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Featured December 29, 2020

2020 in video games: Spiders’ Jehanne Rousseau on open-world RPGs, indie and AA scene, and dialog with players

Joining us today for a quick but thoughtful recap of 2020 is Jehanne Rousseau, founder and CEO of French indie studio Spiders.

Industry News September 23, 2020

China’s industry rules on designing female characters: “It needs to give people an urge to masturbate”

Industry News December 23, 2019

2019 in video games: Spiders’ Jehanne Rousseau on GreedFall, Google Stadia, and AAA auteur games

It’s that time of year again. With Christmas and New Year’s just around the corner, we caught up with Jehanne Rousseau, CEO at French indie studio Spiders, to reflect on what 2019 meant for the company and its latest hit GreedFall.

Industry News June 17, 2019

Female representation low at E3

Among titles presented at E3, only 5% of games featured female protagonists. As far as E3 stage presenters are concerned, women accounted for 21%.

Marketing May 13, 2019

Almost Half of All Game Enthusiasts are Women

Over one billion game enthusiasts are women, according to Newzoo. That’s 46% of all players, game viewers and owners of the related tech across 30 key markets.

Industry News May 7, 2019

Over 150 Riot Workers Walk Out to Challenge Sexism and Forced Arbitration

Over 150 Riot Games employees held a walk-out at the company’s studio in Los Angeles. This came in response to the company’s forced arbitration policy.

Marketing April 29, 2019

Julia Lebedeva: “If everything falls apart without you, start working on your project management skills”

With just slightly over two weeks before the CEO Summit, we catch up with Julia Lebedeva. Julia is the head of the White Nights Conference organizing committee and VP Business Development at Nevosoft.