Malek Teffaha (مالك)
@malekawt.bsky.social
Love to socialize, especially with cats.
Senior Manager - Global Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility @Ubisoft!
Game Awards Future Class '22.
عربي لبناني فلسطيني، مشارك آراء.
Lebanese Palestinian queer Arab.
🇱🇧🇵🇸🏳️🌈
He/Him/هو
Senior Manager - Global Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility @Ubisoft!
Game Awards Future Class '22.
عربي لبناني فلسطيني، مشارك آراء.
Lebanese Palestinian queer Arab.
🇱🇧🇵🇸🏳️🌈
He/Him/هو
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#GameDev intro:
Malek (he/him). Queer Lebanese Palestinian game industry vet of 11+ years, in Paris.
Work at Ubisoft in D&I, with experience in comms, localization, CM, socials... Assisted in a ton of Arabic game support, and recently with cultural elements on AC Mirage.
Portfolio glimpse below:
Malek (he/him). Queer Lebanese Palestinian game industry vet of 11+ years, in Paris.
Work at Ubisoft in D&I, with experience in comms, localization, CM, socials... Assisted in a ton of Arabic game support, and recently with cultural elements on AC Mirage.
Portfolio glimpse below:
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We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal.
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
KO_OP Game Reveal & Presentation
YouTube video by KO_OP
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal.
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
So freaking proud!
Never imagined that I'd get to a part of such a tremendous journey let alone one that is played by 10 million freaking people.
And to think back to that naming brainstorming meeting, 3 years ago, where I suggested the subtitle Mirage, thinking it would go nowhere.
Dream big!
Never imagined that I'd get to a part of such a tremendous journey let alone one that is played by 10 million freaking people.
And to think back to that naming brainstorming meeting, 3 years ago, where I suggested the subtitle Mirage, thinking it would go nowhere.
Dream big!
10 MILLION PLAYERS FOR AC MIRAGE!
We’re thrilled to celebrate this incredible milestone alongside the launch of the Free Valley of Memory update this week.
Thank you for being part of the journey. 🎉
We’re thrilled to celebrate this incredible milestone alongside the launch of the Free Valley of Memory update this week.
Thank you for being part of the journey. 🎉
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
So freaking proud!
Never imagined that I'd get to a part of such a tremendous journey let alone one that is played by 10 million freaking people.
And to think back to that naming brainstorming meeting, 3 years ago, where I suggested the subtitle Mirage, thinking it would go nowhere.
Dream big!
Never imagined that I'd get to a part of such a tremendous journey let alone one that is played by 10 million freaking people.
And to think back to that naming brainstorming meeting, 3 years ago, where I suggested the subtitle Mirage, thinking it would go nowhere.
Dream big!
Back to business as usual.
Rollercoaster of a week especially for armchair analysts.
Rollercoaster of a week especially for armchair analysts.
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Back to business as usual.
Rollercoaster of a week especially for armchair analysts.
Rollercoaster of a week especially for armchair analysts.
I freaking love Hard Drive
You mean purging all data relating to a group of developers from marginalized and underrepresented communities doesn’t make your website load faster?
November 19, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I freaking love Hard Drive
The free AC Mirage expansion, Valley of Memory, is out today.
Super proud of the partnership between the DIASI and the Bordeaux and Paris teams.
It brings six hours of new content and a first incredible look at ancient AlUla.
Update Mirage to continue Basim’s story, fully playable in Arabic.
Super proud of the partnership between the DIASI and the Bordeaux and Paris teams.
It brings six hours of new content and a first incredible look at ancient AlUla.
Update Mirage to continue Basim’s story, fully playable in Arabic.
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The free AC Mirage expansion, Valley of Memory, is out today.
Super proud of the partnership between the DIASI and the Bordeaux and Paris teams.
It brings six hours of new content and a first incredible look at ancient AlUla.
Update Mirage to continue Basim’s story, fully playable in Arabic.
Super proud of the partnership between the DIASI and the Bordeaux and Paris teams.
It brings six hours of new content and a first incredible look at ancient AlUla.
Update Mirage to continue Basim’s story, fully playable in Arabic.
I
Am
So
Freaking
Ready!!!
They look absolutely on point and with the music overplayed in the Nintendo Today app my goosebumps got goosebumps.
Am
So
Freaking
Ready!!!
They look absolutely on point and with the music overplayed in the Nintendo Today app my goosebumps got goosebumps.
First photos of Link and Zelda in The Legend of Zelda live-action movie released www.vooks.net/first-photos...
November 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I
Am
So
Freaking
Ready!!!
They look absolutely on point and with the music overplayed in the Nintendo Today app my goosebumps got goosebumps.
Am
So
Freaking
Ready!!!
They look absolutely on point and with the music overplayed in the Nintendo Today app my goosebumps got goosebumps.
This week online has been rough. Seeing people cheer for a studio to crash and burn like there are not real humans behind the work hits hard. Even imperfect games come from people giving everything they have.
Hard to disconnect when your work depends on keeping up with the news.
Hard to disconnect when your work depends on keeping up with the news.
November 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This week online has been rough. Seeing people cheer for a studio to crash and burn like there are not real humans behind the work hits hard. Even imperfect games come from people giving everything they have.
Hard to disconnect when your work depends on keeping up with the news.
Hard to disconnect when your work depends on keeping up with the news.
I need to give up on the thought that I'll have a year where I don't have to fork out on gaming hardware.
The machine and controller look enticing as heck, and address my main gripe with the Deck, in that the experience doesn't scale well on TV.
Cannot freaking wait. 🔥🤘🏼
The machine and controller look enticing as heck, and address my main gripe with the Deck, in that the experience doesn't scale well on TV.
Cannot freaking wait. 🔥🤘🏼
Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026:
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Hardware
The Steam Hardware family officially expands in early 2026.
steampowered.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I need to give up on the thought that I'll have a year where I don't have to fork out on gaming hardware.
The machine and controller look enticing as heck, and address my main gripe with the Deck, in that the experience doesn't scale well on TV.
Cannot freaking wait. 🔥🤘🏼
The machine and controller look enticing as heck, and address my main gripe with the Deck, in that the experience doesn't scale well on TV.
Cannot freaking wait. 🔥🤘🏼
This looks... ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!
Legit got goosebumps and it looks to be a galactic step up from the first one.
Also, Captain Marvel as Rosalina... I see what you did there Nintendo and Illumination 🤩
Legit got goosebumps and it looks to be a galactic step up from the first one.
Also, Captain Marvel as Rosalina... I see what you did there Nintendo and Illumination 🤩
November 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This looks... ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!
Legit got goosebumps and it looks to be a galactic step up from the first one.
Also, Captain Marvel as Rosalina... I see what you did there Nintendo and Illumination 🤩
Legit got goosebumps and it looks to be a galactic step up from the first one.
Also, Captain Marvel as Rosalina... I see what you did there Nintendo and Illumination 🤩
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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!
2 years ago today, I pushed past my fear of the gym and gave it a try. I didn’t expect how much it would change me. The physical progress is great, but the mental shift has been just as big. Looking back at the photos feels surreal.
My posture and expression say it all. So freaking proud!
My posture and expression say it all. So freaking proud!
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
2 years ago today, I pushed past my fear of the gym and gave it a try. I didn’t expect how much it would change me. The physical progress is great, but the mental shift has been just as big. Looking back at the photos feels surreal.
My posture and expression say it all. So freaking proud!
My posture and expression say it all. So freaking proud!
No matter the woes and the issues, one thing I'm thankful for with #TheGameAwards #FutureClass is that it has genuinely connected me to some of the best and most caring individuals from within the industry.
The kind of people that keep you going in the darkest of times.
The kind of people that keep you going in the darkest of times.
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
No matter the woes and the issues, one thing I'm thankful for with #TheGameAwards #FutureClass is that it has genuinely connected me to some of the best and most caring individuals from within the industry.
The kind of people that keep you going in the darkest of times.
The kind of people that keep you going in the darkest of times.
Listen closely as every publisher rushes to change their release schedules yet again...
This release will be a monumental one. Wishing the teams at Rockstar all the best in the road to launch 💜🤘🏼
This release will be a monumental one. Wishing the teams at Rockstar all the best in the road to launch 💜🤘🏼
Grand Theft Auto VI delayed to Nov 19, 2026 www.rockstargames.com/newswire/art...
November 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Listen closely as every publisher rushes to change their release schedules yet again...
This release will be a monumental one. Wishing the teams at Rockstar all the best in the road to launch 💜🤘🏼
This release will be a monumental one. Wishing the teams at Rockstar all the best in the road to launch 💜🤘🏼
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What I found hilarious was getting the honor of being future class and then told we couldnt walk the red carpet. What was the nail in the head for me was being put in a corner a few years ago behind the camera and then made to feel like we should be thankful for even being in the room.
EXCLUSIVE on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: not only has The Game Awards not nominated a Future Class for 2025, it's told alumni it "does not have any active programming plans" for the award.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Game Awards' Future Class program remains on ice
Future Class organizer Emily Weir has informed past honorees that The Game Awards has no active plans for the program.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
What I found hilarious was getting the honor of being future class and then told we couldnt walk the red carpet. What was the nail in the head for me was being put in a corner a few years ago behind the camera and then made to feel like we should be thankful for even being in the room.
I genuinely cannot describe the disappointment in seeing how much the program has grinded to a halt and fizzled out.
The only silver lining has been the classmates and alumni I met along the way, who have been nothing short of incredible.
The only silver lining has been the classmates and alumni I met along the way, who have been nothing short of incredible.
The Game Awards' Future Class program remains on ice
The Game Awards' Future Class program remains on ice
Has Geoff Keighley made Future Class a thing of the past?
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I genuinely cannot describe the disappointment in seeing how much the program has grinded to a halt and fizzled out.
The only silver lining has been the classmates and alumni I met along the way, who have been nothing short of incredible.
The only silver lining has been the classmates and alumni I met along the way, who have been nothing short of incredible.
My favorite part of playing #ClairObscurExpedition33 is me and my partner going, "OMG IS THAT FUTURE GUSTAVE?!" whenever a new male character is introduced on screen.
Why do all men Gustave in Lumiere?
Why do all men Gustave in Lumiere?
November 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My favorite part of playing #ClairObscurExpedition33 is me and my partner going, "OMG IS THAT FUTURE GUSTAVE?!" whenever a new male character is introduced on screen.
Why do all men Gustave in Lumiere?
Why do all men Gustave in Lumiere?
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Is this what hope feels like?
I have nothing to do with NYC but I feel like this win has everything to do with me and people like me.
Against all odds and billions of dollars spent against him and his campaign, Mayor Zohran Mamdani did it.
Fuck this feels good.
I have nothing to do with NYC but I feel like this win has everything to do with me and people like me.
Against all odds and billions of dollars spent against him and his campaign, Mayor Zohran Mamdani did it.
Fuck this feels good.
November 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Is this what hope feels like?
I have nothing to do with NYC but I feel like this win has everything to do with me and people like me.
Against all odds and billions of dollars spent against him and his campaign, Mayor Zohran Mamdani did it.
Fuck this feels good.
I have nothing to do with NYC but I feel like this win has everything to do with me and people like me.
Against all odds and billions of dollars spent against him and his campaign, Mayor Zohran Mamdani did it.
Fuck this feels good.
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The past few weeks have really shown how normalized and non-taboo racism and phobias (Particularly Islamophobia) have become on other social platforms.
Truly some disgusting takes, slogans, and "campaigns".
Truly some disgusting takes, slogans, and "campaigns".
November 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The past few weeks have really shown how normalized and non-taboo racism and phobias (Particularly Islamophobia) have become on other social platforms.
Truly some disgusting takes, slogans, and "campaigns".
Truly some disgusting takes, slogans, and "campaigns".
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أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك
November 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك
Been wanting to do it for a while, and so happy it worked out, but tonight I'm proud to be an Air Bender!
Sorry kept y'all waiting 100 years but the Avatar is back!
#Halloween #AvatarTheLastAirbender #Aang
Sorry kept y'all waiting 100 years but the Avatar is back!
#Halloween #AvatarTheLastAirbender #Aang
October 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Been wanting to do it for a while, and so happy it worked out, but tonight I'm proud to be an Air Bender!
Sorry kept y'all waiting 100 years but the Avatar is back!
#Halloween #AvatarTheLastAirbender #Aang
Sorry kept y'all waiting 100 years but the Avatar is back!
#Halloween #AvatarTheLastAirbender #Aang
Never ever expected to see the words "Halo on PlayStation" but here we are.
Gonna be so surreal to fire it up with the XO[]/\ HUD but it's gonna be played for the first time by a whole new crowd.
Looking forward!
Gonna be so surreal to fire it up with the XO[]/\ HUD but it's gonna be played for the first time by a whole new crowd.
Looking forward!
Halo: Campaign Evolved is a full remake of Halo: Combat Evolved's story with new missions, content, and features. It will also be the first Halo game to come to PlayStation in addition to Xbox and PC. Read our hands-on impressions here: gameinformer.com/2025/10/24/h...
October 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Never ever expected to see the words "Halo on PlayStation" but here we are.
Gonna be so surreal to fire it up with the XO[]/\ HUD but it's gonna be played for the first time by a whole new crowd.
Looking forward!
Gonna be so surreal to fire it up with the XO[]/\ HUD but it's gonna be played for the first time by a whole new crowd.
Looking forward!
Not kidding when I say, this is one of the best games of the year.
Vampire Survivors meets Brick Breaker meets Sim City...
Somehow it works and so darn well.
Been hooked since Friday, and literally ignored AAA games in my backlog.
Kudos to the team!
Vampire Survivors meets Brick Breaker meets Sim City...
Somehow it works and so darn well.
Been hooked since Friday, and literally ignored AAA games in my backlog.
Kudos to the team!
Our first week, in some numbers:
400,000+ units sold
4,000+ reviews
95% Overwhelmingly Positive reviews
34,500+ peak concurrent players
1.3M+ hours watched on Twitch
5.6M views on VoDs
1,400 people used Twitch integration
#4 on Steam’s Top Played on Steam Deck
Woah.
400,000+ units sold
4,000+ reviews
95% Overwhelmingly Positive reviews
34,500+ peak concurrent players
1.3M+ hours watched on Twitch
5.6M views on VoDs
1,400 people used Twitch integration
#4 on Steam’s Top Played on Steam Deck
Woah.
October 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Not kidding when I say, this is one of the best games of the year.
Vampire Survivors meets Brick Breaker meets Sim City...
Somehow it works and so darn well.
Been hooked since Friday, and literally ignored AAA games in my backlog.
Kudos to the team!
Vampire Survivors meets Brick Breaker meets Sim City...
Somehow it works and so darn well.
Been hooked since Friday, and literally ignored AAA games in my backlog.
Kudos to the team!
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Introducing the Accelerate Season 2 Fellows! Today, we welcome...
Bea Livesey-Stephens! (@soupdragonbea.bsky.social)
A research associate at the University of Bonn, Bea is passionate about intimacy & consent in games & game spaces.
For more info about our fellows, go to takethis.org/accelerate.
Bea Livesey-Stephens! (@soupdragonbea.bsky.social)
A research associate at the University of Bonn, Bea is passionate about intimacy & consent in games & game spaces.
For more info about our fellows, go to takethis.org/accelerate.
October 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Introducing the Accelerate Season 2 Fellows! Today, we welcome...
Bea Livesey-Stephens! (@soupdragonbea.bsky.social)
A research associate at the University of Bonn, Bea is passionate about intimacy & consent in games & game spaces.
For more info about our fellows, go to takethis.org/accelerate.
Bea Livesey-Stephens! (@soupdragonbea.bsky.social)
A research associate at the University of Bonn, Bea is passionate about intimacy & consent in games & game spaces.
For more info about our fellows, go to takethis.org/accelerate.