内容摘要："Traoré's impact is huge. I have even heard politicians and authors in countries like Kenya [in East Africa] say: 'This is it. He is the man'," Beverly Ochieng, a senior researcher at global consultancy firm Control Risks, told the BBC.

"Traoré's impact is huge. I have even heard politicians and authors in countries like Kenya [in East Africa] say: 'This is it. He is the man'," Beverly Ochieng, a senior researcher at global consultancy firm Control Risks, told the BBC.

The artwork was created by art duo Pierre Commoy and Gilles Blanchard, known as Pierre et Gilles, who have used painting and photography to depict celebrities such as Kylie Minogue, Madonna and Naomi Campbell.It will join pictures of singer Harry Styles, Pride In London co-founder Peter Tatchell and race campaigner Baroness Doreen Lawrence in the new History Makers gallery.

after being closed for three years for refurbishment.The musician said: "I have admired the beautiful work of Pierre et Gilles for years, their incredible portraits of icons like Jean Paul Gaultier and Marc Almond are truly iconic, and to sit for them was a dream come true."I was so happy when the National Portrait Gallery asked me if they could loan the piece.

"It's very important to me to support the arts. Being in their new History Makers section is an honour."Smith, who uses the pronoun "they", first found fame on the 2012 Disclosure song Latch and Naughty Boy's 2013 track La La La.

They have gone on to achieve eight UK number one singles and three UK number one albums, including

Pierre et Gilles created the painting in 2023, by first taking a photo of Smith posing before then hand painting and embellishing the image.Overall, he says, the number of people playing premium titles isn't increasing, but the cost of making them is.

"The people who make games - they still need to make revenues each year because, you know, capitalism," he says.One way of doing this is by attracting new players.

Doom's director Hugo Martin says the response to Doom: The Dark Age's previews were encouraging - something he puts down in part to its new "Medieval sci-fi" setting and altered gameplay style."We see it in the comments - a lot of people are saying 'I think this is going to be my first Doom', and that's exciting for us," he says.