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On the heels of winning the BAFTA Fellowship, Media Molecule’s Siobhan Reddy spoke to Gamesindustry.biz about her win, issues of diversity in the gaming industry, and the work culture Media Molecule strives to create.

Reddy is the first woman to win the BAFTA Fellowship, a prestigious accolade that recognizes “exceptional contribution to film, television or games.” Former awardees include Hideo Kojima, Tim Schafer, and Gabe Newell. Reddy was awarded for her “pioneering work on advocacy for diversity, inclusion, and creative and collaborative working culture.”

Viewing the BAFTA win as a sign of “real encouragement for all of us to care even more about inclusivity, diversity, and building a work culture that celebrates creativity,” Reddy spoke more in detail about what creating that work culture looks like.

For her, diversity doesn’t stop at getting people through the door; an environment that supports workers is just as key. In a quote to Gamesindustry.biz, Reddy commented, “The issues haven’t really gone away. We’re all making strides to bring in more diverse groups of people, we’re aiming to create studios that enable people to thrive within them–and that’s incredibly important.”

“It’s one thing saying, ‘Oh, we want to bring people in’ but it’s another thing having the setup so you can ensure people can thrive. That’s something I’m very passionate about, and I know a lot of other people are: enabling people to do their best work. The world is flawed. Sexism, racism, ableism–these things are all real, and as an industry we deal with them, too. I’m hopeful by the amount of people and studios trying to tackle big subjects… We’ve all got a lot of work to do, and it is work. It’s about making sure we find new ways to bring people into our industry.”

Regarding what type of environment Reddy aims to cultivate, she said: “If I think about what I’m trying to achieve with the culture, which I think we do a pretty good job of, it’s building a culture of belonging. That’s important because we’re an industry asking people to be creative, to do creative things. When people come in to collaborate with someone, there should be a sense of belonging, friendship and being in it together.”

Reddy’s interview also touched on the genre of creative gaming and how those games can bring in a new generation of developers. Media Molecule’s Dream is one of those creative toolkits that allows players to create their own games easily, producing fun and unexpected results. You can check out Dreams’ subreddit to check out what the community is making.

“The mission is to share that love of making with people so they can find their own passion and share that with people,” Reddy stated. “Maybe that goes on to a career–we’ve certainly hired a bunch of people from the LittleBigPlanet community and now from the Dreams community. As we progress throughout the years, we’ll be working more and more from the Dreams community.”

Reddy ended the interview on a humble note, noting that other people within the industry are working on the same issues. “I don’t feel like I’ve done nearly as much as other people, by the way,” she said. “I think there are plenty of people working a lot harder and more consistently on this than I have… I’ve been really privileged in my life and career in many different ways. So there’s been a journey of understanding privilege and what that means.”

Monster Hunter Rise launched alongside three new Amiibo figures, each of which unlocks a special set of layered armor in the game. Unlike the other armor you can craft through regular gameplay, layered armor is cosmetic–it doesn’t offer any stats of its own, but you can wear it over your current armor set to change up your look.

If you’ve gotten your hands on the new Monster Hunter Rise Amiibo, here’s a rundown on how to scan them in the game and claim their armor sets.

Monster Hunter Amiibo Armor

There are three Monster Hunter Rise Amiibo figures: the Magnamalo Amiibo, Palamute Amiibo, and Palico Amiibo. Each figure unlocks a set of Sinister Seal layered armor, all of which are themed after the game’s flagship monster, the Magnamalo (and look really cool).

The Magnamalo Amiibo unlocks a set of Sinister Seal layered armor for your hunter, while the Palamute and Palico Amiibo unlock similar sets for each respective buddy. You can take a look at each set of Sinister Seal layered armor below.

Magnamalo Amiibo Armor

Palamute Amiibo

Palico Amiibo

How To Scan Amiibo

Once you’ve gotten the Monster Hunter Rise Amiibo, you can scan them by speaking to Kagero the Merchant, whose stall is located right in the center of Kamura Village, right across from where Hinoa is stationed. Select Read Amiibo when you speak to Kagero and the game will prompt you to scan a figure. You can also speak to Maido in the Gathering Hub to scan your figures.

Select Claim Bonuses after you scanned the Monster Hunter Rise Amiibo and you’ll receive your Sinister Seal layered armor. The game is also compatible with any other Amiibo figure; scan one of these and you’ll be entered into the Amiibo Lottery, which simply rewards you with a random item, typically a consumable like a potion. You can only scan a figure once per day, but you can enter the Amiibo Lottery up to three times daily–so if you have spare Amiibo figures sitting around, this is a good way to get your hands on some free bonus items.

Keep in mind that you’ll need to have downloaded Monster Hunter Rise’s 1.1.1 update to claim the Amiibo items. Be sure to also check out our Monster Hunter Rise guides below if you’re just getting started in the game.

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A new promotional video for upcoming indie boxing game Esports Boxing Club shows that the game is very much trying to pick up the mantle of EA’s Fight Night series. The lengthy video demonstrates several of the game’s key aspects, including its fluid animations, detailed fight mechanics, and in-depth career mode.

Though the game is still in alpha, it certainly has the visual fidelity that fans of simulation boxing games like Fight Night have come to expect, with believable animations. In the video, various members of developer Steel City Interactive explain how they hope to bring additional layers of depth to the genre by including the ability to feint and giving certain stances the ability to automatically block certain punches.

Boxing fans have been ill-served by big video game studios in the past decade or so. The last game in the Fight Night series, Champion, came out in 2011, and we haven’t seen a major boxing game since then. The studio behind Fight Night, EA Canada, has transitioned to making the official UFC games in the intervening years. While Esports Boxing Club doesn’t yet have a release date, Steel City indicates that it will be released in Early Access on PC and consoles in the coming months.

Re-Logic’s action-adventure sandbox game Terraria is getting a massive update on PC that adds the ability for players to create, download, play, and share levels through Steam Workshop. The full patch notes for Update 1.4.2 are outlined below.

The Steam Workshop support in Terraria transforms the game into Mario Maker of sorts. Players can build their own game using a plethora of modifications, ranging from altering Terraria’s world to tweaking the in-game soundtrack. These features are not specific to Steam players, though the Workshop is only available on PC.

Any Terraria content created can be uploaded to Steam Workshop. This hub serves as a mod browser, where players can peruse what’s available to download. It’s located under the Community Hub on the Terraria page in your game library.

In addition to adding Steam Workshop support, developer Re-Logic dropped Update 1.4.2, which addresses an assortment of bugs. Some fixes include seeds not generating in identical worlds, character models not behaving properly, enemies spawning behind safe walls, and item tooltips only displaying the item’s name.

Terraria Update 1.4.2 Patch Notes

Other New Features

• Added Steam Workshop Integration to Terraria, allowing the downloading and sharing of World Files and Resource Packs.
• Expanded Resource Pack Functionality to include Language Replacement and Music Replacement.
• Added a button to the Research and Bestiary Menus that lets you delete all current search text.
• Enemy Banners now also give increased player protection against enemy projectiles (previously they only applied to contact damage).
• Added an option to change the name of characters and worlds.

Bugfix Changelog

• Fixed a recurring issue with Rolling Cacti spawning on Demon Altars and causing crashes.
• Fixed an issue where seeds would not always generate identical worlds, depending on how many worlds had been generated in that play session.
• Fixed an issue where some falling tiles would fall through platforms instead of landing on them.
• Fixed an issue where Paper Airplanes did not drop in the quantities that the Bestiary said they should be dropping at.
• Fixed an issue where falling coins were no longer able to land on top of other coins.
• Fixed an issue where Trap Doors would not properly sync in multiplayer, allowing enemies to move through them.
• Fixed an issue where sitting players wearing the Gi outfit would be in a “jumping” pose.
• Fixed an issue where spreading Moss would not always use the proper frame when on servers.
• Fixed an issue where Smooth Marble Blocks would merge with Echo Blocks.
• Fixed an issue where Ale Tosser did not properly receive Frostburn effects from Frost Armor.
• Fixed an issue where Smoke Blocks did not stay hammered between gameplay sessions.
• Fixed an issue where some Ocean enemies could spawn even behind safe walls.
• Twinkle Popper’s Twinkles no longer pick up money, as they would delete it forever during their explosion attack.
• Fixed an issue where Fossil Pickaxe, Tree Globe, and World Globe would fall through blocks forever when dropped.
• Fixed an issue where the Wall of Flesh can drop below the world’s boundary.
• Fixed an issue where Sergeant United Shield was accidentally showing accessory dyes under some specific circumstances, even though it is a weapon.
• Fixed an issue where Resonance Scepter and Life Drain could only knockback enemies to the right.
• Fixed an issue where High Velocity Bullets could sometimes hit particularly large targets twice (does not apply to multi-segment enemies, this should still allow multiple hits).
• Fixed an issue where Pupfish were sometimes spawning in the Ocean.
• Fixed an issue where Wand of Sparking’s projectile was using Melee damage modifiers, not Magic.
• Fixed a rare issue where the game could freeze if it was literally impossible to spawn a meteorite.
• Fixed an issue where Wasp Gun had a tooltip that just said “Wasp Gun.”
• Fixed an issue where players who died, or Hardcore player ghosts, would interfere with Player Logic Sensors.
• Fixed an issue where Star Cannon’s projectile could not land critical hits, and wouldn’t always receive proper stat bonuses from player equipment.
• Fixed an issue where Star Cannon’s projectile could not be fired through platforms.
• Fixed a certain duplication exploit.
• Fixed an issue where Spikes would not hurt the player from some angles at certain elevations.
• Fixed an issue where World Globe would skip some forest backgrounds.
• Fixed an issue where Amphibian Boots stacked with other Frog Leg variants, even though Frog Leg variants do not otherwise stack.