Recently, there's been a lot of talk about how little diversity is in the video game industry. “It can’t all be white males," Peter Moore recently stated. "As a result, I think that hiring managers at EA over the last couple of years have had a sharper focus on diversity. I know that my teams around the world have.”
Gamespresso's Sheldon Jones tries taking the "glass half-full" approach for the first time in his life and looks for signs, if any, of increasing video game developer diversity.
"Strictly Limited Games, in partnership with Skygoblin and BlitWorks SL, today announced with great excitement and delight that "The Journey Down Trilogy" will get an exclusive release with Limited Edition and Special Limited Edition for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 (pre-orders are available right now via Strictly Limited Games webshop). - Strictly Limited Games, Skygoblin, and BlitWorks SL.
The comic strip from the first African-Fantasy A-RPG "Aurion" has just been released as a fully colored volume, with no less than 220 pages and 10 chapters.
From the reviewer: "This is a game very clearly inspired by classic point & click titles such as Monkey Island, but does this quirky game hold up against an ever-changing, gaming World?"
When they mean 'sharper focus on diversity', do they mean quotas? Shouldn't businesses and other organisations for that matter, hire on merit rather than sex, race, or religion?