The Guardian highlights the impactful initiatives of the IGDA Foundation, an international 501c3 charity providing professional development programs for current and aspiring game developers from underrepresented backgrounds, during their presence at Gamescom. The IGDA Foundation started by funding trips for a select group to the annual Game Developers Conference in Read more…
Gamasutra’s Alissa McAloon spread the good word about the IGDA Foundation‘s Diverse Game Developers Fund launch along with valuable info about what it aims to do for the games industry. The IGDA Foundation, the charitable arm of the International Game Developers Association, has teamed up with Grant for the Web Read more…
GamesIndustry.biz named IGDA Foundation Executive Director Nika Nour as one of its “100 Game Changers of 2020.” Nour commented on her work with the foundation as part of the honor: “I joined the IGDA Foundation in 2019 to advance the careers, goals, and passions of underrepresented communities in games,” Nour says. “Too Read more…
Working together with the IGDA Foundation, Stride PR assisted the San Francisco Chronicle on a beautiful piece about the life and impact Jerry Lawson had on the tech industry. He’ll be forever honored by IGDA-F’s Jerry A. Lawson Award for Achievement in Game Development. Through his own research, he discovered Read more…
GamesBeat’s Dean Takahashi spoke to the newly-appointed International Game Developers Association (IGDA) Executive Director Renee Gittins and IGDA Foundation (IGDAF) Executive Director Nika Nour to discuss their appointments to their positions, how they plan on carrying out the IGDA’s mission of representing the needs of the developer community, and the IGDAF’s Read more…
Gamasutra shared IGDA’s biggest news of the year: Renee Gittinis has been named the organization’s new executive director and Nika Nour has been named the IGDA Foundation new executive director. After serving on the IGDA board for more than two years, Gittinis steps in to replace Jen MacLean following her departure in April. Nour steps Read more…
With recent gun control debates leading to placing blame on video games, Alessio Palumbo of WCCF Tech shared the IGDA‘s thoughts on the matter. The facts are very clear – no study has shown a causal relationship between playing video games and gun violence. The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) Read more…
Jordan Minor wrote on Geek.com about One Gamer Fund, a new initiative to help AbleGamers, Child’s Play, Games for Change, Global Game Jam, IGDA Foundation, Stack-Up, and Take This by giving gamers a way to easily donate to all of them. “You know what’s better than one video game charity?” Read more…