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‘It’s Trash’: Glow Up Games CXO Latoya Peterson on the State of Diversity in Games

Latoya Peterson is tired of the games industry ignoring Black women, and now she's ready to do something about it. | Photo courtesy of Glow Up GamesThe video game industry is as prone to systemic oppression as any other. Developers of color, and perhaps particularly Black developers, face an uphill battle for employment, let alone creative expression. With this series of features, DBLTAP hopes to highlight the creations of Black developers working to tell their own stories through games in this monthly series. Check out our previous entries here.Issa Dee

Expeditions: Rome Announced by THQ Nordic for PC with First Trailers & Details

Today THQ Nordic and Logic Artists announced the development of a new game of the Expeditions series following Expeditions: Conquistador and Viking. It’s Expeditions: Rome. The game is in development for PC and will bring back the turn-based tactical RPG combat the series is known for. Alongside the announcement, we get the first cinematic trailer, the first gameplay trailer, and a few screenshots. [embedded content][embedded content]Here’s what you can expect from the game, directly from the announcement press release:“About Expeditions: RomeThe future of Rome is in your hands: what will

Come On Nintendo, It’s Time To Bring the Mother Series to the Switch

There’s a saying that goes, “The best time to plant a tree was 10 years ago; the second-best time is now.” Likewise, the best time to bring an Earthbound/Mother trilogy to a Nintendo console was 15 years ago; the second-best time is now.Yes, yes, I know what you’re thinking. The cry to localize Mother 3 is so overdone. Nintendo wants nothing to do with the Earthbound franchise anymore. Even Reggie Fils-Aime is sick of hearing about it. And as of this week, it’s been 15 years since this conversation began.

Twitch Hot Tub Streamer Gets Inappropriate Attire Ban for Bunny Outfit

by Jason Parker in General | Apr, 13th 2021 The Twitch streamer Supcaitlin got a ban for “inappropriate attire,” but it wasn’t for her hot tub streams but for a bunny outfit. Twitch is remarkably inconsistent in how they handle bans, if we’re honest. Hot tubs are the new “meta” with Twitch partners right now. Supcaitlin has regularly done them, but her ban doesn’t appear to be from that at all. Instead, she wore this bunny girl outfit. It was only a one-day ban, but it feels like a very strange ban to

Complete guide to romance and marriage in Stardew Valley

No matter what a player is looking for, Stardew Valley has it. Though the game’s foundation is built on farming, players can find fun in a wide variety of ways. Among that offering is the ability to build relationships with various NPCs, some of which can be romanced and even married by the player.But what does this require of the player? And should you even bother getting married in Stardew Valley? Here’s everything to know about romance in Stardew Valley. Who can I marry in Stardew Valley? There are 12

Esports Regulations Are Front and Center in Brazil

Since 2017, there has been a movement in Brazil to regulate esports in the country. After public pressure stopped a bill from passing on the federal level in 2019, new legislation with similar language is being pushed forward, and in many cases, being approved, through individual Brazilian state governments. This movement has been surrounded by polemic episodes and conflicting sides, which The Esports Observer discovered in researching this article and will expose as facts that might explain what is happening and what may become of this subject. Prior to this

Riot Games Reportedly Investigating TM Sentinel’s Nirbhaya Rape Reference

- Advertisement - Team Mahi’s owner Manoj ‘Sentinel’ Kashyap has made it to the headlines recently after making some extremely controversial remarks referencing the Nirbhaya incident during a live stream. When a viewer mentioned the name of Abhay ‘Xhade’ Urkude, who was recently banned from competitive Valorant for cheating, Kashyap said that anyone taking the name of Xhade any further in chat would receive a fate more horrendous than the Nirbhaya victim. Needless to say, the Indian Valorant community got furious at the Nirbhaya remarks of Sentinel and raised demands

Panel: Aletaha, Salvatore Say Future is Bright for Esports Industry

Esports industry executives Naz Aletaha (Riot Games head of global esports partnerships) and Kristen Salvatore (Cloud9 Senior Vice President of Marketing) weighed in on the “Future of Esports” on Wednesday in a webinar hosted by the University of Miami School of Education and Human Development in association with the school’s Sport Administration program. The panel discussion was moderated by David Higdon, Riot Games global head of communications, esports.  (Aletaha was recently named as an SBJ Forty Under 40 recipient and will be one of the featured speakers at SBJ’s Esports