Stevie Ward
@steviesg.bsky.social
🖥️ Community Developer at PC Gamer
🎤 Viva! Games Marketing Seminar
💛 SpecialEffect Ambassador
🧐 Famous Neurodivergent
🌈 She/Her Poly/Pan
🎤 Viva! Games Marketing Seminar
💛 SpecialEffect Ambassador
🧐 Famous Neurodivergent
🌈 She/Her Poly/Pan
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Stevie Ward
@steviesg.bsky.social
· Oct 18
I'm Stevie Ward, CM over at PC Gamer and hotdesker at What Culture.
I've worked on GamesMaster, EVE Online, Guitar Hero Live, EVE: Valkyrie, SWTOR, Insomnia Gaming Festival, SpecialEffect and I present, podcast, do voiceover and host events. 💛
linkedin.com/in/stevieward/
I've worked on GamesMaster, EVE Online, Guitar Hero Live, EVE: Valkyrie, SWTOR, Insomnia Gaming Festival, SpecialEffect and I present, podcast, do voiceover and host events. 💛
linkedin.com/in/stevieward/
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Can you spare a second to vote for us in the @riotgames.com 2025 Charity Voting Campaign? Over the years we’ve loved helping physically disabled gamers to access games like League of Legends and Valorant, and your vote could help us transform many more lives!
Vote here: charityvote.riotgames.com
Vote here: charityvote.riotgames.com
Riot Games Social Impact Fund Vote 2025: Choose Your Charity
The Riot Games Social Impact Fund is giving away more than $5 million to nonprofit organizations in 2025. Vote to help decide which receives top funding from the prize pool.
charityvote.riotgames.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Can you spare a second to vote for us in the @riotgames.com 2025 Charity Voting Campaign? Over the years we’ve loved helping physically disabled gamers to access games like League of Legends and Valorant, and your vote could help us transform many more lives!
Vote here: charityvote.riotgames.com
Vote here: charityvote.riotgames.com
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Chatting with Future Class inductees for my latest at @theguardian.com. They paint a pretty clear picture of the perils of performative allyship.
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
“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
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Chatting with Future Class inductees for my latest at @theguardian.com. They paint a pretty clear picture of the perils of performative allyship.
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
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I'm doing some news shifts over the next three days at PC Gamer. If anyone has any interesting stories, feel free to reach out!
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I'm doing some news shifts over the next three days at PC Gamer. If anyone has any interesting stories, feel free to reach out!
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Don't think it ever stops being a really cool feeling to see something you've set up appear in physical print in shops. Thanks again to EDGE magazines Ed for the Hell Let Loose Vietnam interview 😊
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Don't think it ever stops being a really cool feeling to see something you've set up appear in physical print in shops. Thanks again to EDGE magazines Ed for the Hell Let Loose Vietnam interview 😊
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This should be reported alongside any coverage of the GTA 6 delay
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
UK union accuses GTA maker Rockstar Games of firing employees attempting to organise
According to The Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain, the developer fired more than 30 staff last week for being members of a union-affiliated Discord channel
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
This should be reported alongside any coverage of the GTA 6 delay
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
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Lovely to see PC Gamer covering Tavern Keeper. Big thanks @chrislivingston.bsky.social www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/ev...
Even in early access, Tavern Keeper already feels like the fantasy pub sim of my dreams
It's been in development for over a decade, and all that hard work really shows.
www.pcgamer.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Lovely to see PC Gamer covering Tavern Keeper. Big thanks @chrislivingston.bsky.social www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/ev...
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As @specialeffect.org.uk's community manager, I'd love to meet more creators who are interested in the following:
- Supporting charity
- Accessbility and inclusion
- Gaming
- Supporting marginalised communities
- Disability and chronic illness
- Community and friendship
Drop links below!
- Supporting charity
- Accessbility and inclusion
- Gaming
- Supporting marginalised communities
- Disability and chronic illness
- Community and friendship
Drop links below!
two men in armor are shaking hands in front of a blue background
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media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
As @specialeffect.org.uk's community manager, I'd love to meet more creators who are interested in the following:
- Supporting charity
- Accessbility and inclusion
- Gaming
- Supporting marginalised communities
- Disability and chronic illness
- Community and friendship
Drop links below!
- Supporting charity
- Accessbility and inclusion
- Gaming
- Supporting marginalised communities
- Disability and chronic illness
- Community and friendship
Drop links below!
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The entirety of my baseball knowledge comes from that one episode of DS9.
November 2, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The entirety of my baseball knowledge comes from that one episode of DS9.
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Fallout: New Vegas 15th Anniversary Bundle revealed for PC - including a collector's box, statue, and more, available to pre-order now.
(Bethesda blog post)
(Bethesda blog post)
October 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Fallout: New Vegas 15th Anniversary Bundle revealed for PC - including a collector's box, statue, and more, available to pre-order now.
(Bethesda blog post)
(Bethesda blog post)
October 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Is @irnbru.bsky.social basically nonalcohol aperol spritz? 😱 Have I been fancy all this time?!
October 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Is @irnbru.bsky.social basically nonalcohol aperol spritz? 😱 Have I been fancy all this time?!
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I can't wait for VIVA! IP & Licensing on Thursday! Tickets are now limited, get yourself along for some insightful panels and valued networking - www.eventbrite.com/e/1354505184...
VIVA! Games IP & Licensing / Games Licensing Awards
A new addition to the VIVA! Series, where we will do a deep dive on all things IP and Licensing + new awards event , Games Licensing Awards!
www.eventbrite.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I can't wait for VIVA! IP & Licensing on Thursday! Tickets are now limited, get yourself along for some insightful panels and valued networking - www.eventbrite.com/e/1354505184...
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Phenomenal write-up of Palestinian Voices in Games by @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social. Still very proud to be supporting the initiative, and happy to see attention for it. If you want to help out, check out the link via the article!
www.rockpapershotgun.com/creators-of-...
www.rockpapershotgun.com/creators-of-...
Creators of Reigns, Streets of Rage and Saturnalia launch Palestinian Voices in Gaming to support indies from Gaza and the West Bank
Several prominent indie game studios have launched a support network for Palestinian projects such as Being 2, RiYafa, Pomegranates and Dreams on a Pillow.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Phenomenal write-up of Palestinian Voices in Games by @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social. Still very proud to be supporting the initiative, and happy to see attention for it. If you want to help out, check out the link via the article!
www.rockpapershotgun.com/creators-of-...
www.rockpapershotgun.com/creators-of-...
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I can't imagine the person who invented fitted sheets had a pure heart
September 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I can't imagine the person who invented fitted sheets had a pure heart
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Join us for the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct on September 28 when we will bring you a brand-new trailer for hack ’n’ slash, shapeshifting action roguelite Morbid Metal published by Ubisoft and developed by @screen-juice.com ⚔️⚔️
September 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Join us for the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct on September 28 when we will bring you a brand-new trailer for hack ’n’ slash, shapeshifting action roguelite Morbid Metal published by Ubisoft and developed by @screen-juice.com ⚔️⚔️
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Hello! I’m WIRED’s senior politics editor, and it’s hard to put into words what it’s been like in our newsroom this year. I am so in awe of my colleagues here, and so grateful to wake up every day to get you, our lovely readers, the news. If you’ve haven’t already, subscribe!! Help us keep it going.
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July 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Hello! I’m WIRED’s senior politics editor, and it’s hard to put into words what it’s been like in our newsroom this year. I am so in awe of my colleagues here, and so grateful to wake up every day to get you, our lovely readers, the news. If you’ve haven’t already, subscribe!! Help us keep it going.
The Newcastle One Special Day for SpecialEffect charity party at Four Quarters Arcade is going to be back in October! If you or your company is interested in sponsoring the event, donating raffle prizes, or helping get the word out there to student unions and studios - we're looking for you. :)
July 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The Newcastle One Special Day for SpecialEffect charity party at Four Quarters Arcade is going to be back in October! If you or your company is interested in sponsoring the event, donating raffle prizes, or helping get the word out there to student unions and studios - we're looking for you. :)
Stray Kids tiiiiiiime!!!!
July 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Stray Kids tiiiiiiime!!!!
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my Mastering Community Management book comes out tmrw, and I wanted to highlight the dedication in it to my parents! (The Vietnamese translates to "I love you a lot".)
I wrote a lot of things for them as a kid - government forms, notes, work requests - and I know my comms has been shaped by that. ❤️
I wrote a lot of things for them as a kid - government forms, notes, work requests - and I know my comms has been shaped by that. ❤️
July 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
my Mastering Community Management book comes out tmrw, and I wanted to highlight the dedication in it to my parents! (The Vietnamese translates to "I love you a lot".)
I wrote a lot of things for them as a kid - government forms, notes, work requests - and I know my comms has been shaped by that. ❤️
I wrote a lot of things for them as a kid - government forms, notes, work requests - and I know my comms has been shaped by that. ❤️
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bro they're playing your leitmotif pizzicato. there's a slow clarinet lurking beneath it. you better not be about to betray me right now i swear to god bro
September 9, 2024 at 10:35 PM
bro they're playing your leitmotif pizzicato. there's a slow clarinet lurking beneath it. you better not be about to betray me right now i swear to god bro
I’m seeing Stray Kids this weekend 🥹
two young men are posing for a picture and one of them is making a peace sign
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July 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I’m seeing Stray Kids this weekend 🥹
For all you games quiz needs!
The Final Countdown Show is open for bookings.
Reasonable rates, free haribo, no games knowledge required. 🤪
The Final Countdown Show is open for bookings.
Reasonable rates, free haribo, no games knowledge required. 🤪
July 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
For all you games quiz needs!
The Final Countdown Show is open for bookings.
Reasonable rates, free haribo, no games knowledge required. 🤪
The Final Countdown Show is open for bookings.
Reasonable rates, free haribo, no games knowledge required. 🤪