The University of Arizona history department has launched a new initiative in collaboration with Microsoft. Students will be able to earn credits by engaging with special content in Age of Empires IV.

Ubisoft is stepping up its educational partnership with non-profit program Digital Schoolhouse. The publisher is expanding its Discovery Tour, an educational platform allowing users to explore the historical settings of various Assassin’s Creed games.

Recontact Games co-founder Simay Dinc has started a special program for Turkish kids from small villages. It aims to teach them to code, create video games, and treat them as a form of interactive art.

CD Projekt has announced a new scholarship “Girls in the game!” (Dziewczyny w grze!), which is aimed at supporting female students and preparing them to work in the games industry.