Kate Edwards will head the Global Game Jam indie group
The Global Game Jam announced that the outspoken video games industry veteran Kate Edwards has joined the organization as executive director. Edwards will lead...
The DeanBeat: How the game industry can get better at diversity and inclusion
The game industry isn’t as inclusive or diverse or inclusive as it could be. But people are working on it. A group of them...
Game developers recognize ’50 over 50′ to combat ageism
The Global Game Industry’s 50 over 50 list of game developers over the age of 50 is out again, and I’m not on it...
How game developers can figure out what they’re passionate about
NBCUniversal, Intel, Microsoft, and Unity are engaged in a developer contest dubbed the Universal GameDev Challenge, in which the companies asked indie game developers to...
Kate Edwards: Still outspoken, from ArenaNet to video game unionization
Kate Edwards was very outspoken as the executive director of the International Game Developers Association. After five years in that job, she left in...
GDC put itself in a no-win situation with its Bushnell award
When the Game Developers Conference decided to drop its Pioneer Award for Nolan Bushnell, who some call the father of video games and the...
International Game Developers Association names game executive Jen MacLean as interim chief
Jen MacLean, a 25-year veteran of the video game industry, is the new interim executive director for the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), the...
The DeanBeat: Strategic zoom for the game industry
In the past nine years, I’ve written around 10,000 stories on games. In this column, I’m going to mention quotes from about 10 of...
Kate Edwards joins Take This to continue mental health advocacy in the gaming industry
Earlier this month, Kate Edwards joined the board of directors at Take This, a mental health advocacy group in the games industry. In some...
Kate Edwards resigns from top post at the International Game Developers Association
Kate Edwards carved out a role as a fearless advocate for game developers in the past four-and-a-half years. Now, she is resigning her role...