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Award-winning freelance writer & editor, managing editor at Edge working on @edgeknowledge.bsky.social That French girl formerly at GamesIndustry.biz and MCV 🌿 Level 15 Battle Master ⚔️ Baldurian 💀 She/her
This week we analyse Xbox's leadership shake-up but also talk to @nyamakop.co.za about the recent release of Africanfuturist heist game Relooted. Ben Myres tells us about its cultural impact and the challenges of making African-themed, African-inspired games. Sign up: bit.ly/knowledgenewsletter
The new edition of Edge, available next week, crowns the winners of 2025. In this week’s Knowledge, read a preview extract from Edge 419's full-blown eight-page interview with Sandfall Interactive about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's success. Sign up to read more on Friday: bit.ly/knowledgenewsletter
sophie why do we not have a shared playlist called 'songs to make a spreadsheet to'????? I think it would be very us.
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
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This is next week!! 👀 There’s still space so why don’t you join us for breakfast next Thursday in London? Our most excellent panelists will discuss survival strategies and all sorts. Sign up here bit.ly/knowledgelive k thx bye
Probably gonna go on about this repeatedly over the next few days so apologies but LOOK we have a cool banner now!! Our very first panel discussion is open to everyone who works in games, join us on November 20! 💫 bit.ly/knowledgelive 💫
We are hosting Knowledge Live with Citizen Sleeper's Gareth Damian Martin, Hannah Flynn of Failbetter and more special guests in London on the morning of November 20, ahead of this year's Golden Joystick Awards. If you work in the game industry, apply for a free ticket here: bit.ly/knowledgelive
I'm going to be hosting @edgeknowledge.bsky.social's first live panel discussion in London on November 20, featuring @newjorg.bsky.social, @itshannahflynn.bsky.social, @jumpovertheage.com and Agostino Simonetta. Sign up here (for free): docs.google.com/forms/d/1EQ7...
Come and get the Knowledge
It's hosted by @patlike.bsky.social and you can hear from cool people including @jumpovertheage.com, @itshannahflynn.bsky.social, @newjorg.bsky.social and more!! Breakfast is on us cause we're not mean
Join us in London for a cool panel on November 20 before you get partying at the awards 💫 tinyurl.com/2umcuzwn
Been waiting for Consume Me since discovering it at the V&A in 2018 and it was an absolute pleasure to talk to AP and Jenny about it finally releasing 🙌 Play Consume Me, 💫 it's very good 💫
The Play for Peace: Games for Palestine charity bundle is now live! Nearly 400 games from creators all around the world, with proceeds going directly to Gaza relief efforts.
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We made a launch trailer to celebrate this moment👇 Please RT.
It was such a lovely time chatting to you 💜 Thanks again for sharing your thoughts about all things narrative with me!
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IT WAS DIFFICULT SOPHIE!! the curse of B2B - forever having to restrain 😭
I had a lovely chat with Wizards of the Coast's president yesterday where I *almost* managed to stay professional and not nerd out about D&D and Baldur's Gate. So as I reward you should all read it when it comes out on Friday pls and thank you
Wizards of the Coast just hired 15 staff formerly at Cliffhanger Games, including veteran Michael De Plater. We've chatted to WotC president John Hight about its ambitious plans for digital gaming, and you can read all about it in Friday's issue. Sign up here: bit.ly/knowledgenewsletter
In the four years I've been at IGN I've watched its staff shrink and shrink, all while those who remain are asked to do more and more. I see colleagues skip lunch, stay late day after day, and burn out.
IGN staff are passionate and love their work. But we can't keep letting that be exploited.
The biggest shoutout to Alan (@damisanthrope.bsky.social) for covering Gamescom for Knowledge 🙌 Sign up below if you want to get a feel for the show and how it reflects what the industry is going through, plus hear from @playstack.com CEO Harvey Elliott about life after Balatro (and much much more!)
This week, we talk to Kippie about getting more girls into STEM, and the non-profit's work teaching kids from underrepresented backgrounds how to code and make games. Sign up to get it straight in your inbox on Friday at 2pm BST: bit.ly/knowledgenewsletter
Thank you so much Malindy 💜
BAFTA member babyyy 💅 joke aside: I'm very proud, it feels very meaningful and, if you had told me in 2015 when I arrived in the UK that this would happen, I wouldn't have believed it. Will this be enough to fight impostor syndrome? I can't wait to find out! (thanks @baftagames.bsky.social!)
Danny DeVito offers you a wee Rach in this trying time
Right, so not really sure how to say this but I’ve sadly been made redundant from Neonhive / CULT. I’m currently open to new working opportunities. I’ve got a few freelance gigs lined up for July, but if anyone knows any games PR, Brand, or marketing roles going, I would love to hear about them!
If you missed last week's issue, Patrick Garratt reflected on six months and 15 issues of Knowledge. He ponders over the various types of fish in the videogame media pond, ways the industry has evolved and how, ultimately, the more things change, the more they stay the same:
As the dust settles on the Switch 2 launch, how did it go down in its homeland? David McCarthy reports from Japan and explains how, without breaking a sweat, Nintendo delivered Switch 2 launch fever. Read all about in this week's Knowledge issue, out Friday. Sign up here: bit.ly/knowledgenewsletter
Packed issue this week, if I should say so myself 🙌
In this week’s issue, we talk to Ubisoft’s creative director Fawzi Mesmar about creativity, how the rise of gen AI challenges creators to go beyond inevitable ideas, the state of triple-A, and more. Sign up to get it in your inbox on Friday: bit.ly/knowledgenewsletter
