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Since last year, Guerrilla Games doubled the amount of Women employees
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Hopefully their next female main character has a little more personality than Alloy then lol
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Do you think you are being very clever with that post?
So they went from 2 to 4?
...was going to be my joke, but the picture ruined it.
Very good on you, GG!
...was going to be my joke, but the picture ruined it.
Very good on you, GG!
"Positive thread let me see what I can do to fix that"
I wonder if Horizon ZD made the company a more attractive option for women in development (as it demonstrated a company willing to make games that weren't just about [generic-white-dude]) or if there were concerted effort to recruit women.
My company has made really great strides in this area (50/50 hiring ratio), but I know effort has been made to reach out and make it clear we're an environment that welcomes and desires diversity.
My company has made really great strides in this area (50/50 hiring ratio), but I know effort has been made to reach out and make it clear we're an environment that welcomes and desires diversity.
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Good stuff. Good to see more and more women in the industry. Bring in different people with different experiences and we will have new and diverse ideas.
Indeed, but its should be something we should be working on.
Would have been great if it was a bit more diverse, that goes for all studios not just GG.
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Kudos to Xbox
Edit:
Kudos to Xbox
Guerilla is Dutch and Rockstar North is Scottish.
American studios are generally more diverse, but still not enough.
Keep in mind Guerilla's a dutch company so it pretty well represents the regional demographics (Netherlands is around 75% white iirc). Naughty Dog's another matter though.
Great to see this! It's hard not to correlate them releasing a new hit IP starring a female protagonist as a direct cause, but it's still progress. The gaming industry is still toxic in so many ways but the more women and minorities and just different kinds of people we have working in it the more normalized it will all become. Hopefully it will lead to more diverse and well-realized characters too.
Are there many tech-related industries that aren't majority white?
I've followed Guerrilla since basically the beginning (since they were still called Lost Boys Games and were developing Killzone 1 and Shellshock: 'Nam 67) and it's really great to see them turn into this progressive powerhouse in the industry who's able to give the middle finger to other publishers who claim female leads don't work and all that other horseshit. I can't wait to see all the games currently being developed, I hope they manage to grow to a two team studio, and most of all I can't wait for Horizon 2. Everything about HZD was brilliant and I'm so glad it was a big success for them.
that's awesome, kudos to guerrilla games.
hopefully this is a trend that continues everywhere in the industry. game development becoming less of a "boy's club" is good for everyone.
hopefully this is a trend that continues everywhere in the industry. game development becoming less of a "boy's club" is good for everyone.