At PAX East 2025, I had the chance to sit down with Karen Morrison and Shannon Loftis from the IGDA Foundation—a global nonprofit dedicated to supporting underrepresented and marginalized developers, as well as anyone interested in breaking into the gaming industry. The IGDA Foundation provides free mentorships, professional development programs, and career opportunities, helping newcomers get their start while also guiding seasoned pros looking to grow into leadership roles. Their mission is simple but powerful: to build a more diverse, inclusive, and accessible games industry where everyone has the chance to thrive. Learn more: https://www.igdafoundation.org
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At PAX East 2025, we caught up with Elaine Gómez—President of Latinx in Gaming, a nonprofit dedicated to uplifting Latine voices across the games industry. With a background in both AAA and indie development, and experience teaching game design at Rutgers University, Elaine brings a powerful perspective on representation, creativity, and community. Here’s what she had to say about the future of inclusive game development and the mission behind Latinx in Gaming. “To learn more about Latinx in Gaming, head over to their official website.
10 Chambers, the Stockholm-based studio known for the intense co-op horror shooter GTFO and the upcoming sci-fi heist game Den of Wolves, is taking transparency in game development to a whole new level. The team has just dropped a teaser for DO THE GAME—a brutally honest docu-reality series that offers a front-row seat to one of the most intense creative journeys in gaming history. DO THE GAME isn’t your average developer diary. This is raw, unscripted, and deeply personal. The series follows the ups and downs of ten close friends-turned-creators as they dive headfirst into developing Den of Wolves, a…
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