Link Round-Up March #1
It’s definitely not spring yet, so get cosy and read some quality content
If you didn’t already know today is International Women’s Day, and what better day to learn about the NVF’s recent White Paper proposals — one of which is intent on tackling the current underrepresentation of women in the videogame industry. To find out more about the announcements, check out our article on the event.
There’s plenty more content on the internet this week and we present the best of it here for your perusal. As always, if you know of something vital which is missing from our list, let us know — your network, your rules.
News
The team at GamesIndustry.biz have rounded up all the events certain videogames firms are holding to celebrate International Women’s Day, with features from Zynga and PlayStation, amongst others.
The National Videogame Foundation merged with the British Games Institute a few weeks ago, big news for everyone involved and for the games industry as a whole. As a combined and unified hub of all things good for games, we hope to make waves in the coming months and years — check out this article in The Guardian on the merger.
Features
Battlefield 1 was released a long-time back now, but it seems relevant to mention the expansion ‘In the Name of the Tsar’ which went somewhat under the radar last September. The new DLC allows gamers to play as female soldiers in the Russian Army, as part of the Russian Civil War. It seems a shame that a bigger deal was not made about this expansion, but it’s promising that more women appear to be featuring in videogames.
Augmented reality has led to some fantastic advances in gaming, Pokemon Go being perhaps the most significant example in recent history. If you’re into something more active, you can now try out augmented climbing and trampolining. Both of these have been developed by Valo Motion to complement the exercises with technology which makes them even more fun! Check out their website and these videos.
Events
The Games Developers Conference in San Francisco is just around the corner (19th March), with talks on design, programming and business & marketing. This event is for anyone remotely interested in working in the games industry — if you have the time, inclination and money to get yourself there, you can still register to attend.
Check out the events going on at the arcade over the next month, it would be great to see you all at the NVA’s monthly quiz which takes place next Thursday (15th March) in the Toast Bar.
Opportunities
As always, you can become a patron of the NVA by donating to our cause on Patreon.
For vacancies in the videogames industry the best place to check is the GamesIndustry.biz job board, there are loads of opportunities arising every day in all areas of the gaming world.
