The U.S. video game industry is big business: $56.9 billion in 2020, according to NPD Group. That's more than the combined revenues of the movie and music industries. Women account for nearly half—46% ...

Inclusion and accessibility were the big topics this week at the Women in Gaming Rally, held in coordination with the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. During the keynote address and ...

Women hating on their gamer boyfriends has become such a cliché in pop culture that it’s hard to remember when it was funny.

I Need Diverse Games is a nonprofit that "seeks to bring projects, works and research by marginalized folks to light. [They] also seek to discuss, analyze and critique identity and culture in video ...

Gaming is still talking about having a 'problem with women.' Is that your experience? Researchers, industry professionals and players have long discussed—and pushed back against—gaming's uncomfortable ...

The number of women developing games is growing and the perspectives in the games themselves are diversifying. But with the big studios continuing to drive hiring and themes, and the harassment that ...

The week kicks off with the Day Zero Celebration, honoring the 10 Women Rising in Gaming: Class of 2025, in partnership with CDC Gaming. This invitation-only event will shine a spotlight on women ...

In late 2018, Meagan Marie was excited about publishing her book Women in Gaming: 100 Professionals of Play, a resource for women interested in a career in the games industry. She had only started ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Geri Stengel writes about the success factors of women entrepreneurs. This article is more than 3 years old. Spyke Game Founding ...

For the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect individuals against sexual assault and harassment, and how it can help and support survivors. Ever since the ...

Women play video games as well as men do, but are often kept out of communal gaming spaces. This is done directly, through targeted harassment, or indirectly, by curating a toxic culture in which ...

This article was co-written with Natalie Jeung, LPC, NCC, a mental health counselor and avid gamer who runs educational workshops on video games. Introduction Nearly half of people who play video ...