Comcast Grows to Code elevates frontline employees to coding and engineering roles
Cable and media conglomerate Comcast is launching its Comcast Grows to Code program to create a career path for frontline employees to learn coding...
Brag House launches its social network for amateur esports competitors
Brag House has launched a platform for connecting gamers in a social network built around amateur esports competitions. The subscription-based platform focuses on players...
Logitech partners with BIPOC creators to bring down racial barriers
Logitech has announced it is partnering with Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) creators to help them overcome challenges to succeeding in video...
How Riot Games will ensure that Valorant’s esports stars include women
By any measure, League of Legends has been an enormous success for Riot Games for more than a decade. But when it comes to...
Activision Blizzard discloses environment, social, and governance efforts
Activision Blizzard has released its first-ever report on its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) commitments. The report focuses on how the company is championing its...
Zynga and Kenneth Cole team up for Pride Month with High Heels game partnership
Gamemaker Zynga and fashion designer Kenneth Cole have teamed up to celebrate Pride Month inside Zynga’s High Heels hypercasual mobile game. The move is...
Snapchat games have reached more than 200 million people
Snap said that the company’s Snapchat games have reached more than 200 million players in the past two years, up from about 100 million...
USC Games establishes Gerald A. Lawson Fund to help Black and indigenous students
USC Games and Take-Two Interactive have created a new endowment to fund Black and indigenous students in game design and engineering. Named after video...
Nokia and NewCore Wireless bring 5G broadband to tribal nations in U.S.
Tribal nations haven’t had the best access to the internet. But Nokia and NewCore Wireless have partnered to bring 5G wireless networking and 4.9G/LTE...
The DeanBeat: #StopAsianHate by making us more visible
Bear with me in this column because I’m angry and I’d like to make a reasoned argument that the game industry can do something...