{"id":20807,"date":"2025-11-11T13:37:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T12:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/11\/we-were-effectively-props-young-stars-of-game-development-feel-let-down-by-the-gaming-oscars\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T13:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T12:37:15","slug":"we-were-effectively-props-young-stars-of-game-development-feel-let-down-by-the-gaming-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/11\/we-were-effectively-props-young-stars-of-game-development-feel-let-down-by-the-gaming-oscars\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We were effectively props\u2019: young stars of game development feel let down by the \u2018gaming Oscars\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry\u2019s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and a lack of support from the beginning<\/p>\n<p>Video games have long struggled with diversification and inclusivity, so it was no surprise when the Game Awards host and producer Geoff Keighley announced the Future Class programme in 2020. Its purpose was to highlight a cohort of individuals working in video games as the \u201cbright, bold and inclusive future\u201d of the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the widespread reach of the annual Keighley-led show, which saw an estimated 154m livestreams last year, Future Class felt like a genuine effort. Inductees were invited to attend the illustrious December ceremony, billed as \u201cgaming\u2019s Oscars\u201d, featured on the official Game Awards website, and promised networking opportunities and career advancement advice. However, the programme reportedly struggled from the start. Over the last couple of years, support waned. Now, it appears the Game Awards Future Class has been wholly abandoned.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2025\/nov\/11\/future-class-gamings-oscars-game-awards\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/60130bc79854c722e806589ef076715a7190c146\/1686_1165_2747_2198\/master\/2747.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=79e359f75723194caa6a3ae5c6c98088\" title=\"\u2018We were effectively props\u2019: young stars of game development feel let down by the \u2018gaming Oscars\u2019\" \/>Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry\u2019s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and a lack of support from the beginning<br \/>\nVideo games have long struggled with diversification and inclusivity, so it was no surprise when the Game Awards host and producer Geoff Keighley announced the Future Class programme in 2020. Its purpose was to highlight a cohort of individuals working in video games as the \u201cbright, bold and inclusive future\u201d of the industry.<br \/>\nConsidering the widespread reach of the annual Keighley-led show, which saw an estimated 154m livestreams last year, Future Class felt like a genuine effort. Inductees were invited to attend the illustrious December ceremony, billed as \u201cgaming\u2019s Oscars\u201d, featured on the official Game Awards website, and promised networking opportunities and career advancement advice. However, the programme reportedly struggled from the start. Over the last couple of years, support waned. Now, it appears the Game Awards Future Class has been wholly abandoned. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry\u2019s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and a lack of support from the beginning Video games have long struggled with diversification and inclusivity, so it was no surprise when the Game Awards &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/11\/we-were-effectively-props-young-stars-of-game-development-feel-let-down-by-the-gaming-oscars\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018We were effectively props\u2019: young stars of game development feel let down by the \u2018gaming Oscars\u2019<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20807"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}