In 2016, Microsoft apologized after it hired women to dance on platforms at a gaming conference in San Francisco. Industry groups like Girls Make Games and Pixelles, which provide training and internship programs for women to get into video game development, have also emerged. “We were tired of being anomalies,” Ms. Prosser Robinson said. Another show is dedicated to discussing and playing Heroes of the Storm, a multiplayer online battle arena video game published by Blizzard. More rewarding are the messages that Ms. Prosser Robinson said she now often receives from gamers on how the channel makes gaming feel more inclusive.

Source: New York Times July 19, 2017 15:53 UTC