CCC Says: "During last week's Game Developer Conference, BioWare's Manveer Heir gave a rousing speech about inclusivity in video games, challenging his fellow developers to embrace diversity of all kinds and avoid falling back on harmful stereotypes. The standing ovation and otherwise highly positive reception to Heir's speech shows that the game development community has come a long way. I believe a lot of developers are interested in creating more heroes that aren't buzz-cut white guys who have to save the world and get the girl, all without displaying too much emotion lest they be seen as “unmanly.”
It's important in life to maintain a broad palette when it comes to culture and the arts. Hideo Kojima agrees, as he continues to use video games like Death Stranding to introduce people to music and other elements they might not otherwise discover.
Mojang has partnered with Merlin Entertainments to build the world's first Minecraft theme park in the UK.
A three-episode live-action adaptation of the first two Yakuza video games will debut Tuesday, March 17 exclusively IGN. Each episode is about an hour long and will stream on IGN.com and IGN’s YouTube channel.
