343 Industries, has been...
Bonnie Ross, the ‘Halo boss,’ to be inducted into game industry Hall of Fame
Bonnie Ross is the Halo boss, and for that, she is being inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame. Ross...
Strong National Museum of Play recognizes herstory
The Strong Museum opened its Women in Games exhibit today as part of its National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York. And to...
Why Microsoft knows it needs to beef up its Xbox leadership
Microsoft announced today that Phil Spencer has appointed a new boss of games to handle the role that the executive had previously handled as...
In Halo, Bonnie Ross and 343 ‘inherited an amazing world’
Bonnie Ross wasn’t part of the creation of Halo, which best-selling sci-fi video game series that Bungie created for the Xbox game consoles. But...