Investing in Volunteers: How Monolith Gaming’s Upskill Training Programmes Build Stronger Communities Volunteers are the foundation of many successful community organisations, and at Monolith Gaming, they play a vital role in everything we do. From supporting events and engaging with community members to helping deliver projects and initiatives, our volunteers
The future of Xbox is beginning to take shape, and Microsoft’s new gaming chief isn’t pretending the road ahead will be easy. During an interview with BBC News at Gamescom 2026, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma spoke candidly about the current health of the brand, the challenges facing the gaming industry,
If you were online in 1996, you remember the sound: the electronic screech of a 28.8k dial-up modem fighting for life, followed by the quiet triumph of connecting to IRC or an unencrypted Battle.net channel. Back then, gathering a squad meant coordinating phone calls, waiting for Mom to get off
There was a time when making a game with production values matching major studios required tens of millions of dollars, bespoke proprietary engines, and a team of hundreds of developers. That era is officially over. Today, the gap between a massive AA studio and a core team of three working
We’ve all seen it happen. Someone joins a Discord server, a Reddit community, or an esports league just looking for a group to hang out with. Six months later, they’re coordinating 300-player tournaments, managing a team of twenty moderators across three time zones, and handling live crisis communication when a
There’s a legendary moment in game development when a project leaves the sanitized isolation of internal Quality Assurance and enters the wild: the community playtest. Whether it’s a localised studio showcase, an exclusive partner event, or a sweeping Early Access playtest build, throwing real players into an unfinished game is
Have Games or People Changed? Why Gamers Don’t Stick to One Game Anymore For years, gamers proudly identified with one main game. Whether it was RuneScape, Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, FIFA, or Diablo, players built friendships, routines, and entire communities around a single title. Today, that loyalty is
Leveling Up from Within: Why Volunteer Training is the Backbone of Monolith Gaming Since 1996, Monolith Gaming has grown from its roots as Battle Net Revolution into a cross-platform, multi-game community built to last. For nearly three decades, one principle has remained constant: a gaming community is only as strong
There was a time when video gaming carried a persistent, unfair stereotype. The prevailing image was a solitary hobbyist tucked away in a dimly lit bedroom, eyes glued to a cathode-ray tube screen, completely cut off from the outside world. It was viewed as a fundamentally isolating experience—a digital island
In the past decade, esports has evolved from niche tournaments into a global phenomenon known as the rise of esports. What was once a hobby shared among small groups of passionate gamers has transformed into a structured, competitive industry that rivals traditional sports in both viewership, organization, and engagement. The
